Read more about Copenhagen Opera Festival 2012:

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Opera in the street, on the canals, at the castle, in large concert halls, in a carpark, in small theatres and a Sea Fortress: Copenhagen Opera Festival comes to you with seductive dramas in unexpected venues. Leading opera companies from at home and abroad present groundbreaking shows for opera lovers of all ages.

This years festival brings you 14 productions from magic baroque opera, Argentine tango opera, refined Venetian renaissance, musical fireworks of the ever-popular-classics, magic music for children and much more.

Come and take part in this summers big opera feast in Copenhagen!

Anders Beyer, Festival Director

ContentsFestival overview ................................................................... 4

27th, 30th July - 1st, 3rd August Maria de

Buenos Aires .............................................................................7

27th - 31st July The Operetta boat ................................9

27th - 28th July OperaJam ............................................... 11

30th July - 2nd August Dido & Aeneas ...................... 13

31st July - 2nd August The Lost Souls

of Three Crowns Sea Fortress ...................................... 15

27th - 29th July The Magic Flute .................................. 17

31st July Rigoletto............................................................... 19

29th July No way to treat a lady .................................. 21

2nd August Opera on deaths door ............................ 23

29th July James Valenti in Tivoli .................................. 25

28th - 29th July Farinelli at Rosenborg Castle ...... 27

3rd August Serenade concert........................................ 29

27th July - 3rd August Serenade service ................ 31

1st August Opera concert at Ofelia Beach ............. 33

Map of venues .................................................................34-36

History ....................................................................................... 37

Partners .................................................................................... 38

TicketsBuy tickets on

www.copenhagenoperafestival.billetexpressen.dk (English version)

Tickets can also be purchased at Magasin du Nords Servicecentre on the fifth floor. Address: Magasin du Nord, Kongens Nytorv 13, 1095 Copenhagen

Tickets for The Operetta Boat can be booked on canaltours@canaltours.dk / phone: +45 32 96 30 00

It is also possible to buy tickets at Canal Tours Ticket Office at Nyhavn before departure.

Tickets for OperaJam can be purchased at www.politikenbillet.dk

Tivolis Concerthall buy your ticket on www.billetlugen.dk from FONA stores or from the Tivoli Box Office Vesterbrogade 3, DK-1630 Copenhagen V, +45 3315 1012. Student tickets and Tivoli Season Pass discount tickets can only be purchased from the Tivoli Box Office.

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July / August

Maria de Buenos Aires

The Operetta Boat

OperaJam

Dido & Aeneas

The Lost Souls of Three Crowns Sea Fortress

The Magic Flute

Rigoletto

No way to treat a lady

Opera on deaths door

James Valenti in Tivoli

Farinelli at Rosenborg Castle

Serenade concert

Opera concert at Ofelia Beach

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VENUE: Kbenhavns Musikteater (Copenhagen Music Theatre)

TIME: Friday 27th July, Monday 30th July, Wednesday 1st August and Friday 3rd August 8pm TICKETS: 250 DKK. Unnumbered seats

The bar opens at 7pm.

Emotions run riot and the beat is driving when the Copenhagen Opera Festivals own production of Maria de Buenos Aires gets going. Be prepared for genres to collide when opera and tango merge in Astor Piazzollas seductive masterpiece.

Astor Piazzollas hot-blooded Argentine opera tells the story of prostitute Marias life on the streets of Buenos Aires, where the spirit, dream and fantasy worlds are wrapped inextricably together. In this experimental and surreal tango opera, classical ballet meets authentic Argentine tango, and classic and popular singing combines with rap and dialogue.

The show is produced by the Copenhagen Opera Festival and presents leading musicians and dancers. The role of Duende (the spirit) will be played by rapper and actor Al Agami, transforming the dialogue-heavy role into a musical one.

Look forward to a very different kind of opera as we mix up genres in the spirit of tango.

