Silvia Hauer & Heather Engebretson

Eternally young story

Silvia Hauer (Carmen) and Heather Engebretson (Micaëla) are the protagonists in the Carmen revival at Staatstheater Wiesbaden under the musical direction of Yoel Gamzou and in the staging of Uwe Eric Laufenberg. Alongside them on stage are Aaron Cawley as Don José and Jordan Shanahan as Escamillo, among others.

All performance dates:
03/08/18/25/30 June & 04/09 July, 2023

Further information via following link:
www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/... 

more about Silvia Hauer
more about Heather Engebretson 

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Attilio Cremonesi & Anna Bonitatibus

Kick-Off of the Händelfestspiele Halle

The audience of Halle's Händelfestspiele can look forward to an exciting festival programme! This year's festival will open with the premiere of the opera Serse (Xerxes) on May 26, 2023. The new staging of Händel's furious late work (directing: Louisa Proske) is conducted by Attilio Cremonesi, artistic director of the festival orchestra, and, for the first time, Händel and Baroque expert Anna Bonitatibus can be seen and heard in the title role as King Serse.

Following the premiere performance, Anna will be awarded the 
2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle.
 
Further performances of Serse: 28.05. sowie 03./11.06.2023 

If you would like to experience the two artists together once more, you will have the chance to do so on June 9.
On this evening there will be a single concert performance of the opera Lotario, Attilio Cremonesi again conducting the Festival Orchestra and Anna Bonitatibus singing the role of Matilda.

more about Attilio Cremonesi
more about Anna Bonitatibus

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Doris Soffel

Unique!

more about Doris Soffel 

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Andreas Schager

Between concert and opera stage

more about Andreas Schager 

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Anthony Robin Schneider

New entry!

more about Anthony Robin Schneider 

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Johan Reuter

Velkommen Johan Reuter!

more about Johan Reuter 

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Dan Karlström

From dwarf to music master and back

The time has come for Dan Karlström to slip into one of his absolute signature roles! On March 24th 2023 he can again be experienced as Mime, wicked dwarf and foster father of Siegfried, in the opera of the same name.
The new staging of the third part of the RING tetralogy by Anna Kelo celebrates its premiere at the Finnish National Opera Helsinki and will be conducted by Hannu Lintu.
Further performances: 29.3. & 11./14./17./22.4.2023

In between performances, Dan Karlström will return to Dresden's Semperoper where he will be on stage for two nights as music master Don Basilio in Mozart's masterful "opera buffa", Le nozze di Figaro: 01/06 April, 2023

more about Dan Karlström 

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Hartmut Haenchen

Reason to celebrate

Hartmut Haenchen conducts the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest with Bruckner 7 and works of Wagner and Larcher at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw on March 18 and 20 and at Tivoli Vredenburg on March 19, 2023.

There are various reasons for the artist to celebrate these concerts.

On the occasion of this series of concerts the Philharmonisch Orkest appoints him honorary conductor. Following the second concert at the Concertgebouw on March 20 Hartmut will celebrate into his 80th birthday with the orchestra, his friends and guests. We wish him all the best, good health and joy in his musical projects!

more about Hartmut Haenchen

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Marjukka Tepponen

Waiting for Katia

Following her great success as Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly in the autumn of 2022, Marjukka Tepponen now returns to Oper Graz with a further role debut!
This time she will embody the title role in Leoš Janáček’s opera Katja Kabanova, the premiere taking place on March 18, 2023.

The new staging is by Anika Rutkofsky who won the main prize of the stage director competition “Ring Award” in 2021. Conducting the Grazer Philharmonic is Chief Conductor Roland Kluttig.
 
Further performances: 23/29 March ; 14/16/19/21/29 April;  12/14 May, 2023

mehr über Marjukka Tepponen

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Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

Vocal and scenic versatility at Theater Basel

The young Icelandic soprano inspires musically in the freshly debuted role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto at the Theater Basel, directed by Vincent Huguet and musically prepared und lead by
Michele Spotti with many performances still to come  until the end of the season:
www.theater-basel.ch/...

Álfheiður is currently taking part in a new production of Persona - a contemporary musical theater work -  by Anda Kryeziu, who also conducts the performances personally: to experience at the Theater Basel in the Gare du Nord:
www.theater-basel.ch/...

