BORDEAUX: Opéra de Bordeaux. Tel: 05.56.00.85.95. www.bordeaux-opera.com Carmen (Bizet): September 24, 26 (m) & 28; October 1, 3 (m) & 5. Aldo Ciccolini: October 8. Ballet Trokadero de Monte-Carlo: October 19 & 20. Faizal Zeghoudi (dance): October 19 & 20. L’Ecole des Femmes (opera – Rolf Leibermann): November 26, 28 (m) & 30; December 1. Romeo & Juliet (ballet): December 16, 17, 19 (m), 20, 21, 22, 23, 26 (m), 27, 28, 29 30 & 31. L’Italienne à Alger (Rossini): January 21, 23 (m), 25, 28 & 31.
LILLE: Opéra de Lille. Tel: 03.28.38.40.50. Fax: 03.28.38.40.54. www.opera-lille.fr Orlando (Handel): October 9, 12, 14, 17, 20 & 23. Aventures, Nouvelles Aventures (Ligeti): November 18, 19 & 20. L’Elixir d’Amour (Donizetti): January 12, 15, 18, 20, 23 (m), 25 & 27.
LYON: Opéra National de Lyon. Tel: 04.72.00.45.00. Fax: 04.72.00.45 01. www.opera-lyon.com Porgy &Bess (Gershwin): September 9 & 10. Nelken (Pina Bausch): September 15, 16, 17, 19 & 20. William Forsythe: September 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28. Joyce Didonato: September 29. Le Rossignol & Autres Fables (Stravinsky): October 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 (m), 19 & 21. Otello (Rossini) – concert version: November 7 (m) & 9. Monna Vanna/Aleko (Rachmaninov) – concert version: November 15. Le Boeuf sur le Toit (Milhaud) & Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Poulenc): November 30; December 2, 4, 5 (m), 7, 8, 10, 11 & 13. Felicity Lott: January 9. Werther (Massenet): January 24, 26, 28 & 30 (m); February 1, 3, 5 & 7.
MARSEILLE: Opéra de Marseille. Tel: 04.91.55.14.99. www.mairie-marseille.fr. Andréa Chenier (Giordano): September 23, 26 (m) & 29; October 2 & 5. Samson & Delila (Saint-Saëns): November 17, 20 (m), 22 & 26. La Belle Hélène (Offenbach): December 21, 23, 26 (m), 29 & 31. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) & I Pagliacci (Leoncavall): January 28 & 30 (m); February 2, 4 & 6 (m).
MONACO: Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Tel: 377 98.06.28.28 www.opera.mc Eugene Oneguine (Tchaikovsky): November 19, 21 (m) & 23. Gala – Cecilia Bartoli: December 21. Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi): January 22, 25, 28 & 30 (m). Juan Diego Florez: January 27.
MONTPELLIER : Opéra de Montpellier (several locations). Tel: 04.67.61.66.16. www.orchestre-montpellier.com Die Fledermaus (Strauss): September 22, 24, 26 (m) & 28. Semiramide (Rossini): November 26, 28 (m) & 30. The Barber of Seville (Rossini): December 29; January 2 (m) & 4.
NANCY: Opéra de Nancy et de Lorraine. 1, rue Sainte-Catherine, 54000 Nancy. Tel: 03.83.85.30.60. www.opera-national-lorraine.fr Rusalka (Dvorak): September 30; October 1, 3 (m), 5 & 7. The Merry Widow (Lehar): December 23, 26 (m), 28 & 30.
NICE: Opéra de Nice. Tel: 04.92.17.40.00. Fax: 04.93.80.34.83. www.opera-nice.org. Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc): October 7, 10 (m), 13 & 16. Marco Polo (ballet): October 29, 30 & 31 (m). Fidelio (Beethoven) – concert version: November 6. La Cenerentola (Rossini): December 10, 12 (m), 14 & 16. Don Quixote (ballet): December 24, 26 (m), 28, 29 & 30.
STRASBOURG: Opéra national du Rhin. Tel: 03.88.75.48.00. Fax: 03.88.24.09.34. www.opera-national-du-rhin.com Love & Other Demons (Eötvös): September 25, 27 & 29. Simon Boccanegra (Verdi): October 24 (m), 26 & 30; November 2, 8 & 10. Empty Spaces (ballet – Emanuel Gat): November 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 (m); Swan Lake (choreography Bertrand d’At): January 20, 21, 22, 23 (m) & 25.
TOURS: Opéra de Tours. Tel: 02.47.60.20.20. www.operadetours.fr Fidelio (Beethoven): October 15, 17 (m) & 19. The Merry Widow (Lehar): December 26 (m), 28, 30 & 31. Don Pasquale (Donizetti): January 26, 28 & 30 (m).
VERSAILLES: Opéra Royal/Chapelle Royale. Tel: 01.30.83.78.89. www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr Bach - Oratorio de Noël: December 21. Handel – The Messiah: December 22. Bolchoi Ballet/Ballet Preljocaj: December 27, 28, 29 & 30. Carmen (Bizet) – Duets & Arias: January 14. Orpheus (Offenbach): January 23 (m), 25 & 26 . Julia Migenes sings Schubert : January 29.