CAST: Andrea Pellegrini, Al Agami, Victor Diaz, Linus Aabye, Ana Raquel Marques, Benita Minka Bnger, Vincent van Webber, The Piazzolla Orchestra

27th, 30th July - 1st, 3rd August

Maria de Buenos AiresA pulsating tango opera

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VENUE: Nyhavn TIME: From the 27th - 30th of July at 1.30pm and 5.15 pm/ 31st of July 1.30pm TICKETS: 150 DKK. Unnumbered seats

Booking at canaltours@canaltours.dk. You can also buy tickets just before departure at the Canal Tours Ticket Office at Nyhavn.

The Operetta Boat is presented in cooperation with Canal Tours.

Ship Ahoy! Welcome aboard the Operetta boat, where the musical waves are sure to be high and even the most stubborn landlubber will rock along with them.

The Operetta Boat takes you on a tour, both of Copenhagens charming harbour and canals and on a musical journey as well. The trip offers not only an enjoyable round of the good old Viennese operettas of Strauss and Lehr, but also many of the other treats provided by the operetta genre throughout the 20th century from German, French and Danish repertoires.

On deck are a crew of well-known figures, such as the merry widow Hanna and her lovestruck suitor Danilo, the formidable Tyrolean landlady Josepha and Leopold, her comical head waiter, and of course Miss Nitouche, who is not nearly as modest as she ought to be.

Dressed in splendid, festive costumes, Sofie Elkjr Jensen and Joachim Knop sing the romantic, soulful songs, ably accompanied by master of ceremonies Jacob Beck.

CAST: Sofie Elkjr Jensen, Joachim Knop, Jacob Beck

27th - 31st July

The Operetta boatAahoy, Aahoy...

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VENUE: Pressen, Politikens Hus TIME: Friday the 27th and Saturday the 28th of July 8pm TICKETS: 100 DKK. Unnumbered seats

The doors and bar open at 7pm.

OperaJam promises two unique concert experiences hosted by award-winning klezmer ensemble Mames Babegenush.

Mames Babegenush will act as house band to present tonights programme of prominent soloists and guest musicians performing two different concerts in Pressen.

The music will both evenings take the audience on an international journey that offers everything from the Spanish passion of Bizet and the Hungarian temperament of Lehr to Oriental mystique.

Friday evening will be with Great Jewich Composers and the audience will enjoy the music of Offenbach, Weill, Gershwin, Berstein and Mahler.

Saturday evening will be Greatest Arias & Operettas, where the sound of Puccini, Bizet, Lehar, Kalman, de Falle and many other will fill the chamber.

Mames Babegenush have previously graced the stages of Londons Carnegie Hall and Copenhagens Royal Theater, and have achieved international recognition from both audiences and critics. With vibrant instrumentation, theyre known for creating intimate, memorable concerts.

Oboist Henrik Goldschmidt, the opera singer from The Royal Theatre Gitta-Maria Sjberg and the Hungarian/Turkish soprano Idil Alpsoy are among the musicians joining Mames Babegenush.

27th - 28th July

Cultural and musical melting pot

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VENUE: Copenhagens Town Hall (Kbenhavns Rdhus) TIME: 30th of July to 2nd of August 8pm TICKETS: 280 DKK. Unnumbered seats

Doors open at 7.30pm.

It is not possible to buy tickets at the entrance.

This ambitious production of the tragic love story between Dido, Queen of Carthage and the Trojan refugee Aeneas treats its audiences to yet another landmark production with Baroque ensemble Concerto Copenhagen.

In Dido & Aeneas, the audience will witness one of the greatest love stories ever told, conveyed by one of Europes leading Baroque ensembles and soloists. English Baroque composer Henry Purcell wrote the opera at the end of the 1600s with a libretto by Nahum Tate. Unrequited love will never go out of fashion and this tale still maintains its tragic resonance.

This production is staged by director Steven Player with musical direction by Andrew Lawrence-King.

