2011 in classical music

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Events

New works

Opera premieres

DateOperaComposerTheatre
17 February Anna Nicole Mark-Anthony Turnage Royal Opera House
18 March Kommilitonen! Peter Maxwell Davies Royal Academy of Music
26 March Risorgimento! Lorenzo Ferrero Teatro Comunale Modena [5]
April The Importance of Being Earnest Gerald Barry Los Angeles Philharmonic (concert performance)
9 & 10 April Sonntag aus Licht Karlheinz Stockhausen Staatenhaus of the Kölner Messe (auspices of the Cologne Opera)
13 April The Juniper Passion Michael F. WilliamsGallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato
9 June Rockland the Opera Jukka Linkola Nivala Ice Arena, Finland
24 June Two Boys Nico Muhly English National Opera
1 July Dr Dee Damon Albarn Palace Theatre, Manchester, 2011 Manchester International Festival
30 July Mansfield Park Jonathan Dove Boughton House
11 September Manifest Destiny 2011 Keith Burstein King's Head Theatre, London
15 October One Night Stand Olli Kortekangas Helsinki Music Centre
1 November Heart of Darkness Tarik O'Regan Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
12 November Silent Night Kevin Puts Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota
31 December The Enchanted Island Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau Metropolitan Opera

Albums

Musical films

Deaths

Major awards

International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Piano

International Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 – Violin

2011 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition

Classical Brits

Grammy Awards

See also

Related Research Articles

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References

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  5. Risorgimento! – Il prigioniero at the Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti (Modena)
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