In April she sings in a new production of the scenic version of
J. Haydn's oratorio "Creation" under the musical direction of Jörg Halubek and staged by Thomas Verstraeten and with the participation of  the La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel:
www.theater-basel.ch/... 

more about Álfheidur Erla Gudmundsdóttir

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Andreas Schager 

Taking off to Dresden, Vienna and Munich

For Andreas Schager, the first Wagner epic of 2023, the "Ring des Nibelungen" under the musical direction of Christian Thielemann at Semperoper Dresden, is already just around the corner. It begins on 28 January with Siegmund in "Walküre" together with, among others, Allison Oakes as Sieglinde (second cycle 06 February), continuing on 30 January with the title role in Siegfried (second cycle on 08 February) and ending with that same role in "Götterdämmerung" on 01 February (second cycle on 10 February).
Schager will then appear with his wife, violinist Lidia Baich, and Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund at the Opera Ball in Vienna on 16 February.
He continues with Wagner on 20, 23 and 26 February as Tristan under the baton of Philippe Jordan at the Vienna State Opera.
This will be followed on 28 February by a song recital at the Vienna State Opera with "Die schöne Müllerin" by F. Schubert, "Dichterliebe" by R. Schumann and selected songs by R. Strauss.
In March 2023, Schager will return to Germany to the Bavarian State Opera, where he can be heard on the 23rd, 26th and 30th as Bacchus in R. Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos" under the direction of Lothar Koenigs. 

more about Andreas Schager

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Christoph Gedschold

Much in demand for his Strauss interpretations

The music director of the Leipzig Opera conducts revivals of Salome, with Annemarie Kremer as the title character, and Ariadne auf Naxos, with Catherine Hunold as Ariadne, at the Leipzig Opera on 4, 10 and 12 February, and the Dresden Semperoper on 23 February, 15 March and 26 March.

more about Christoph Gedschold

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Tómas Tómasson

Munich: First King, then Emperor

When Tómas Tómasson returns to the Bavarian State Opera at the beginning of the year, it will first be as King, then as a French emperor.
On three evenings he will embody King Lear in the opera of the same name by Aribert Reimann: 30.1., 2.2. and 5.2.2023. The staging by Christoph Marthaler is conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
 
Subsequently, Tómasson will then slip into the role of Napoleon Bonaparte in Prokofiev’s “War and Peace”. The premiere of the new staging by Dmitri Tcherniakov takes place on March 5th with further performances on 9./12./15./18.3.2023, all under the baton of Vladimir Jurowski.

more about Tómas Tómasson 

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Hartmut Haenchen

Travelling with Wagner, Strauss, Shostakovich and Bruckner

The year began for Hartmut Haenchen with two concerts in France. He conducted works by R. Wagner and the 3rd Symphony by Bruckner on 19 January in Lille and on 20 January in Calais with the Orchestre National de Lille.
Back in Germany, Haenchen conducted Wagner's Prelude to the first act of Parsifal, Strauss' Vier letzte Lieder and D. Shostakovich's 15th Symphony in Halle on 29 and 30 January with the Staatskapelle and Simone Schneider as soloist.
In February Haenchen travels to the Netherlands for three concerts. In Drachten (09 February 23), Rotterdam (10 February 23) and Groningen (11 February 23) he conducts the Wesendonck Lieder by R. Wagner and the 15th Symphony by Shostakovich with the Noord Nederlands Orkest.
The tour continues to Bari, where Haenchen will conduct R. Strauss' opera Salome at the Teatro Petruzzelli. Jochanaan is, among others, Samuel Youn.
Further afield in Italy, he will perform A. Bruckner's 7th Symphony at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna on 9 March 23.
A very special concert series then follows at the end of March with the Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest with performances in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and in Utrecht. After the second concert in the Concertgebouw on 20 March, Hartmut Haenchen will celebrate his 80th birthday there with friends and the musicians, which he will celebrate on 21 March 2023.

more about Hartmut Haenchen

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Flurina Stucki

"Her husband´s savior" in Fidelio at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin

In January 23' Flurina Stucki makes her Leonore debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin alongside Klaus Florian Vogt as Florestan in Beethoven's "Fidelio", in the new production by David Hermann and under the musical direction of Dominic Limburg: 7./14. January 2023.

Times remain exciting for the young Swiss, as important role debuts will follow: Amelia in Simone Boccanegra and Elsa in Lohengrin, she can also be heard again as Chrysothemis alongside Catherine Foster as Elektra and is Donna Anna in Giovanni and will also appear in Rued Langgaards' Antichrist in Ersan Mondtag's outstanding production. At the Staatstheater Karlsruhe she is again a guest as Chrysothemis in a revival of "Elektra".

more about Flurina Stucki 

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Tuomas Katajala

Wagner and Beethoven with Heras-Casado and Mäkelä

Before the end of the year, Tuomas Katajala can still be heard twice on the concert stage: first he will sing Parsifal in two concert performances of the 2nd Act with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano under Pablo Heras-Casado in Milan on December 15th and 16th, 2022. With him on stage are fellow BOM artists Marina Prudenskaya as Kundry and Samuel Youn as Klingsor.

As culmination of the year he can be heard in Beethoven's 9th at the New Year's concerts of the Wiener Symphoniker on December 30th, 31st and January 1st. The concerts at Wiener Konzarthaus are conducted by Klaus Mäkelä.

more about Tuomas Katajala

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Mika Kares

A welcome guest in Munich

After his successful debut as King Marke in the new production "Tristan" in 2021, Mika Kares now returns to the Bavarian State Opera for the next new staging. This time he will be on stage as King Heinrich in Lohengrin as part of a high-quality cast including Klaus Florian Vogt, Anja Kampe, Johanni van Oostrum and Johan Reuter.
The staging by Kornél Mundruczó is conducted by François-Xavier Roth and celebrates its premiere on December 3rd, 2022.

