Opera in 2009-2010

Opera in 2009-2010
The 2009/2010 opera season is shaping up to be an exciting one, with many G. Schirmer composers premiering new works all around the world. Below is a list of dates for the premieres, as well as new productions and remounts of existing operas from the catalog.

New Operas in 2009-2010:

Philip Glass - Kepler
  World Premiere 
  November 10, 2009
  The Landes Theatre - Linz, Austria
  Bruckner Orchestra Linz
  Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

  USA Premiere 
  November 18, 20, 21, 2009
  BAM Howard Gilman Opera House – Brooklyn, NY
  Bruckner Orchestra Linz
  Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Kaija Saariaho - Emelie
  World Premiere 
  March 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 2010
  Opéra de Lyon - Lyon, France
  Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon
  Francois Girard, stage director   March 18, 20, 21, 2010
  Amsterdam Opera
  Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon
  Francois Girard, stage director

Lewis Spratlan - Life is a Dream
  World Premiere 
  July 24, 28; August 6, 12, 19, 2010
  Santa Fe Opera - Santa Fe, NM
  Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Poul Ruders - Dancer in the Dark
  World Premiere 
  September 24, 2010
  Royal Danish Opera - Copenhagen, Denmark
  Michael Schøwandt, conductor

New Productions:

Igor Stravinsky - Ragtime, Pribaoutki, Four Russian Peasant Songs
  New Production - Excerpts from 'The Nightingale' 
  October 17 - November 5, 2009
  Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts - Toronto, ON Cananda
  Canadian Opera Company
  Jonathan Darlington, conductor

Robert Kurka - The Good Soldier Schweik
  West Coast Premiere 
  January 23, 30 2010
  Long Beach Opera - Long Beach, CA
  Andreas Mitisek, conductor

Mark Adamo - Little Women
  Canadian Premiere 
  January 30; February 3, 5, 2010
  Arrata Opera Centre - Calgary, AB Canada
  Gordon Gerrard, conductor   Banf Centre Opera - Calgary, AB Canada 
  August 2010
  Banff Festival Orchestra

Gian Carlos Menotti - The Saint of Bleecker Street
  New Production 
  February 12, 14, 17, 19, 2010
  Opera De Marselle - Marseille, France
  Jonathan Webb, musical director

Samuel Barber - Anthony and Cleopatra
  New Production 
  March 17, 19, 21, 2010
  Curtis Opera Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
  George Manahan, conductor

John Corigliano - The Ghosts of Versailles
  New Production - Reduced Orchestration 
  May 2010
  Northwestern University Opera - Evanston, IL
  Steven Osgood, conductor

Remounts of Existing Productions:

André Previn - A Streetcar Named Desire
  December 2, 5, 8, 12, 2009
  The Arts Centre - Melbourne, Australia
  Opera Australia

Tan Dun - Tea: A Mirror of Soul
  February 19, 21, 24, 26, 28, 2010 
  Opera Company of Philadelphia
  Philadelphia, PA
  Amon Miyamoo, stage director
  Tan Dun, conductor

Judith Weir - The Black Spider
  May 2010 
  Sarasota Youth Opera
  Sarasota Opera House - Sarasota, FL
  Lance Inouye, music director

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