DDCinema is glad to announce its new 2008-2009 Opera season.

All the events, both recorded and live, will be distributed in high definition through satellite. In view of the new season DDCinema and XDC will offer an interesting list of Operas subtitled in all languages.

 

SEPTEMBER 2008

Sept 16, 2008 - L’italiana in Algeri - ROF Rossini Opera Festival, Italy
Composer : G. Rossini - Director / Conductor :Dario Fo/Donato Renzetti - Cast : M. Pizzolato, Maxim Mironov, M. Vinco
Language : ITA with subtitles

 

OCTOBER 2008

Oct 15-17 2008 (*) - La Sonnambula- Cagliari, Sardinia, Teatro Lirico - LIVE
Composer : V. Bellini - Director / Conductor : Hugo De Ana/Maurizio Benini - Cast : Eva Mei, Simone Alaimo, A. Siragusa
Language : ITA with subtitles
(*) Date to be decided within the indicated week

 

NOVEMBER  2008

Nov 11, 2008 - Tosca- Arena di Verona
Composer : G. Puccini - Director / Conductor : Hugo De Ana / Daniel Oren - Cast : F. Cedolins, R. Raimondi, M. Alvarez
Language : ITA with subtitles

 

DECEMBER 2008

Dec 3, 2008 - Aida (*)- Palermo, Sicily, Teatro Massimo- LIVE
Composer :G. Verdi - Director / Conductor : Franco Zeffirelli / Maurizio Benini - Cast : Amarilli Nizza, Marco Berti, Paata Burchuladze
(*) AIDA from Palermo is still to be confirmed
Language : ITA with subtitles

 

JANUARY 2009

Jan 13, 2009 - Im Weissen Rössl- Mörbisch Seefestspiele (Austria)
Composer :Ralph Benatzky - Director / Conductor : Karl Absenger / Rudolf Bibl - Cast : Rainhard Fendrich, Zabine Kapfinger, H. Serafim
Language : GER with subtitles

 

FEBRUARY 2009

Feb 2, 2009 - Jackie O.- Bologna, Teatro Comunale
Composer :Michael Daugherty - Director / Conductor : Damiano Michieletto / Christopher Franklin
Language : ENG with subtitles

 

MARCH 2009

Mar 12-22 2009 (*) - La Traviata- Liége, Opéra Royal de Wallonie - LIVE
Composer :G. Verdi - Director / Conductor : S. Mazzonis di Palafera / Paolo Arrivabeni - Cast : Cinzia Forte, V.Simeoni, Saimir Pirgu
Language : ITA with subtitles
(*) Date to be decided within the indicated week

 

APRIL 2009

Apr 21, 2009 - The Legend of the invisible city of Kitez- Cagliari, Sardinia, Teatro Lirico and Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow
Composer :N. Rimski-Korsakov- Director / Conductor : Eimuntas Nekrosius / Alexander Vedernikov - Cast : (Russian cast)
Language : RUS with subtitles

 

MAY 2009

May 15-23 2009 (*) - Madama Butterfly- Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice - LIVE
Composer :G. Puccini- Director / Conductor : Eliahu Imbal, Keita Asari - Cast : Micaela Carosi, G. Pisapia, G. Viviani
Language : ITA with subtitles
(*) Date to be decided within the indicated week

 

JUNE 2009

Jun 16, 2009 - Le Roi d’Ys- Liége, Opéra Royal de Wallonie
Composer :Edouard Lalo - Director / Conductor : Jean Louis Pichon / Patrick Davin - Cast : Guylaine Girard, Eric Martin-Bonnet
Language : FRA with subtitles

 

JULY 2009

July 16, 2009 - Le Nozze di Figaro- Madrid, Teatro Real - LIVE
Composer :W.A. Mozart - Director / Conductor :Emilio Sagi, Jesús López Cobos - Cast : L. Tezier, Barbara Frittoli, Isabel Rey
Language : ITA with subtitles

The operas are delivered  by satellite for the dates mentionned in the following schedule. But, it is also possible to get a playback digital copy for a defined period

For more information on the operas content, feel free to contact XDC or DDCINEMA.