Further performances: December 07/11/14/17/21, 2022

more about Mika Kares

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Tuomas Pursio

Success wedding goes to Helsinki!

The Finnish opera audience may start to look forward to October and November, because the celebrated production of Kaija Saariaho's opera "Innocence", which had its world premiere at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in the summer of 2021, will now come to the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. Tuomas Pursio, who was also a part of the world premiere, will reprise his role of Father-in-law Henrik in Simon Stone's much acclaimed staging of the Finnish wedding story.

Performance dates: 21/26/28 October 2022
& 2/4/8/10/12/19/22/24 November 2022

More information about the opera:
www.oopperabaletti.fi/...

more about Tuomas Pursio 

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Tuomas Katajala

From station to station

The next concert in Tuomas Katajala's calendar is a bit out of the ordinary! On October 8th, 2022 he will perform with the award-winning chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica in Dresden's main train station as part of the project "Station to Station". On the concert programme is Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' in a new version by Fabian Dobler, conducted by Fuad Ibrahimov and with baritone Markus Brück.

Tuomas‘ next station is Paris where, on October 14th, 2022, he will visit Radio France with Britten's song cycle "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings". The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France will be conducted by Mikko Franck.

more about Tuomas Katajala 

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Matija Meic

Into the winter with confidence!

Also in this season, the Croatian baritone shows off a wide palette of roles, starting on the stage of his parent house at Munich's Gärtnerplatz where until the end of this year Matija Meic can be seen and heard in no less than three productions. First he will make his role debut as the diabolical Nick Shadow in the new production of The Rake's Progress, which celebrates its premiere on October 7th, 2022 under the musical direction of Rubén Dubrovsky.
During November and December he will then again be on stage as jester Rigoletto in the revival of the staging by Herbert Föttinger, and in December he will as well again be embodying Father Peter in Hansel and Gretel in the well-known staging after Peter Kertz.

In January 2023 the show goes on in Italy, where on two nights he will be on stage at Teatro Fraschini in Pavia as Giorgio Germont/La traviata. 

Performance dates The Rake’s Progress:
October 7/9/13/15/21/23, 2022

Performance dates Rigoletto:
November 18/20/29 & December 5/17, 2022

Performance dates Hansel and Gretel:
December 15/19/27, 2022 as well as January 5/8, 2023

Performance dates La Traviata: January 12/14, 2023

more about Matija Meic 

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Arttu Kataja

European Festival Hopping!

After an intense festival summer with performances at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and the Helsinki Festival, Arttu Kataja is now a guest at the late summer Anima Mundi Festival 2022  in Italy. Together with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, the NDR/WDR vocal ensembles and under the musical direction of Andrew Manze, he will appear in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in the Pisa Cathedral.
At the start of the season he can be heard in various concerts halls, at the Musik Podium Stuttgart in Brahm's Requiem conducted by Frieder Bernius, followed by semi-staged performances in Helsinki and Budapest with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra in F. Schubert's opera Alfonso und Estrella, Händel's Messiah under the direction of Florian Helgath in Zürich and touring through other Swiss cities with the Zürcher-Singakademie and the Orchestra La Scintilla.
In the second half of the season he will appear in Bach’s Matthew Passion under Nicholas Collon and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Helsinki as well as in Alfred Schnittke's Faust Cantata with the Symphoniker Hamburg conducted by Andris Poga at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.
 
At his parent house, the Staatsoper Berlin, he will be performing for the first time in October in the title role of Barbiere di Siviglia, in the legendary production by Ruth Berghaus. His other appearances this season on the Staastoper stage include Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Biterolf in Tannhäuser under Sebastian Weigle and in the premiere of Daphne by R. Strauss, conducted by Thomas Guggeis and staged by Romeo Castellucci.

more about Arttu Kataja  

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Andreas Schager

Siegfried, finally also in Bayreuth!

The time has come, after guest performances as Siegfried on many prominent stages such as Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Hamburg State Opera, the Semperoper Dresden, the Teatro Real in Madrid, the Opéra de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera New York, just to mention a few, Andreas is now singing his signature role for the first time at the Bayreuth Festival in the new Ring.
We look forward to the performances in Bayreuth on 03/13. and 28.8.2022. Before that, he will perform Siegfried's 3rd Act in concert at the Bregenz Festival on July 31st, 2022. 

more about Andreas Schager 

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Scott Hendricks

Siberia at the Bregenz Festival

Scott Hendricks is a regular guest at the Bregenz Festival. His recent visits include Gérard/André Chenier and the title role in the spectacular Rigoletto production on the floating stage.
This year he is Gleby in Umberto Giordano's "Siberia", which is staged by Vasily Barkhatov and conducted by Valentin Uryupin on July 21/24. and August 1st, 2022 in the Bregenz Festival Hall.

