Opera Boston will stage La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein by Jacques Offenbach sung in French / spoken dialogue in English with projected titles, conducted by Gil Rose and directed by David Kneuss.

Fort Worth Opera will stage Hansel And Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck sung in English playing on December 11 and 12, 2009, at the Rose marine theatre.

Sydney Opera House will play Jouissance playing on 2009-10-11, at the Utzon Room.

Opera North, England will host a performance of Amsterdam String Quartet on Sunday, 25th Oct 2009, at 3.00pm.

Royal Opera House, London together with the Royal Ballet will present Mayerling. From the outset Kenneth MacMillan pushed ballet beyond the boundaries of fairytale kingdoms. Nowhere is this more compellingly successful than in Mayerling.

Washington National Opera will present Falstaff composed by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Arrigo Boito, sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Opera Colorado, Denver will present The Barber of Seville running for approximately 3 hours.

Royal Opera House, London together with the Royal Ballet will stage "The Sleeping Beauty" running for 3 hours. Generous philanthropic support from Lady Jarvis. Made possible (2006) by The Linbury Trust and the Royal Opera House Endowment Fund with additional support from The Dalriada Trust, Simon and Virginia Robertson, Marina Hobson MBE and Dianne and Michael Bienes.

Fort Worth Opera will play "The Elixir of Love" by Gaetano Donizetti performed in Italian with projected English translations.

Royal Opera House, London will stage Artaxerxes, sung in English, running for 2 hours 30 minutes.

Sydney Opera House will play JONI - a tribute to the legendary Joni Mitchell - presented by Spiritworks and Jeff Lewis in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival, taking place on 2009-10-30.

Royal Opera House, London will stage "The Tsarina's Slippers" running for 3 hours, sung in Russian with English surtitles.