I’m traveling to Europe, having extended stays in Norway and France, and visiting Italy (late june, early july), germany, switzerland, and Austria. I want to get to as many concerts as possible while I’m there, especially in Italy. I especially want to find Baroque music, but Classical, Romantic, and renaissance/medieval are also loved. Any suggestions or advice would be wonderful! Thanks!
I guess your best bet is the Haydn Festival [ http://www.internationalhaydnfestival2009.org/concert-programs.htm ]
from July 2-4 in Vienna. Or you can try to catch:
- Munich Opera Festival (28 June – end of July) [ http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/731-c2hvd19tb250aD0wNiZzaG93X3llYXI9MjAwOQ-~spielplan~kalender_2008.html ]. I’m afraid they’re doing mostly stuff from the Romantic Period this year, but if you can manage to get a ticket to the Lucrezia Borgia (July 1, 6), that is the show to catch since Edita Gruberova is perhaps the greatest coloratura soprano since Sutherland and she will be retiring in 2012.
- Zurich Opera has full schedule for June and Julyl [ http://www.opernhaus.ch/d/spielplan/index.php?searchMonat=2009-06&searchKomponist=&searchTyp=&searchText=Stichworte+eingeben ] but is also heavy on the Romantic to late Romantic period opera this year.
- Verona Opera Festival [ http://www.arena.it/en-US/festival-lirico/schedule.html ] from June 19-Aug 31.. operas from Romantic to late Romantic periods.
- Salzburg Festival [ http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/program2009/ ] goes from July 25 to the end of August, which is probably too late for you. 
At any rate, tickets to this festival (and Bayreuth Festival) are usually sold out a few years in advance anyway. But if you’re still around during the time you might be able to catch one of those outdoor big-screen broadcast they usually put up.
Good luck and have fun!
at least in Germany, most opera houses close down for the summer break in late June, early July. You’d have to be very specific where you are going to be to have a chance for opera, at any rate.
if there is a university music library around you, please check out the issues of the German orchestral union journal, Das Orchester. they will have the German festival schedules printed in this month’s issue.
it could also be that they have them posted on their web site as well.www.dasorchester.de.
I don’t know any sites for you outside of Germany ( that’s where I work)
but I’ll bet you can find a lot of information by typing in the name of your intended cities and their summer calendars, often provided by the city councils…
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I guess your best bet is the Haydn Festival [ http://www.internationalhaydnfestival2009.org/concert-programs.htm ]
from July 2-4 in Vienna. Or you can try to catch:
- Munich Opera Festival (28 June – end of July) [ http://www.bayerische.staatsoper.de/731-c2hvd19tb250aD0wNiZzaG93X3llYXI9MjAwOQ-~spielplan~kalender_2008.html ]. I’m afraid they’re doing mostly stuff from the Romantic Period this year, but if you can manage to get a ticket to the Lucrezia Borgia (July 1, 6), that is the show to catch since Edita Gruberova is perhaps the greatest coloratura soprano since Sutherland and she will be retiring in 2012.
- Zurich Opera has full schedule for June and Julyl [ http://www.opernhaus.ch/d/spielplan/index.php?searchMonat=2009-06&searchKomponist=&searchTyp=&searchText=Stichworte+eingeben ] but is also heavy on the Romantic to late Romantic period opera this year.
- Verona Opera Festival [ http://www.arena.it/en-US/festival-lirico/schedule.html ] from June 19-Aug 31.. operas from Romantic to late Romantic periods.
- Salzburg Festival [ http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/program2009/ ] goes from July 25 to the end of August, which is probably too late for you.
At any rate, tickets to this festival (and Bayreuth Festival) are usually sold out a few years in advance anyway. But if you’re still around during the time you might be able to catch one of those outdoor big-screen broadcast they usually put up.
Good luck and have fun!
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