CAST: Kirstin Mulders, Aleksander Nohr, Elisabeth Holmertz, Nicole Jordan, Leif Aruhn-Soln, Karin Modigh, Elisabeth Svarstad, Concerto Copenhagen

30th July - 2nd August

Dido & AeneasA mythological love-story

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Dido & Aeneas is presented in cooperation with Concerto Copenhagen, Il Corago and Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for the History of Emotions Europe 1100-1800.

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VENUE: Nyhavn TIME: 31st of July to 2nd of August 8pm and 9.15pm TICKETS: 220 DKK.

Departure from Nyhavn by the Memorial Anchor.

The performance is not suitable for people with mobility difficulties, and we recommend the audience to bring warm clothes.

The dark island at the end of Copenhagens harbour is the setting for a grim tale of pitiful figures and warped souls lost in torment. Join us on an operatic journey where reality and fiction mix together to paint a stark picture of the cruel mysteries of life.

The audience is invited on a journey of discovery into the dark mind where restless souls, insane delusions and hellish torments lurk. A devilish pact surrounds the characters on the island of Trekroner Fort (literally, The Three Crowns Sea Fortress) but can the audience penetrate the darkness to solve the mysteries of the island or are the souls forever lost?

Tonights innovative operatic experience is based on both familiar and lesser-known opera works, performed by a team of young, up-and-coming singers.

Join us on board, if you dare and expect the unexpected!

CAST: Regina Unnur Olafsdottir, Nana Bugge Rasmussen, Martin Hatlo, Tobias rum, Live Berger Brekke

31st July - 2nd August

The Lost Souls of Three CrownsSea Fortress A Horror Opera in the Canals

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VENUE: The Theatre Museum at the Court Theatre (Teatermuseet i Hofteatret) TIME: 27th to 29th of July 5pm TICKETS: 60 DKK. Unnumbered seats

The caf and exhibition in the foyer open at 4.15pm.

Suitable for children 6 years and up.

It is clear that kids are just as capable of enjoying opera when the story of The Magic Flute is performed in a way children can understand at one of Copenhagens oldest theatres.

It is no mystery why Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts The Magic Flute is one of the worlds best known operas: the music is fantastic and the fabulous story, while action-packed and amusing, touches on all lifes big challenges, such as love, parent-child conflict, magic, dishonesty, morality and separation.

The story of Papageno the buoyant bird catcher who ends up with a padlock over his mouth is performed by Det Lille Operakompagni in the historical setting of the old Court Theatre, in a way that guarantees both adults and children a magical experience.

Duration approx. 30 min.

CAST: Det Lille Operakompagni Pernille Madsen, Sren Hossy, Stefan Baur, Merete Petersen, Peter Navarro-Alonso, Charlotte Andersen

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The Magic Flute

An opera adventure for children

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VENUE: Frue Plads TIME: Tuesday the 31st of July 5pm TICKETS: Reserve your seat at rigoletto@copenhagenoperafestival.com (50 DKK. per. pers.)

You are encouraged to bring your own folding chair.

The opera is sung in Swedish.

Experience the ever-popular, classic opera Rigoletto, a tale that will fill your ears with irresistible music and make your heart burst.

Understandably enough, Rigoletto is one of the worlds most performed operas. With Giuseppe Verdis irresistible music, it tells a heartbreaking story. Human unpredictable side where age-old themes like evil and lust, true love and betrayal, selfishness and the power of a curse are depicted in a timeless tale of a man filled with both darkness and light.

Rigoletto is performed by Sknska Operan, which since 1993 has strived to bring opera to the people with productions designed to appeal to a broad audience.

