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A new production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s New Year's Eve classic, the comedic operetta Die Fledermaus, will open at the Met on December 31. Jeremy Sams, writer and creator of the Met's Baroque pasticheThe Enchanted Island, makes his company debut as director with the new staging, which is set in Vienna at the turn of the 20thcentury. Sams also contributes new lyrics for Strauss's work, which will be performed entirely in English; Tony Award-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane makes his Met debut with new dialogue. Adam Fischer conducts a cast of rising opera stars and Broadway performers. The cast is led by Susanna Phillips and Christopher Maltman as the unhappily married Rosalinde and Eisenstein; Jane Archibald as Rosalinde's feisty maid, Adele; Anthony Roth Costanzo as Prince Orlofsky; Michael Fabiano as Rosalinde's former lover, Alfred; Paulo Szot as the bumbling Dr. Falke; and Patrick Carfizzi as the prison superintendent, Frank. Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Betsy Wolfe make Met debuts as the drunken jailer, Frosch, and Adele's sister, Ida. Robert Jones is set and costume designer for the production, with lighting design by Jennifer Schriever and choreography by Stephen Mear in their Met debuts.

A new production of Johann Strauss Jr.'s New Year's Eve classic, the comedic operetta Die Fledermaus, will open at the Met on December 31. Jeremy Sams, writer and creator of the Met's Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island, makes his company debut as director with the new staging, which is set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. Sams also contributes new lyrics for Strauss's work, which will be performed entirely in English; Tony Award-nominated playwright Douglas Carter Beane makes his Met debut with new dialogue. Adam Fischer conducts a cast of rising opera stars and Broadway performers. The cast is led by Susanna Phillips and Christopher Maltman as the unhappily married Rosalinde and Eisenstein; Jane Archibald as Rosalinde's feisty maid, Adele; Anthony Roth Costanzo as Prince Orlofsky; Michael Fabiano as Rosalinde's former lover, Alfred; Paulo Szot as the bumbling Dr. Falke; and Patrick Carfizzi as the prison superintendent, Frank. Broadway stars Danny Burstein and Betsy Wolfe make Met debuts as the drunken jailer, Frosch, and Adele's sister, Ida. Robert Jones is set and costume designer for the production, with lighting design by Jennifer Schriever and choreography by Stephen Mear in their Met debuts.

Jane Archibald will sing the role of Adele in all 14 performances of the new production of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus at the Met this season. Christine Schäfer, originally scheduled to sing the first six performances of the opera, is ill and unable to travel to the Met for rehearsals. Archibald was originally scheduled to sing the final eight performances of the run.

Below is a preview of Jeremy Sams's new production of Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus, starring Susanna Phillips and Christopher Maltman, conducted by Adam Fischer. The production opens on December 31, 2013.

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Broadway actor Danny Burstein will make his Metropolitan Opera debut in the non-singing role of Frosch in this season's performances of Die Fledermaus. The new production of Johann Strauss II's operetta, conducted by Adam Fischer and directed by Jeremy Sams in his Met directorial debut, features new English-language lyrics by Sams and dialogue by acclaimed Broadway playwright Douglas Carter Beane.

The LA Phil's Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy continues with The Marriage of Figaro with sets designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel and costumes by legendary couturier Azzedine Alaia. Joining Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this fully staged production is a stellar cast of internationally renowned soloists:

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The Metropolitan Opera's 2013-14 season will feature many of the world's greatest singers, conductors, and theater artists in 26 operas, including six new productions, of a varied repertory that ranges from the Baroque era to the 21st century. Met Music Director James Levine will return to the Met podium for the first time in two years, conducting three operas with which he has long been associated: a new production of Verdi's final masterpiece Falstaff, Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, and Berg's Wozzeck. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi will be conducting two operas in the 2013-14 season, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The LA Phil's Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy continues with The Marriage of Figaro with sets designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel and costumes by legendary couturier Azzedine Alaia. Joining Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this fully staged production is a stellar cast of internationally renowned soloists:

