Celebrate 175 since the birth of Democracy in Frankfurt with the Opera House of the Year! with music by composers whose works stood for freedom and human rights, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, in his last season as General Music Director of Oper Frankfurt after 15 wonderful years.
(INFO STAND: don't miss the chance to find out about what Schauspiel Frankfurt have to offer next season, from 11–19 in the Rathaus (town hall), where you might win something too!)
OPERA HIGHLIGHTS UNDER A STARRY SKY
Oper Frankfurt on the Römerberg (piazza in front of town hall)
Beethoven 1770–1827 Egmont overture
Beethoven (from Fidelio)
Act 1 Quartet (Nombulelo Yende, Elena Villalón, Michael Porter & Erik van Heyningen)
Act 2 Florestan aria (AJ Glueckert)
Wagner 1813–1883 Rienzi overture
Puccini 1858–1924 (from Tosca)
Act 1 Cavaradossi aria (Matthew Polenzani)
Act 2 Tosca aria (Ambur Braid)
Act 3 Cavaradossi aria (Matthew Polenzani
Verdi 1813–1901 (from Don Carlo)
Act 2 Don Carlo / Rodrigo duet (Matthew Polenzani, Domen Križaj)
Act 4 Rodrigo aria (Domen Križaj)
Tchaikovsky 1840–1893 Capriccio Italien
Wagner (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnbert)
Act 3 Walter von Stolzing's »Prize Song« (AJ Glueckert)
Prelude to Act 1