CAST: Peter Heggstrm, Dardan Bakraqi, Maria Demrus, Eric Roos, Erika Tordeus, Daniel Christopher Wren, Tomas hman, Sebastian Duran, Christer Arwidsson, Helena Magnusson

STAgE DIRECTOR: Ola Hrling MUSICAL DIRECTION: Max Lrstad

31st July

RigolettoOne of the most heartbreaking tragedies in opera

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VENUE: Berlingske Karr entrance at Antonigade 3 TIME: Saturday the 29th of July 7.30pm TICKETS: 175 DKK. Unnumbered seats

Entrance bar opens at 7pm.

The show is sung in Swedish.

Malm Operas version no Way to Treat a Lady is a tribute to the American detective genre, mixing black humour with serious issues.

Failed New York actor Kit Giles hides a chilling secret: he is a cold-blooded killer who specializes in murdering elderly women. But one intrepid police officer, the ragged Morris Brummel, is on his trail. What the two men have in common are their overly dominant, self-absorbed mothers and an insatiable thirst for attention.

No Way to Treat a Lady laces its dark mystery with a refreshing wit, posing questions like: What happens to a man when he fails to receive love and affirmation? And is it mere coincidence which side of the law wrong or right we end up on?

CAST: Malm Opera Jan Kyhle, Erik gullbrandsson, Macaela Sjstedt, Evabritt Strandberg, Mikael Skoglund, Inge Peterson Lindbck, Martin Lundberg.

STAgE DIRECTOR: Elisabet Ljungar SET DESIgN AND COSTUMES: Kajsa Hilton Brown CHOREOgRAPHY: Johanna Hybinette

29th July

No way to treat a ladyAn amusing mix of crime, passion and humor

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2nd August

Opera on deaths doorA night of music, history and opera

9VENUE: Culture Center ASSISTENS TIME: Thursday the 2nd of August 7.30pm TICKETS: 150 DKK. Unnumbered seats

Bar opens at 7pm.

The performance will be in Danish.

Assistens Cemetery and the legends that are buried provide the framework for an opera experience where music and history merge.

In this offbeat opera experience, the spade has dug deep, not into the cemeterys soil, but into its musical archives. The programme is made up of both familiar and unfamiliar songs and arias composed by the cemeterys buried legends.

Assistens Cemetery has been used as a kind of memory bank for Danish culture: at the cemetery, past and present collide everywhere you turn, legendary personalities vital to Danish cultural awareness have been put to rest.

The music is provided by BL.O.K, Blgrdens Opera Company. The night is presented by cultural geographer Christoffer Jrgensen, who is on hand to explain the background and history of the music.

CAST: Helle Thun, Annemette Pdenphandt, Lau Frederiksen, Christine Christansen, Julius Ditlevsen, Kristian Jrgensen, Christoffer Jrgensen

Opera on deaths door is presented in cooperation with Culture Center ASSISTENS.

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29th July

James ValentiTenor from The Met debut

in Copenhagen

10VENUE: The Tivoli Concert Hall TIME: Sunday the 29th of July 7.30pm TICKETS: A 495/ B 450/ C 395/ D 295 DKK (Tivoli admission included. Service fee not included)

The great American tenor James valenti debuts in Denmark, offering fans a unique opportunity to experience close-hand his exceptional voice and superb musicality.

Tenor James Valenti is currently the hot topic of the opera world. One of the brightest stars of his generation, he continues to rise, praise showered down on him from venue to venue.

The programme at Tivoli Concert Hall promises a varied selection of French and Italian opera arias by Gounod, Massenet, Cilea, Mercandante and Tosti: get ready for a magnificent evening in the marvellous Tivoli Gardens.

CAST: James Valenti, Tivolis Symphony Orchestra

CONDUCTOR: giordano Bellincampi

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28th - 29th July

Farinelli at Rosenborg CastleDanish and Italian history

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11VENUE: Rosenborg Castle TIME: Saturday the 28th and 29th of July 5.30pm TICKETS: 195 DKK. Unnumbered seats

Introduction by Laura Valesin at the entrance to the castle at 5pm free entry. The introduction will be in Danish.

