Season 2007/2008 Director Bernd Loebe I Chief Musical Director Paolo Carignani

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Premieres

Giuseppe Verdi Don Carlo September 30, 2007 Franci, McVicar, Robert Jones I Raspagliosi, Schuster, Youn, Richards, Petean

George Benjamin Into the Little Hill November 9, 2007 Ollu, Jeanneteau, Karpinski I Komsi, Summers

Benjamin Britten Billy Budd November 18, 2007 Daniel, Richard Jones, McDonald I Mattei, Ainsley, C. Bayley

Giacomo Puccini Il trittico January 13, 2008 Luisotti, Guth, Ch. Schmidt I Dimitriu, Juon, Halbwachs, Lascarro, Lucˇic ́ ́, Ventre, Pisapia

Paul Dukas Ariane et Barbe-Bleue February 10, 2008 Carignani, Leupold, R. Aeschlimann I Karnééus, Ardam

Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia March 16, 2008 Barbacini, Duesing, Kudlicˇka I Mahnke, Backlund, Rolph, Saelens, Webster, S. Bailey

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cosìì fan tutte March 24, 2008 Julia Jones, Loy, Murauer I Persson, Carlstedt, Zechmeister, Nagy, Lehtipuu, Kräänzle Giuseppe Verdi Otello (in concert) April 2, 2008 Carignani, Zuppardo I Raspagliosi, Botha, Lucˇic ́ ́ Co-Production with Alte Oper Frankfurt

Leosˇ Janáácˇek Die Ausflüüge des Herrn Broucˇek April 27, 2008 Debus, Weidauer, Nitsche I Bezuyen, Lascarro, Süüß, S. Bailey, Ryberg

Matthias Pintscher L’espace dernier (in concert) May 17, 2008 Carignani I Montalvo, Lubchansky, Holland

Co-Production with Alte Oper Frankfurt and Kööln Musik Guest performance at the Köölner Philharmonie on May 18, 2008

Ludwig van Beethoven Fidelio June 1, 2008 Carignani, Paulhofer, Harb I Sunnegåårdh, Köönig, Kräänzle, Creswell

Jöörn Arnecke Unter Eis June 2, 2008 Debus, Richter, Harb I Brüück

Commissioned by the RuhrTriennale

Revivals: Le nozze di Figaro I Tannhääuser und der Säängerkrieg auf Wartburg I Nabucco I Die Entfüührung aus dem Serail Eine florentinische Tragöödie / Der Zwerg I Faust I Simon Boccanegra I L ́ ́Orfeo I Pique Dame I Die Zarenbraut La Bohèème I Tosca I Tiefland I Macbeth I Il viaggio a Reims I Don Giovanni I Volo di notte / Il prigioniero

Recitals: Gerald Finley 10/9/2007 I Kwangchul Youn 11/13/2007 I Angela Denoke 12/18/2007 I Christopher Maltman 1/8/2008 Alice Coote 3/25/2008 I John Mark Ainsley 4/29/2008 I Anja Harteros 5/13/2008 I Deborah Polaski 6/17/2008

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