June 2011 International Diary

Austria

• 17, 20, 23, 27 & 30 June 2011 | Vienna State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Franz Welser-Möst (conductor), Emily Magee (Kaťa), Deborah Polaski (Kabanicha) | • Janáček: Káťa Kabanová | State Opera House, Vienna, check time with theatre, Web site: www.wiener-staatsoper.at

Czech Republic

• 5 & 23 June 2011 | Orchestra & Chorus of National Theatre, Tomáš Netopil (conductor), Maria Kobielska or Christina Vasileva (Kaťa) | • Janáček: Káťa Kabanová | National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, 7.00pm, web site: www.narodni-divadlo.cz

Germany

• 1 & 4 June 2011 | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Tomáš Hanus (conductor), Olga Guryakova (Rusalka), Dmytro Popov (The Prince), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba) | • Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 (B 203) [sung in Czech with German surtitles] | National Theatre, Munich, 7.00pm, web site: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
• 10 June 2011 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor), Gil Shaham (violin) | • Janáček: Lachian Dances (Lašske tance) | • Janáček: “Taras Bulba” Rhapsody for Orchestra, after the novel by Nikolay Gogol | • Bartók: Violin Concerto No 2 | Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Berlin, 8.00pm, Web site: www.rsb-online.de

United States of America

• 2, 3, 4 & 5 June 2011 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor) | • Mahler: Symphony No 9 | Symphony Center, Chicago, 8.00pm (1.30pm on 3rd, 3.00pm on 5th), web site: www.cso.org