Experience the repertoire of one of historys most famous opera singers at the historic Rosenborg Castle.

Farinelli was the stage name of Carlo Broschi a young 18th-century castrato singer who became one of historys greatest voices. He was born in Puglia, Italy to a family of minor nobility and was castrated as a boy in order that his bright and beautiful voice might be retained. From a young age Farinelli had already begun captivating Europes cultural capitals with his sensational voice and technique that was praised not only for its beauty but also for its perfect intensity and workmanship.

The Italian countertenor Angelo Manzotti has dedicated himself to the reinterpretation of Farinellis repertoire, and in doing so to the rediscovery of works by some of the greatest European composers of the 18th century.

It is no coincidence that the Copenhagen Opera Festival has chosen to present its Venetian opera programme at Rosenborg both music and palace date from the same period, and the elegant ceiling in the Great Hall is the work of Italian craftsmen; thus creating the ideal setting for a perfect musical experience.

CAST: Angelo Manzotti, Rita Peiretti, Alessandro Peiretti

Farinelli p Rosenborg is presented in cooperation with Adagio Events, Istituto Italiano di Cultura and Rosenborg Castle.

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3rd August

Serenade concertFeel the intoxication of seductive words and sounds

VENUE: Culture Center ASSISTENS TIME: Friday the 3rd of July 5pm TICKETS: 150 DKK. The ticket includes a glass of wine.

The caf opens at 4.30pm.

Enjoy a warm summer afternoon with an evocative Serenade concert in beautiful surroundings.

Take your loved one by the hand and be seduced by the romantic words and sounds of the Serenade Concert.

The romantic history and mystery of the cemetery surrounds the Assistens Chapel in Nrrebro, the setting for an afternoon of beautiful serenades and arias. You and maybe your loved one need simply sit down and breathe in the romantic mood of the serenades.

CAST: Nana Bugge Rasmussen, Erlend Tyrmi, Allan Sjlin

The Serenade Concert is presented in cooperation with Culture Center ASSISTENS

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VENUE: In central Copenhagen TIME: During the whole festival period TICKETS: 150 DKK. Check the ticket booking. For questions contact serenade@copenhagenoperafestival.com.

The Serenade Service ensures an intimate, personalized opera experience for you or someone you love.

Does someone you know need a musical injection of love? Or are you just curious to experience the music close-up? Either way, you should try contacting The Serenade Service.

The Serenade Service is Copenhagen Opera Festivals specialist department specializing in romance, serenades and arias. Our service department can provide music for any occasion with both duets and songs for example for a marriage proposal, a birthday or any other declaration of love.

The repertoire includes music from Mozart, Dowland and Grieg and but always with an emphasis on the romantic and intimate.

CAST: Nana Bugge Rasmussen, Erlend Tyrmi, Allan Sjlin (guitar)

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on Ofelia Beach

Live in front of the Opera House

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13VENUE: Ofelia Beach TIME: Wednesday the 1st of August 5pm TICKETS: Free Concert

The Royal Opera invite to a blazing concert at Ofelia Beach.

With a view across the water to The Opera House at Holmen, we have the perfect set-up for an unforgettable evening with soloists from The Royal Opera.

Come to Ofelia Beach and enjoy the musical preview from the upcoming season at The Royal Opera.

CAST: Elisabeth Halling, Niels Jrgen Riis, Palle Knudsen

PIANIST: Carol Conrad

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1 Maria de Buenos Aires Kbenhavns Musikteater Kronprinsensgade 7

2 Operettebden Nyhavn

3 OperaJam Pressen, Politikens Hus Rdhuspladsen 37

4 Dido & Aeneas Kbenhavns Rdhus Rdhuspladsen 1

5 De Fortabte Sjle p Trekroner Nyhavn

6 Tryllefljten Teatermuseet i Hofteatret Christiansborg Ridebane 18

7 Rigoletto Frue Plads

8 No Way to Treat a Lady Berlingske Karr Antonigade 3

10 James Valenti i Tivoli Tivoli

11 Farinelli p Rosenborg Slot Rosenborg Slot ster Voldgade 4A

13 Operakoncert p Ofelia Beach Kvsthusmolen Sankt Ann Plads 36

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HistoryCopenhagen Opera Festival has since 2009 formed a different kind of opera in Copenhagen. The festival is here to stay; it has shown its merits, has grown significantly and has in four years become an important cultural event in the cultural city of Copenhagen.

