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Friday 3 November 2023, 20:00
Messa da Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor: Otto Tausk

Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo soprano
David Pomeroy, tenor
Derek Welton, bass

Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony

Tickets and information here.

Location: The Orpheum, 601 Smithe St, Vancouver BC V6B 3L4, BC Canada.


Saturday 4 November 2023, 20:00
Messa da Requiem
Giuseppe Verdi

Conductor: Otto Tausk

Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Allyson McHardy, mezzo soprano
David Pomeroy, tenor
Derek Welton, bass

Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony

Tickets and information here.

Location: The Orpheum, 601 Smithe St, Vancouver BC V6B 3L4, BC Canada.


Sunday 17 December 2023, 16:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Tuesday 19 December 2023, 20:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Thursday 21 December 2023, 20:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Saturday 23 December 2023, 20:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Wednesday 27 December 2023, 20:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Friday 29 December 2023, 20:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Monday 1 January 2024, 16:00
Elias (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Conductor: Constantin Trinks
Director: Calixto Bieito

Elijah (Elias): Derek Welton
The Angel: Kai Rüütel-Pajula
Obadiah: Robert Lewis
The Queen: Beth Taylor
Seraph: Giulia Scopelliti
A man: Pete Thanapat
A woman: Thandiswa Mpongwana

Orchestra, Chrous and Children’s Chorus of the Opéra de Lyon

Tickets and information here.

Location: Opéra de Lyon, 1 Place de la Comédie, 69001 Lyon, France.


Friday 26 January 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Monday 29 January 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Wednesday 31 January 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Saturday 3 February 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Monday 5 February 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Wednesday 7 February 2024, 19:30
Lear
Aribert Reimann

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Director: Calixto Bieito

König Lear: Bo Skovhus
König von Frankreich: Torben Jürgens
Herzog von Albany: Derek Welton
Herzog von Cornwall: Michael Colvin
Graf von Kent: Kor-Jan Dusseljee
Graf von Gloster: Lauri Vasar
Edgar: Andrew Watts
Edmund: Andreas Conrad
Goneril: Ángeles Blancas
Regan: Erika Sunnegårdh
Cordelia: Susanne Elmark
Narr: Ernst Alisch

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

Tickets and information here.

Location: Teatro Real, Pl. de Isabel II, s/n, 28013 Madrid, Spain.


Friday 23 February 2024, 19:30
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

Curiosity, Genius and the Search for Petula Clark
Kelly-Marie Murphy (TSO commission)

Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss (1949 version)
Igor Stravinsky

Pulcinella
Igor Stravinsky

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Tickets and information here.

Location: Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto ON M5J 2H5, Canada.


Saturday 24 February 2024, 19:30
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella

Curiosity, Genius and the Search for Petula Clark
Kelly-Marie Murphy (TSO commission)

Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss (1949 version)
Igor Stravinsky

Pulcinella
Igor Stravinsky

Gustavo Gimeno, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Tickets and information here.

Location: Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe St, Toronto ON M5J 2H5, Canada.


Wednesday 13 March 2024, 19:30
Icons Rediscovered: Wagner’s Grand Festival

Richard Wagner

Huldigungsmarsch WWV 97

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg WWV 96
Prelude to Act 1
Hans Sachs: „Was duftet doch der Flieder“

Das Rheingold WWV 86A
Wotan: „Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge“

Die Walküre WWV 86B
Ride of the Valkyries
Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music

Götterdämmerung WWV 86D
Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Act 1: Duet
Act 3: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music
Act 3: Brünnhilde’s Immolation and Finale

Iréne Theorin, soprano
Andreas Schager, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Tickets and information here.

Location: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom.


Friday 22 March 2024, 19:30
Œdipus Rex
Igor Stravinsky

Symphony No 7 in C major Op 105
Jean Sibelius


Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Œdipe: Paul Appleby
Jocaste: Ekaterina Semenchuk
Créon: Derek Welton
Tirésias: Shenyang
Le berger: NN
Le messager: Derek Welton
Le narrateur: NN

Münchner Philharmoniker
Philharmonischer Chor München

Tickets and information here.

Location: Isarphilharmonie, Hans-Preißinger-Straße 8, 81379 Munich, Germany.


Saturday 23 March 2024, 19:00
Œdipus Rex
Igor Stravinsky

Symphony No 7 in C major Op 105
Jean Sibelius


Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali

Œdipe: Paul Appleby
Jocaste: Ekaterina Semenchuk
Créon: Derek Welton
Tirésias: Shenyang
Le berger: NN
Le messager: Derek Welton
Le narrateur: NN

Münchner Philharmoniker
Philharmonischer Chor München

Tickets and information here.

Location: Isarphilharmonie, Hans-Preißinger-Straße 8, 81379 Munich, Germany.


Sunday 24 March 2024, 17:00
Die Walküre WWV 86B
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Kent Nagano

Wotan: Derek Welton

Dresdner Festspielorchester
Concerto Köln

Tickets and information here.

Location: Kölner Philharmonie, Bischofsgartenstraße 1, 50667 Cologne, Germany.