 Further information about the piece

more about Scott Hendricks 

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Various

Summertime - Festival time: On the road again

Our artists are appearing at a variety of festivals this summer, some even multiple times. It's always a pleasure to see how many concerts and opera performances take place all over in the summer and with what quality. We would like to mention just a few festivals with contribution of our artists here:

Buxton Festival, Leipzig Bach Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, Bregenz Festival, Anima Mundi Festival Pisa, Munich Opera Festival, Berlin Festival, Savonlinna Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Bayreuth Festival, Vienna Festival, Lausitz Festival, Salzburg Festival and Aix-en-Provence.

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Arttu Kataja, Marjukka Tepponen, Tuomas Katajala

White nights in Savonlinna

Also this year the Savonlinna Opera Festival offers an exciting festival programme, and once again several of our artists are partaking!
Starting July 5th, Marjukka Tepponen will sing the role of Micaëla in Carmen (further performances on 14./21.07.) alongside e.g. Tuija Knihtilä in the title role, Lukasz Golinski (Escamillo) and Amadi Lagha (Don José).

Also Arttu Kataja will return to Savonlinna this year and can be seen and heard in Keith Warner's staging of Tosca alongside Ludovic Tézier (Scarpia) and Matthew Polenzani (Cavaradossi) on the following nights: 07./09./11./13./15. July

On the 24th of July Tuomas Katajala and the Savonlinna Opera Festival Choir under their longstanding chorus master Matti Hyökki will be on the concert stage, when Hyökki conducts his "farewell concert" before retiring after 50 years of conducting Finland's premier choirs. The concert is a fascinating medley of masses, choral classics and opera pieces.

Further information about the festival:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ...

more about Arttu Kataja
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Tuomas Katajala 

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Alexandra Ionis

Always on the road... Wozzeck in Valencia

After enthusing the audience as Annina /Der Rosenkavalier at Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin (Simone Young/André Heller) and in the scenic Bernd Alois Zimmermann/Calixto Bieito project in Cologne and Hamburg, the journey continues for Alexandra Ionis.

It will be her Spanish debut when, for the first time, Alexandra is on stage as Margret in Alban Berg's WOZZECK at Valencia's Palau de les Arts.
The staging by Andreas Kriegenburg is conducted by James Gaffigan and will celebrate its Valencia premiere on May 26th, 2022.

Further performances on: May 29/31 and June 03/05

www.lesarts.com/... 

more about Alexandra Ionis 

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Attilio Cremonesi

Back in "La Ville Rose" with Rossini

After successful years with Mozart at Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse, Attilio Cremonesi now returns to the pink city with Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.
The new staging by Josef Ernst Köpplinger celebrates its premiere on May 20th.

Further performances on: May 21/22/24/25/27/28/29

more about Attilio Cremonesi 

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Anna Bonitatibus

Back at Bayerische Staatsoper München!

Anna Bonitatibus returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper München with one of her absolute signature roles: in the revival of Barrie Kosky's AGRIPPINA staging, in which she recently shone at the Hamburg State Opera as well, Anna will once more take on the title role. The musical direction is held by Stefano Montanari.

Performances on: May 07/10/13, 2022

more about Anna Bonitatibus 

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Scott Hendricks

A new Falstaff for the Komische Oper

Scott Hendricks makes his debut on April 30th as the title role in the new production of Falstaff at the Komische Oper Berlin, directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by GMD Ainārs Rubiķis.

further information and performances 

more about Scott Hendricks 

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Mika Kares

Ice-cold Finn in Madrid's Fiery Angel

Mika Kares sings the Inquisitor in Calixto Bieito's well-travelled production of Fiery Angel at the Teatro Real in Madrid. His performances under the direction of Gustavo Gimeno:
22, 25, 28, 31 March ; 3, 5 April 2022

Further information about the piece:
www.teatroreal.es/... 

more about Mika Kares 

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Hartmut Haenchen

Khovanshchina at Opéra Bastille

After having successfully begun the season with „Magic Flute“ at London’s Royal Opera House, Hartmut Haenchen now returns to Paris‘ Opéra Bastille with Mussorgsky’s masterpiece      „Khovanshchina“ on January 26th, 2022.

Further performance dates: 30.1., 3./6./9./12./15./18.2.

more about Hartmut Haenchen 

Niina Keitel 

One Act Thriller in Mainz

After successful role debuts as Brangäne and Fricka in the past seasons, Niina Keitel can now celebrate another upcoming debut! From June 2 she will be on stage as Herodias, wife of the Tetrarch Herodes, in Strauss’ Salome at Staatstheater Mainz for the first time – alongside her the current Bayreuth Brünnhilde, Daniela Köhler, in the title role, among others. The director behind the new staging is Alexander Nerlich.
 
