The Raumann Opera Atlas
2008–2019

With Dad.

Twenty-nine performances, fourteen cities, and enough curtain calls to make a sensible person carry lozenges. The particular joy of these trips was never just the opera; it was having someone beside you who knew exactly when to lean forward.

“The map is not the territory. It is, however, an excellent excuse for another ticket.”Opera trips with Dad, from the Met to La Scala.
The route

A northern opera atlas

Every dot marks a city in the record. New York is slightly larger because it has earned the privilege.

A map of the places that kept calling. Not to scale in any legal sense, but geographically better behaved than an after-party.

New York · 11Chicago · 4San Francisco · 3OaklandLos AngelesSeattleLondonHamburgBerlinMunichDresdenMilanVeniceNaples
● New York / the Met● other cities in the record29 performances · 14 cities
The ledger

Evenings, in order.

The record has been tidied lightly for reading. The memories were already in excellent order.

2008–2011

Die Entführung aus dem SerailNew York · Met · May 2008
La clemenza di TitoNew York · Met · May 2008
La sonnambulaNew York · Met · Apr 2009 · Dessay
L’elisir d’amoreNew York · Met · Apr 2009
Il viaggio a ReimsMilan · La Scala · May 2009
Le nozze di FigaroNew York · Met · Oct 2009
Don GiovanniMunich · Bayerische Staatsoper · Oct 2009
Faust · ErnaniChicago · Lyric · Nov 2009
CarmenDresden · Semperoper · Jan 2011
Il barbiere di SivigliaLondon · Covent Garden · Jan 2011
Il turco in ItaliaLos Angeles · Dorothy Chandler · Mar 2011
Il trovatoreVenice · La Fenice · Oct 2011

2012–2015

La finta giardinieraSan Francisco · Cowell Theater · Aug 2012
Le comte OryNew York · Met · Jan 2013
Maria StuardaNew York · Met · Jan 2013
I due FoscariHamburg · Staatsoper · Nov 2013
La bohème · L’elisir d’amoreNew York · Met · Jan 2014
La donna del lagoNew York · Met · Feb 2015
Anna BolenaNew York · Met · Oct 2015
Don GiovanniBerlin · Staatsoper im Schiller Theater · Nov 2015

2016–2019

Mary StuartSeattle · McCaw Hall · Feb 2016
Abduction from the SeraglioOakland · Holy Names University · Aug 2016
Le nozze di FigaroNaples · Teatro San Carlo · Sep 2016
Das RheingoldChicago · Lyric · Oct 2016
Die WalküreChicago · Lyric · Nov 2017
SiegfriedSan Francisco · Jun 2018
Marriage of FigaroSan Francisco · Oct 2019
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