Friday 29 March 2024, 18:30
Grafenegg Festival
Good Friday Concert

Parsifal WWV 111, Act 3
Richard Wagner

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Gurnemanz: Stephen Milling
Parsifal: Klaus Florian Vogt

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Tonkünstler-Orchester
Roberto Paternostro, conductor

Tickets and information here.

Location: Auditorium, Grafenegg Festival, Grafenegg 10, 3485 Grafenegg, Austria.


Sunday 12 May 2024, 16:00
Die Walküre WWV 86B
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Nicholas Carter
Director: Stefan Herheim

Siegmund: Michael König
Hunding: Tobias Kehrer
Wotan: Derek Welton
Sieglinde: Elisabeth Teige
Fricka: Annika Schlicht
Brünnhilde: Ricarda Merbeth
Helmwige: Flurina Stucki
Gerhilde: Felicia Moore
Ortlinde: Maria Motolygina
Waltraute: Irene Roberts
Siegrune: Arianna Manganello
Rossweise: Karis Tucker
Grimgerde: Piccolomini
Schwertleite: Lauren Decker

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Tickets and information here.

Location: Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstraße 35, D-10627 Berlin, Germany.


Wednesday 22 May 2024, 17:00
Die Walküre WWV 86B
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles
Director: Stefan Herheim

Siegmund: Michael König
Hunding: Tobias Kehrer
Wotan: Derek Welton
Sieglinde: Elisabeth Teige
Fricka: Annika Schlicht
Brünnhilde: Ricarda Merbeth
Helmwige: Flurina Stucki
Gerhilde: Felicia Moore
Ortlinde: Maria Motolygina
Waltraute: Irene Roberts
Siegrune: Arianna Manganello
Rossweise: Karis Tucker
Grimgerde: Nicole Piccolomini
Schwertleite: Lauren Decker

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Tickets and information here.

Location: Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstraße 35, D-10627 Berlin, Germany.


Wednesday 29 May 2024, 17:00
Die Walküre WWV 86B
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Sir Donald Runnicles
Director: Stefan Herheim

Siegmund: Michael König
Hunding: Tobias Kehrer
Wotan: Derek Welton
Sieglinde: Elisabeth Teige
Fricka: Annika Schlicht
Brünnhilde: Ricarda Merbeth
Helmwige: Flurina Stucki
Gerhilde: Felicia Moore
Ortlinde: Maria Motolygina
Waltraute: Irene Roberts
Siegrune: Arianna Manganello
Rossweise: Karis Tucker
Grimgerde: Nicole Piccolomini
Schwertleite: Lauren Decker

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Tickets and information here.

Location: Deutsche Oper, Bismarckstraße 35, D-10627 Berlin, Germany.


Saturday 27 July 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Wednesday 7 August 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Saturday 10 August 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Wednesday 14 August 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Saturday 17 August 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Saturday 24 August 2024, 16:00
Parsifal WWV 111
Richard Wagner

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Director: Jay Scheib

Amfortas: Derek Welton
Titurel: Tobias Kehrer
Gurnemanz: Georg Zeppenfeld
Parsifal: Andreas Schager
Klingsor: Jordan Shanahan
Kundry: Ekaterina Gubanova

Gralsritter: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Knappen: Betsy Horne, Margaret Plummer, Jorge Rodriguez Norton, Matthew Newlin
Zaubermädchen: Evelin Novak, Margaret Plummer, Julia Grüter, Betsy Horne, Marie Henriette Reinhold
Stimme aus der Höhe: Marie Henriette Reinhold

Bayreuther Festspielchor
Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tickets and information here.

Location: Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus Festspielhügel 1, 95445 Bayreuth, Germany.


Friday 13 September 2024, 19:30
Symphony No 8
Gustav Mahler

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Magna peccatrix: Stacey Alleaume, soprano
Una pœnitentium: Samantha Clarke, soprano
Mater gloriosa: Sara Macliver, soprano
Mulier samaritana: Ashlyn Tymms, mezzo-soprano
Maria ægyptica: Deborah Humble, mezzo-soprano
Doctor Marianus: Paul O’Neill, tenor
Pater ecstaticus: David Greco, baritone
Pater profundus: Derek Welton, bass-baritone

WASO Chorus
UWA Symphonic Chorus
St George’s Cathedral Consort
Voyces
Aquinas College Schola Cantorum

West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music

Tickets and information here.

Location: Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, Australia.


Saturday 14 September 2024, 19:30
Symphony No 8
Gustav Mahler

Conductor: Asher Fisch
Magna peccatrix: Stacey Alleaume, soprano
Una pœnitentium: Samantha Clarke, soprano
Mater gloriosa: Sara Macliver, soprano
Mulier samaritana: Ashlyn Tymms, mezzo-soprano
Maria ægyptica: Deborah Humble, mezzo-soprano
Doctor Marianus: Paul O’Neill, tenor
Pater ecstaticus: David Greco, baritone
Pater profundus: Derek Welton, bass-baritone

WASO Chorus
UWA Symphonic Chorus
St George’s Cathedral Consort
Voyces
Aquinas College Schola Cantorum

West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Musicians of the Australian National Academy of Music

Tickets and information here.

Location: Perth Concert Hall, 5 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, Australia.