An diesem Wochenende wurde der Bebelplatz zum großten „Opern- und Konzerthaus" Berlins. Rund 60.000 Berliner und Gaste aus aller Welt erlebten unter dem Motto „Staatsoper fur alle" ein groß­artiges Musikfest - so viele wie noch nie zuvor. Erstmals seit dem Umzug der Staatsoper ins Schiller Theater fand die Reihe zum 5-jahrigen Jubilaum wieder im „klassischen" Format statt - am Samstagabend mit der Über­tragung der Oper „Don Giovanni" und Sonntagmittag mit einem Open-Air-Konzert von Daniel Barenboim und der Staatskapelle Berlin. Dank BMW Berlin hiess es fur das Publikum wieder an beiden Tagen: Eintritt frei!

Dieser Don Giovanni ist ein ganz schöner Schwerenöter. Ein Hans-Dampf in allen Gassen, ein Schelm, ein Herzensbrecher. Aber er ist auch ein Mörder und Vergewaltiger. Zusammen mit seinem Diener und Weggefährten Leporello, einem Drogen konsumierenden Junkie, hat er sich in die Wälder zurückgezogen. Seiner Naturgewalt und seinem animalischen Trieben, verfallen die Damen reihenweise. Da hätten wir die bürgerliche Donna Anna, gelangweilt von ihrem Verlobten und seiner und ihr selbst aufgebauten Spießerwelt. Donna Elvira, die vornehbare Dame und edlem Haus, die ihrem Verflossenem Don Giovanni nachtauert und ihm überall hin bedingungslos folgt. Alkohol, Drogen und Gewalt spielen eine große Rolle in Claus Guth's Inszenierung von Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', die 2008 bei den Salzburger Festspielen Premiere feierte.

Anna Netrebko kann leider aus persönlichen Gründen nicht mehr an Claus Guths Inszenierung von Mozarts „Don Giovanni“ an der Staatsoper im Schiller Theater teilnehmen. Die Partie der Donna Anna übernimmt Maria Bengtsson. Die Produktion in Zusammenarbeit mit den Salzburger Festspielen ist mit der Staatskapelle Berlin unter der musikalischen Leitung von Daniel Barenboim am 24., 27. und 30. Juni sowie am 3. und 6. Juli 2012 in Berlin zu sehen. Die Vorstellung am 30. Juni wird im Rahmen der Reihe „Staatsoper für alle“ live auf den Bebelplatz übertragen.

Deutsche Grammophon & Decca Classics, US is proud to start 2011 with a full roster of new recordings featuring long-standing artists as well as the next generation of classical music stars. DG & Decca have long prided themselves of the highest standards of quality, both musically and technically, for each recording and 2011 promises to uphold these long traditions.

August 6 was the dress rehearsal of Wolfgang Amadeus' opera DON GIOVANNI in Salzburg. The opera is conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, directed by Claus Guth, and the stage design is by artist Christian Schmidt. DON GIOVANNI will premiere on August 9 as part of the annual Salzburg Festival. Broadwayworld brings you coverage of the rehearsal below.

Mozart's enchanting masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute'), returns to the Met on September 23 in the acclaimed production by Julie Taymor, performed in its original German-language version.

Mozart's enchanting masterpiece, Die Zauberflöte ('The Magic Flute'), returns to the Met on September 23 in the acclaimed production by Julie Taymor, performed in its original German-language version.

The Metropolitan Opera has reason to celebrate; $2.5 million worth of tickets were sold on Sunday, the first day of sales, through its box office, telephone call center and Web site, up from $2 million on the first day of sales last year, according to the Associated press.

Two star tenors, Roberto Alagna and Jos? Cura, take on the challenge of singing the lead roles in both Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci when the classic double-bill returns to the Met's repertory. At the season premiere on March 19, Alagna sings Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana for the first time on any stage and Canio in Pagliacci in his Met role debut. Waltraud Meier joins him in the Mascagni work as Santuzza, along with Charles Taylor as Alfio. Leoncavallo's opera also features Nuccia Focile as Nedda, Alberto Mastromarino in his Met debut as Tonio, and Christopher Maltman in his company role debut as Silvio.