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Best Opera Award at the TMA Awards goes to Opera North for their Shakespeare Season 2008; 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' 'Romeo et Juliette' and ' Macbeth' Designed by Johan Engels; 'Romeo et Juliette' Directed by John Fulljames
'Calendar Girls' to open in the West End at the Noel Coward in April 2009; costumes designed by Emma Williams
Lucy Carter, winner of the Knight of Illumination for Dance Award 2008, for Wayne McGregor's 'Chroma' which was premiered by Royal Ballet 2007
Stephen Langridge's 'The Minotaur', Paul Pyant winner of the Knight of Illumination for Opera Award 2008
November / December 2008/ January 2009
Production Premieres November 2008
Madama Butterfly
Oper Köln. Premieres 1 November 2008
Director/Designer: Patrick Kinmonth
1 November -
27 December 2008
Requiem Canticles (Triple Bill) World Premiere
Bern Ballet. Premieres 2 November 2008
Choreographer: Cathy Marston
2 November 2008 - 30 January 2009
Robin Hood
Komische Opera, Berlin. Premieres 2 November 2008
Designer: Gideon Davey; Director: Andreas Homuki
2 November - 28 December 2008
Symphony - Sarah Brightman Tour 2008, US & Canada
Monterrey, Mexico. Premieres 4 November 2008
Designer: Johan Engels
6 November - 21 December 2008
The Rape of Lucretia
Vlaamse Opera. Premieres 7 November 2008
Designer: Conor Murphy; Director: Carlos Wagner
7 November - 30 November
Soul Play
Kate Flatt Projects. Premieres 7 November 2008
Designer: Chloe Lamford
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Abbey Theatre, Dublin. Premieres 11 November 2008
Designer: Conor Murphy; Director: Jimmy Fay
11 November - 6 December 2008
Infra
Royal Opera House. Premieres 13 November 2008
Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter; Choreographer: Wayne McGregor
13 November - 26 November 2008
Hansel & Gretel
Opera North Education Tour. Premieres 20 November 2008
Director: Oliver Mears; Designer: Simon Holdsworth;
Lighting Designer: Giuseppe di Iorio
20 November - 13 December 2008
Florentine Tragedy/ Gianni Schicci (Revival)
Greek National Opera, Athens. Premieres 23 November 2008
Dir. John Fulljames
23 November - 30 November 2008
The Snow Queen
Sherman Cymru. Premieres 28 November 2008
Designer: Chloe Lamford; Director: Anna Linstrum
28 November - 10 January 2009
Production Premieres December 2008
Katya Kabanova
Teatro Real, Madrid. Premieres 2 December 2008
Designer: Patrick Kinmonth; Dir. Robert Carsen
2 December - 23 December 2008
The Beauty and The Beast
Dundee Rep. Premieres 4 December 2008
Designer: Alex Lowde; Dir. Jemima Levick
4 December - 3 January
2009
Otello
Teatro Dell'Opera di Roma. Premieres 6 December 2008
Director: Stephen Langridge; Designer Set: George Souglides;
Costume Designer: Emma Ryott; Lighting Designer: Giuseppe di Iorio
6 December -
14 December 2008
Il Pagliacci & Von Heute auf Morgen
Teatro La Fenice, Venice. Premieres 12 December 2008
Designer: Gideon Davey; Dir. Eliahu Inbal
12 December - 20 December 2008
La Traviata
Malmo Opera, Sweden. Premieres 12 December 2008
Designer: Jamie Vartan; Dir. Thomas Mallet de Burgess
12 December - 27 January 2009
Rigoletto
Greek National Opera. Premieres 19 December 2008
Lighting Designer: Giuseppe di Iorio; Dir. Nikos Petropoulos
19 December 2008 - 6 January 2009
Production Premieres January 2009
Death in Venice
La Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels. Premieres 15 January 2009
Choreographer: Kim Brandstrup
15 January -
29 January 2009
Death in Venice
Salzburg Landestheater. Premieres 19 January 2009
Design: Jamie Vartan; Dir. Steven Medcalf
19 January - 26 May 2009
The Beggars Opera
Royal Opera House, Linbury Studio. Premieres 20 January 2009
Design: Kimm Kovac & Andrew Hays; Dir. Justin Way
20 January - 31 January 2009
Such stuff that dreams are made on
'before the tempest...after the storm'
Bern Ballet, Switzerland. Premieres 21 January 2009
Choreographer: Cathy Marston
21 January - 10 March 2009
Le Tableau Perdu
Royal Swedish Ballet. Premieres 23 January 2009
Choreographer: Christian Spuck; Costume Design: Emma Ryott
23 January - 6 February 2009
Let 'Em Eat Cake
Opera North, Grand Theatre Leeds, & Tour. Premieres 29 January 2009
Dir. Tim Hopkins; Costume Design: Gabrielle Dalton; Dir. Caroline Gawn
29 January - 7 March 2009
Sabat
The Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster. Premieres 29 January 2009
Design: Miriam Nabarro
Chorus
Houston Grand Opera. Premieres 30 January 2009
Design: Johan Engels; Dir. David Pountney
30 January - 13 February 2009
Ongoing Projects...
Black Watch
National Theatre of Scotland. US Tour
Director: John Tiffany; Designer: Laura Hopkins
Tour Dates: St Anne's Warehouse, New York 10 October - 30 November 2008.
Far from the Madding Crowd
English Touring Theatre & Northcott Theatre, Exeter. UK Tour
Director: Kate Saxon; Designer: Libby Watson
Tour Dates: 18 - 22 Nov Malvern Theatres, Malvern; 25 - 29 Nov Theatre Royal, Brighton.
'Libby Watson's set...lends the proceedings an organic interconnectedness.' Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian
Calendar Girls
Chichester Festival Theatre & David Pugh Ltd. UK Tour
Chichester Festival Theatre: 5 September - 27 September 2008
Director: Hamish McColl; Costume Designer: Emma Williams
Tour Dates: 17 - 22 Nov Theatre Royal, Bath; 24 - 29 Nov Richmond Theatre; 1- 6 Dec Forum Theatre, Malvern; 8-13 December Theatre Royal, Plymouth.
'Tim Firth's adaptation of his screen play is a winner.' Ian Shuttleworth, Financial Times
Of Thee I Sing
Opera North.
Director: Caroline Gawn.
Designer: Tim Hopkins; Costume Designer: Gabrielle Dalton
Tour Dates: 20 Nov Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
Hansel & Gretel
Opera North Education
Director: Oliver Mears; Designer: Simon Holdsworth; Lighting Designer: Giuseppe di Iorio
Tour Dates: 20 & 22 Nov The Spa, Bridlington; 27 Nov The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal; 4 Dec The Arc, Stockton on Tees; 8 Dec Thoresby Riding Hall, Newark; 11 & 13 Dec The Howard Assembly Rooms, Leeds
Let 'Em Eat Cake
Opera North.
Director: Tim Hopkins; Costume Design: Gabrielle Dalton
Tour Dates: Grand Theatre, Leeds 29 January - 14 February; Sadler's Wells, London 20-21 February; The Lowry, Salford Quays 27-28 February; Theatre Royal, Newcastle 6-7 March 2009.