Further performances until the end of the season:
08 June & 09/12 July, 2023

Performance dates in the coming season:
17/22 Sep, 04/20/25 Oct, 01/19/27 Nov and 12/22 Dec, 2023

more about Niina Keitel 

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Tómas Tómasson

Jochanaan in Tokyo - the prophet returns

It was only in autumn 2022 that Tómas Tómasson could be experienced in the same role with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in concert performances - now he is back and this time on the big stage!
From 27 May 2023, he will once again slip into the role of the prophet Jochanaan in Richard Strauss' Salome at the New National Theatre in a revival of August Everding's already legendary production. Under the musical direction of Constantin Trinks, Tómasson is joined by Alex Penda, Ian Storey and Jennifer Larmore in the leading roles.
 
All performance dates: 27/30 May & 01/04 June 2023

more about Tómas Tómasson 

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Giulia Montanari 

Cleopatra and Queen at Opera Cologne 

Giulia Montanari celebrates her another role debut at the Cologne Opera on May 10, 2023. She sings for the first time Cleopatra in Handel's "Giulio Cesare in Egitto" in the new production by Vincent Boussard and the musical direction by Rubén Dubrovsky - the costumes are a real feast for the eyes, as they are made by Christian Lacroix. Performances: May 10, 16, 21, 31.

Another important house theater debut for Giulia Montanari in Cologne follows in June 2023 as she sings the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute with performances on June 10, 14, 16.

more about Giulia Montanari 

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Jörg Halubek & Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir

Haydn's Creation as opera in Basel

Two artists from our agency will take part in the premiere of the scenic version of Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" at the Theater Basel on April 22, 2023. Conductor Jörg Halubek takes on the musical direction and Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir the soprano roles of Gabriel and Eva. It is played by the renowned La Cetra Baroque Orchestra Basel and staged by Thomas Verstraeten.

The musical story of creation can be experienced in further 10 performances until the end of the season:

www.theater-basel.ch/...

more about Jörg Halubek
more about Álfheidur Erla Gudmundsdóttir

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Ingenpass, Tinney, Cremonesi, Ostrek, Tarver

Good Friday concert with Beethoven Orchester Bonn

This Easter, with the combined forces of the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the Philharmonischer Chor der Stadt Bonn as well as 5 artists of our agency, J.S. Bach's St. John Passion will be performed on Good Friday, April 7th, 2023.

Under the musical direction of Attilio Cremonesi, the following soloists will interpret Bach's moving Good Friday music:
Carine Tinney (Soprano), Kenneth Tarver (Tenor arias), David Oštrek (Christus) and Konstantin Ingenpass (Bass)

The concert takes place at Theater Bonn:
www.theater-bonn.de/...

more about Konstantin Ingenpass 
more about Carine Tinney 
more about Attilio Cremonesi
more about David Ostrek
more about Kenneth Tarver

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Moritz Kallenberg

Touring with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants

Together with William Christie and his exquisite ensemble Les Arts Florissants, Moritz Kallenberg embarks on a new journey to France and Switzerland. The program includes J. Haydn's oratorio "The Seasons".

The first concert takes place on March 22, 2023 at the Philharmonie de Paris, followed by further performances on March 24 at the Victoria Hall in Geneva, on March 25 in Bern, with the final concert on March 26 at the Tonhalle Zürich.

For more information:
www.arts-florissants.org/...

more about Moritz Kallenberg 

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Tuomas Katajala

New and Old

Following his successful debut as Max in Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz" in 2019, which marked a change in repertoire in a more dramatic direction, Tuomas Katajala is now back in the same role! This time at Theater an der Wien in a new staging by Hungarian director David Marton, who focuses on "the eroding boundaries between inner and outer worlds and, using techniques from film, highlights them as barriers between the individual and the collective as well."

The exciting production is conducted by Patrick Lange and celebrates its premiere on 22 March, 2023.
Further performances: 24/27/29 March & 01/03 April, 2023

Subsequently, Tuomas Katajala returns to his native Finland, where he can be heard in a role which has accompanied him much longer. On two evenings he will be on stage as Tamino in Barrie Kosky's legendary staging of Mozart's Magic Flute at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki: 18 and 26 April, 2023

www.theater-wien.at/ ... 

more about Tuomas Katajala 

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Andreas Bauer Kanabas 

Celebrated role debut as Baron Ochs in Rosenkavalier

Winter is over! Andreas Bauer Kanabas is celebrating two major events. First his eagerly awaited successful CD release concert with Schubert's "Schwanengesang" with the pianist Daniel Heide at Frankfurt Opera, followed shortly thereafter by  his critically acclaimed role debut as Baron Ochs von Lerchenau in Rosenkavalier at the Irish National Opera in Dublin, in a Bruno Ravella production and musically lead  by Fergus Sheil.
 
Andreas Bauer Kanabas in interview with the Crescendo Magazine (in German):
www.crescendo.de/...

mehr über Andreas Bauer Kanabas 

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Doris Soffel

In eager anticipation

On 18 March, Richard Strauss' Arabella celebrates its premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Together with, among others, Sara Jukubiak as Arabella and Albert Pesendorfer as Count Waldner, Doris Soffel sings the role of Adelaide under the musical direction of Sir Donald Runnicles in the production by Tobias Kratzer.
The premiere will be broadcast time-delayed on rbb Kultur, starting at 20:03. In addition, a DVD / Blu-ray of this production will be produced in collaboration between Deutsche Oper Berlin and Naxos.