With the city and its wonderful sites as backdrop Copenhagen Opera

Festival brings music to the citys extraordinary spaces streets,

underground and on the water. The festival has created an entirely new

space for opera; an international meeting place where tradition meets

innovation and talent meets experience. It takes place in the traditional

halls and in unconventional environments where space is an active frame

and comment on the performances.

Copenhagen Opera Festival has achieved new arenas and partners in

2012, and is working with several partners, which allows productions at

Rosenborg Castle, Berlingske Karrs underground parking, Copenhagen

City Hall, Trekroner Fort, Assistens Cemetery, Court Theatre and Pressen

in Politikens Hus.

When the festival opens in 2012 you can experience tango opera,

beautiful singing in the citys canals, an experimental playground with

OperaJam, a mythological love story in Baroque opera, a horror opera

on an eerie island, opera stories for children, a humorous detective

performance, Farinelli at Rosenborg Castle, bel canto at Tivolis Garden,

opera at Ofelia Beach - and much more.

Copenhagen Opera Festival is conducted with generous support

from several foundations, grants, municipals and state, and through

collaboration with numerous partners in the resund Region. We are

grateful that it over the years has been possible to build an significant

festival of music and drama and offers a warm welcome to Copenhagen

Opera Festival 2012.

Anders Beyer, Festival Director

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FESTIVAL DIRECTOR:Anders Beyer

PRODUCER:Bettina Schimmel

PROJECT MANAgERS:Anne Christensen Anne Sophie Gertz Elisabeth Arndal Elvira Mormino Katrine Lehmann

PRACTICAL COORDINATOR:Gitte Hass Nielsen

PRINT- AND MERCHANDISE COORDINATOR: Christiane Henriette Vogelius Leander

PROgRAMME EDITOR:Nanna Mosegaard

gRAPHIC DESIgN:Elevator

WEB PROgRAMMER:Michael Rasmussen Recreativo

FESTIVAL PHOTOgRAPHER:Mathias Bojesen

PRESS:Michael Feder HAVE PR & Communication

BOARD:Eva Steiness (president), Susanne Larsen, Jens Gehl, Lone Khlmann and Lotte Heise.

ARTISTIC COMMITTEE:Christina Nielsen (president), Henrik Engelbrecht, Eva Hass Thaysen, Sven Mller, Anders Beyer and Finn Bannergaard Johansen.

THE FESTIVAL ENJOYS gENEROUS SUPPORT FROM: Augustinus Fonden, Beckett-Fonden, Bikubenfonden, Det Obelske Familie fond, Gangstedfonden, Hempel Fonden, Knud Hjgaards Fond,

Knud og Dagny Gad Andresens Fond, Kbenhavns Kommune, Oticon Fonden, Sonning-Fonden, Statens Kunstrd

PARTNERS: Adagio Events, Canal Tours Copenhagen, Copenhagen Summer Festival, Det Italienske Kulturinstitut, Det Kongelige Teater, FDM Travel, HAVE PR & kommunikation, Jeudan, Kulturcenter ASSISTENS, Kbenhavns Biblioteker, Kbenhavns Musik-teater, Kbenhavns Rdhus, Malm Opera, Magasin, Roland, Rosenberg Trykkeri, Rosenborg Slot, Sknska Opera, Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, Trekroner Fort, Tivoli

MEDIEPARTNER:

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