The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle; JT as Minotaur (Asterios) with Johan Reuter (Theseus); ROH; Jan 2013; photo: Bill Cooper
The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle; JT as Minotaur (Asterios) with Johan Reuter (Theseus); ROH; Jan 2013; photo: Bill Cooper
The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle; JT as Minotaur (Asterios) with Johan Reuter (Theseus); ROH; Jan 2013; photo: Bill Cooper
The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle; JT as Minotaur (Asterios); ROH; Jan 2013; photo: Bill Cooper
The Minotaur by Harrison Birtwistle; JT as Minotaur (Asterios); ROH; Jan 2013; photo: Bill Cooper
2013

RECORDINGS:

  • Britten, Wolf, Shostakovitch – “MICHELANGELO IN SONG“ (21 Michelangelo poems) (chan 10785)
  • Wagner – PARSIFAL (Gurnemanz), Elder (CD HLD 7539)
Jan – R.O.H. COVENT GARDEN
The Minotaur – The Minotaur Birtwistle
Feb-Mar – LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Theatre des Champs Elysees, Paris, Festival Hall, London)
Peachum (semi-staged) Die Dreigroschenoper Weill
Mar 15-17 – MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bluebeard – Bluebeard’s Castle Bartók
Mar-Apr – MÜNCHEN STAATSOPER
Gurnemanz – Parsifal Wagner
Apr 14,15 – SANTA CECILIA, ROME (Frankfurt, Hamburg)
Der Fremde – Opfergang Henze
Apr 26-8 – BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
Socrates – The Last Days of Socrates Dean, A Child of our Time Tippett
May 22 – WIENER STAATSOPER
Hagen – Götterdämmerung Wagner
May 25 – WORTHING SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Wotan’s Journey Wagner
June 9 – BRITISH LIBRARY (Wagner 200th anniversary reading of the ‘Ring’)
Jul-Aug – SALZBURG FESTIVAL
The Green Knight, Bertilac – Gawain Birtwistle
Aug 25 – BBC PROMENADE CONCERT (Hallé orchestra)
Gurnemanz (semi-staged) Parsifal Wagner
Sep 13 – RIPON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
21 Michelangelo Poems Britten, Wolf, Shostakovitch
Sep 15 – R.O.H. COVENT GARDEN (Floral Hall)
Wotan’s Farewell Wagner
Sep 24 – OPER FRANKFURT 21
Michelangelo Poems Britten, Wolf, Shostakovitch
Oct-Nov – R.O.H. COVENT GARDEN
Doktor – Wozzeck Berg
Nov 17 – WIMBLEDON MUSIC FESTIVAL
21 Michelangelo Poems Britten, Wolf, Shostakovitch
Dec 19 – ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON
Carol Concert