Futher performances: 23.03., 26.03., 30.03., 02.04., 06.04.2023

more about Doris Soffel

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Hartmut Haenchen, Andreas Conrad, Samuel Youn

Salome, now in Bari too

On 24 February, Richard Strauss' Salome celebrates its premiere at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. Under the musical direction of Hartmut Haenchen and the direction of Damiano Michieletto, Andreas Conrad embodies Herod and Samuel Youn Jochanaan.

Further performances are on: 26.02.23, 28.02.23 and 02.03.23.

more about Harmut Haenchen
more about Andreas Conrad
more about Samuel Youn

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Attilio Cremonesi, David Ostrek, Carine Tinney

Resurrection in Halle and Karlsruhe

You could think Easter came early this year, because the second part of Halle’s Händelfestspielorchester’s concert series “Händel’s World” is dedicated to his oratorio about the Easter wonder; “La Resurrezione”.

Under the baton of the HFO’s artistic director, Attilio Cremonesi, and with soloists including David Ostrek and Carine Tinney, this early work by Händel will be performed on February 23rd, 2023 in Halle’s Ulrichskirche followed by a second performance on February 26th at Staatstheater Karlsruhe as part of the annual Karlsruhe Händel Festival.
It will be Attilio Cremonesi's second visit to the festival this year, having also conducted the gala concert there on 18.2.2023.

more about Attilio Cremonesi
more about David Ostrek
more about Carine Tinney

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Anna Bonitatibus

On tour with Händel

For Anna Bonitatibus, February stands completely under the sign of the concerts!
First she can be heard, for the first time, as Ruggiero in Händel's Alcina on a tour with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowksi with concerts in 6 different European cities: Paris (Philharmonie; 7.2.), Bordeaux (Opéra National; 9.2.), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie; 13.2.), Madrid (Auditorio Nacional de Música; 15.2.), Barcelona (Gran Teatre del Liceu; 17.2.), and Valencia (Palau de les Arts; 19.2.)
 
Following this, Anna returns to the London Wigmore Hall on 23.2.2023 for a recital with music by Berlioz, Liszt, Rossini and Viardot. She will be accompanied by Angela Hewitt on piano.

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Mika Kares

Back in Covent Garden!

Five years after his house debut as Sarastro in The Magic Flute, Mika Kares is now back at London’s Royal Opera House, this time as Landgraf Hermann in a new staging of Tannhäuser.
The new production, which is directed by Tim Albery and conducted by Sebastian Weigle, celebrates its premiere on January 29th, 2023.
In addition to Mika Kares, the cast includes Stefan Vinke (title role), Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley and Ekaterina Gubanova, among others.
 
Further performances: 1./4./7./12./16.2. 2023

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Doris Soffel

Oceane revival at Deutsche Oper Berlin

Doris Soffel returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin in one of her signature roles, as Madame Louise in Glanert's "Oceane", on 06/11/13 January 2023. Alongside her, Andrew Harris will for the first time sing the role of Georg.
The production by Robert Carsen which was awarded "best world premiere of the year 2019" (International Opera Award) is conducted by Stephan Zilias.

Subsequently, Doris Soffel can be heard as Adelaide on the same stage in a new production of Arabella (Runnicles/Kratzer).
Premiere: 18th March, 2023 and further performances on 23/26/30 March as well as 02/06 April.

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Prudenskaya, Engebretson, Kallenberg

New Years in Milano, Berlin and Luzern

No New Year's Eve without Beethoven 9 !! Heather Engebretson and Moritz Kallenberg spend the turn of the year in Milan - together with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano under Thomas Guggeis they sing the 9th in concerts in Milan and Lucerne. At the same time, Marina Prudenskaya takes on the mezzo part in a top-class cast of the Ninth at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden under Daniel Barenboim.
With the same work, Moritz Kallenberg then goes on to the Theater Magdeburg, where he greets the new year again in two concerts under conductor Anna Skryleva.

more about Marina Prudenskaya
more about Heather Engebretson 
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Markus Suihkonen

With Beethoven in Lapland!

Following the successful Verdi Requiem in October, now at the end of the year Beethoven's 9th is on the concert programme of Markus Suihkonen. Together with the Oulu Symphony Orchestra, the Lapland Chamber Orchestra and its longstanding artistic director, John Storgårds, the monumental work will be performed in Oulu and Rovaniemi on December 15th and 16th, 2022 respectively.

Subsequently, Markus will make his debut as Colline in La Bohème at his parent house, Staatstheater Hannover, on December 21st - further performances on 30.12. and 05./07.01.2023

more about Markus Suihkonen

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Anna Bonitatibus

Händel-Preis Halle 2023!

Anna Bonitatibus receives the 2023 Händel Prize of the city of Halle. The Stiftung Händel-Haus says the decision honours "her infinite enthusiasm, with which she for years has been interpreting Händel's music, as well as her passionate dedication leading to performances also of lesser known works".

The prize will be awarded to Anna during the Händel Festival in 2023, where she is involved in two productions. On one hand she will sing the title role in the festival production Xerxes, on the other the role of Matilda in a concert performance of the opera Lotario. Bravissima Anna!

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Attilio Cremonesi

A secret marriage in Potsdam!

A well-known face returns when, on the occasion of the premiere of the Potsdamer Winteroper 2022 on November 11th, Attilio Cremonesi is back on the conductor’s stand of Kammerakademie Potsdam. On the programme is the opera buffa “Il matrimonio segreto” by the Neapolitan composer Domenico Cimarosa.
The cast in the new staging by Adriana Altaras consists, besides Cremonesi as musical string-puller, of choicest specialists of Italian baroque and is therefore in the best of hands!

The performances take place in the recently re-opened Schlosstheater im Neuen Palais.

All performance dates: 11/12/17/19/20/24/26/27 November

More information about the production:
www.hansottotheater.de/...

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Tómas Tómasson

"Backward role" with Kát'a Kabanová to Geneva

Tómas Tómasson returns to the Grand Théâtre de Genève, and this time with a completely fresh role. From October 21st, 2022 he will, for the first time, be on stage as Dikój in Tatjana Gürbaca's new staging of Janáček's Káťa Kabanová.
The new production, which is conducted by Tomáš Netopil, can also be experienced in Brno, Czech Republic, where a single performance will take place on November 13th as part of the Janáček Brno Festival 2022.

Performance dates Geneva:
21/23/25/28/30 October & 1 November, 2022

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Marjukka Tepponen

"Un bel dì ..." Madama Butterfly in Graz

The postponed new production of Madama Butterfly from the year 2020 now finally comes on stage! The new staging by Floris Visser with Marjukka Tepponen als Cio-Cio-San (she performed the role most recently at Opera Frankfurt to wide acclaim) celebrates its premiere on 15th October 2022 at Oper Graz.

Later in Graz's 22/23 season Marjukka can be seen and heard for the first time in the title role of Katia Kabanova. Premiere on 18th March 2023.

Further Madama Butterfly performances:
October 20/28/30r; November 2/5/17/23/27; December 2/10/18 and January 15/18

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Flurina Stucki

4 Letzte Lieder in Graz

We warmly welcome the Swiss soprano Flurina Stucki again to Boris Orlob Management - and what a great start with a reference to one of her upcoming concerts with the unforgettable and at the same time highly demanding Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss!
Flurina Stucki will sing at the opening concert of the 2022/23 season of the Graz Opera on September 10th 2022 together with the Graz Philharmonic and their chief conductor Roland Kluttig - the concert will be broadcast live on:
www.steiermark.orf.at 

Two weeks later, on September 24th, Flurina will be heard at the Graz Opera in the premiere of the staged performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem,  directed by Lorenzo Fioroni and under the baton of Roland Kluttig.

After her extremely successful Chrysothemis alongside Catherine Foster as Elektra in the past season, further important role debuts at her parent opera house the Deutsche Oper Berlin this season include Leonore in Fidelio, Amelia in Simone Boccanegra and Elsa in Lohengrin.

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Mika Kares

In the spotlight in Salzburg

At this year's Salzburger Festspiele, Mika will be on stage in the title role of Bartók's masterpiece BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE - a role for which Mika's recording with the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (BIS) was also nominated for the 2022 Grammy.
The artistic team consists of Teodor Currentzis and Romeo Castellucci, who also led the acclaimed "Don Giovanni" with Mika in Salzburg in 2021. The role of Judith will be sung by Ausrine Stundyte.

All performance dates: 26./31.07. & 02./06./15./20.08.

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Moritz Kallenberg

Hot season finale - Orfeo premiere in Stuttgart

Following the successful Hercules premiere at the International Handel Festival Karlsruhe under the baton of Lars Ulrik Mortensen and staged by Floris Visser, Moritz Kallenberg b-rocks on into the summer.
In J.P. Rameau's PLATÉE he could be seen and heard in the dreaded haute-contre tenor role of Thespis as well as Mercure in Calixto Bieito's legendary staging in Stuttgart, conducted by Stefano Montanari, followed by his equally spectacular Oronte in Handel's ALCINA under Christopher Moulds and staged by the directing duo Jossi Wieler/ Sergio Morabito.
Subsequently, he could be heard in concerts under William Christie and les arts florissants at Philharmonie Paris and the Gewandhaus Leipzig during the Bachfest, singing cantatas and Magnificat.

To complete this nice season, Moritz Kallenberg will sing the title role in Claudio Monteverdi's ORFEO on July 22nd, 2022, which this time will not take place at Staatsoper Stuttgart, but instead in the Halle of Stuttgart's Im Wizemann with its industrial charm. Killian Farrell will conduct, Marco Štorman is stage directing.
Additional dates: July 24th and 26th, 2022

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Tómas Tómasson

New villain in Dublin

Following his success as Orest in Elektra in 2021 in the same place, Tómas Tómasson now returns to the Irish National Opera in Dublin in a new role.
For the first time he will be on stage as Scarpia in Tosca and can be seen and heard as nasty baron on the following nights:
July 11/13/14/16/17

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Anna Bonitatibus

Double debut in Aix-en-Provence

It is not just a role debut but also her debut with the festival in Aix-en-Provence when Anna Bonitatibus will, for the first time, be on stage as Idamante in Satoshi Miyagi's new staging of Mozart's IDOMENEO on July 6th!

Under the baton of Raphaël Pichon and alongside Michael Spyres in the title role, Sabine Devieilhe (Ilia) and Nicole Chevalier (Elettra), among others, she can be seen and heard on the following nights: July 06/08/11/13/15/19/22

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Kenneth Tarver

Outstanding debut as Nerone/Agrippina at the Florida Grand Opera

Kenneth Tarver has made a great debut as Nerone in the new Agrippina production (director: Jeffrey Buchman) at Florida Grand Opera!
In the new staging, which relocates the story of Agrippina to a 1930s Hollywood film set, Tarver's radiant tenor "took the night's vocal honors":

"As Nerone (whose reign would flip murderous), Kenneth Tarver took the night's vocal honors. The veteran singer's heroic tenor, incisive declamation in recitatives, precise trills and talent to command the stage introduced the present to a brand new top together with his each look."  
(www.usanewslove.com)

Remaining performances: May 17 and 19, 2022

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Markus Suihkonen

A Midsummer Night's Dream at Staatstheater Hannover

Following succesful debuts as Lodovico and Sparafucile, now it's time for Markus Suihkonen's next role debut at his parent house in Hannover. Starting May 27th, 2022 he can be seen and heard as Snug in Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

The revival of the staging by Michiel Dijkemas will be conducted by GMD Stephan Zilias and Richard Schwennicke.

All performances: 27.5. and 04./06./10./12./18.06.

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Marjukka Tepponen

MET - the USA show goes on!

Following the great success at the MET, where Marjukka Tepponen took on the role of Tatyana/Eugene Onegin under James Gaffigan on short notice - a role which she has very successfully debuted at the Seattle Opera - she is now back in Seattle; this time she is on stage as Figaro Countess in the revival of Peter Kazaras' staging of the Mozart/Da Ponte classic.

Performances on: May 07/11/15/20/22

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Anna Bonitatibus

Return to Wigmore Hall

Following the great success of her last recital at the Wigmore Hall, where Anna Bonitatibus created a musical meeting between Rossini and Beethoven, she now returns to the legendary London concert hall with a new, equally exciting programme.

This time, her programme looks at European composers whose careers coincided with or were impacted by the phenomenon of Napoleon Bonaparte. She will be presenting music by famous composers such as Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, but also lesser-known musicians such as Jan Ladislav Dussek or Ferdinando Paer.

The concert takes place on 4th May, 2022 at the Wigmore Hall. Piano accompaniment by Simon Lepper.

www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/...

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Tómasson, Kataja, Ionis

Sleepless in Budapest

After highly successful performance series at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden as well as Geneva's Grand Théâtre the new opera by Péter Eötvös, "Sleepless", can now be experienced one last time, this time in the homeland of the composer.

The concert performance will take place at Müpa Budapest on April 12 with Péter Eötvös himself at the conductor's stand and our three participating singers: Tómas Tómasson, Arttu Kataja and Alexandra Ionis.

more about Tómas Tómasson

more about Arttu Kataja

more about Alexandra Ionis

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Nina Russi

Standing Ovation for Nina Russi's "Traviata" in St. Gallen

"So schnell ist sich ein Auditorium selten einig, etwas Außergewöhnliches erlebt zu haben", the Voralberger Nachrichten writes about the premiere of Nina Russi's „Traviata“ on March 19 at Theater St. Gallen.
The staging, which is told from a female perspective, positions the story of Violetta in the centre and creates "echte Frauenpower". (St. Galler Tagblatt)

The production can still be seen and heard on the following nights:
1./20./24. April, 1./8./21./25./30. Mai und 9. Juni

© Photo: Ludwig Olah

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Tuomas Katajala

"Die Vögel" now on ARTE Concert!

Following the successful performance series of the new production of "Die Vögel" at Opéra National du Rhin in Strasbourg, which produced outstanding reviews for Tuomas Katajala's Hoffegut, the production can now also be experiences on ARTE Concert!

In addition, the production will be back on stage for two more nights on February 20 and 22, 2022 in Mulhouse (La Filature).

Recording link:
www.arte.tv/... 


"The voice of the day is the one of Tuomas Katajala, a bright and very sharp tenor voice whose art of phrasing and musicality in every instant win all the votes" (anaclase.com)

"Mit Tuomas Katajala war auch diese Partie ideal besetzt, sein heldenhafter Tenor kommt mit schwerem Metall und einer geradezu liedhaften Wortdeutlichkeit." (opern.news)

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