Artist News
Tómasson, Schager, Herranen & Krogius
Full house for the festive season - Parsifal at the Staatsoper
Tcherniakov's Parsifal is once again on the programme at this year's Staatsoper Unter den Linden festivities - this time 4 BOM artists are taking part, which we are delighted about.Under the direction of Philippe Jordan, Andreas Schager and Tómas Tómasson will be on stage from April 12th as Parsifal and Klingsor - both of whom already appeared in the premiere cast in 2015 with sensational success. They are joined by Johan Krogius as the First Knight of the Grail and Sonja Herranen as the Flower Maiden. Audiences have already been able to experience them in major roles this season, including Tamino and Agathe.
All performance dates: 12/15/18/20 April 2025
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Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
In the surreal production of Dido and Aeneas at Theater Basel
Icelandic soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir sings the roles of Belinda and 2nd Witch in the new production of Dido and Aeneas at Theater Basel. The Belgian dance theatre-collective Peeping Tom transforms Purcell's opera into a complete work of art. The love story between Queen Dido and the war hero Aeneas merges with the obsessive fantasy of a rich, powerful widow who recognises herself in Dido and descends into the madness of unattainable love. The baroque orchestra La Cetra performs under the musical direction of Atsushi Sakai.Premiere 05.04.2025
Further performance dates:
www.theater-basel.ch
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Arttu Kataja
From Berlin to London with Janacek's Broucek
Arttu Kataja will perform Janáček's rarely performed opera ‘The Excursions of Mr Broucek’ in Robert Carsen's new production at the Berlin State Opera and in concert at the Barbican Hall in London with the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle from March to May.Information and performance dates:
staatsoper-berlin.de
barbican.org.uk
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Jörg Halubek
A contemplative double evening in Lucerne
‘Requiem for a Prisoner’ - a juxtaposition of two short operas, Il prigioniero by Luigi Dallapiccola and the Requiem by Jan Dismas Zelenka, on the subject of human dignity. This double bill will be performed for the first time on 16 March 2025 under the musical direction of Jörg Halubek at the Lucerne Theatre.Further information and performance dates:
luzernertheater.ch
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Bettina Ranch
Role debut as Kundry in Parsifal
Bettina Ranch celebrates her next role debut in Essen. After Amneris in Aida and Brangäne in Tristan, she will now take on the role of Kundry in Parsifal in the premiere on March 16th under the musical direction of General Music Director Andrea Sanguineti and staging by Roland Schwab.Further information and performance dates:
www.theater-essen.de
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Christoph Seidl & Giulia Montanari
In Cologne with Spain´s most famous playboy
In this production, director Cecilia Ligorio sheds light on the myth of ‘Don Giovanni’ from a female perspective with a modern twist. Christoph Seidl will be on stage from March 9th 2025 as the Commendatore alongside Giulia Montanari as Zerlina, bringing the work to life under the direction of Tomáš Netopil.Further dates and information at:
www.oper.koeln.de
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Mika Kares & Johan Krogius
A landmark in Finnish Opera!
The Finnish audience can look forward to a special experience when "The Last Temptations" is performed at Tampere Opera throughout the month of March. The opera by Joonas Kokkonen, one of the most successful and popular Finnish operas of all time, celebrated its world premiere in 1975, this year marking its 50th anniversary with a new staging by Finnish director Mikko Kouki. The monumental main role of Paavo will be embodied by worldwide requested Mika Kares, while Finnish shooting star Johan Krogius will perform the role of Juhana, Paavo's son. The production is conducted by Ville Matvejeff.The Last Temptations is a co-production between Tampere Opera and the Savonlinna Opera Festival, where it will be shown this summer as well, again featuring Kares and Krogius in the leading roles.
All performance dates: 05/07/08/12/14/15 March 2025
For more information about the work and the production:
www.tampere-talo.fi/ ...
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more about Johan Krogius
Andreas Bauer Kanabas
With Shostakovitch from the Main to the Rhein
Following his critically acclaimed portrayal of Boris Ismailov in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Frankfurt Opera at the start of the season, Andreas Bauer Kanabas will once again embody this role at the Rheinoper Düsseldorf. The premiere will take place on 22 February 2025 at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf under the direction of Elisabeth Stöppler and the musical direction of Vitali Alekseenok. Joining him in the cast are Jussi Myllys as Sinowij and Valentin Ruckebier.
Performance Dates: 08 March, 18 March, 30 March, 18 April and 3 May
Further information about the production:
www.operamrhein.de
Recording of the performance from 26.02.2025:
operavision.eu
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Performance Dates: 08 March, 18 March, 30 March, 18 April and 3 May
Further information about the production:
www.operamrhein.de
Recording of the performance from 26.02.2025:
operavision.eu
Andreas Schager, Vincent Wolfsteiner
Double hero power for Danae
Munich's audience can look forward to ‘great orchestra and great sounds’, as The Love of Danae will be performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper from 7th of February 2025 with Andreas Schager in the role of King Midas and Vincent Wolfsteiner in the role of Pollux. Under the direction of Sebastian Weigle and staged by Claus Guth, the work, which was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, will be revived in six further performances.Further information and performance dates can be found at
www.staatsoper.de
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more about Vincent Wolfsteiner
Dagmar Manzel
Hansel and Gretel at the Komische
On 25 January 2025, Engelbert Humperdinck's great fairytale opera returns to the stage of the Komische Oper - this time as a new production by Dagmar Manzel, which brings the famous fairytale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm to new life. We are looking forward to an imagination-filled evening.More Information about Hansel and Gretel:
www.komische-oper-berlin.de
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Attilio Cremonesi
First new production as Conductor in Residence!
An exciting year lies ahead for Attilio Cremonesi! As Conductor in Residence in Karlsruhe, he is set to lead some exciting projects in the coming years. The premiere of his first new production in this position is coming up on 25 January 2025! On the programme is Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne's tragédie lyrique Phèdre, which is staged by Christoph von Bernuth and can also be experienced later during this year's Handel Festival.All performance dates: 25./28.1., 16./27.2., 8./14./23.3., 17.4.2025
At the same time, Cremonesi will conduct the revival of Handel's Siroe, which premiered under his direction last season and can also be experienced during the festival.
Dates: 28.2. & 2./5.3.2025
Further informationen about Phèdre:
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ ...
Further information about the 47th International Handel Festival Karlsruhe:
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ ...
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Moritz Kallenberg, Flurina Stucki
Happy New Year with Johann Strauss!
Flurina Stucki celebrates the New Year as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus at the Semperoper Dresden - Moritz Kallenberg as Hohenfels in the new production of Casanova at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.more about Moritz Kallenberg
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Flurina Stucki
Black week with 3 Oranges in Dresden
Flurina Stucki will make her house and role debut at the Semperoper Dresden on December 7th 2024 with the dazzling role of Fata Morgana in Prokofiev's ‘The Love for Three Oranges’. The premiere of the new production will be conducted by Erik Nielsen and directed by Evgeny Titov.www.semperoper.de
She brings the year to a glittering close, also at the Semperoper Dresden, with her showpiece role of Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus). Her role debut as Senta (Der fliegende Holländer) in Coburg is scheduled for the new year, a role that she will also sing for the first time at her home theatre in Berlin shortly afterwards, followed by her highly successful Elsa (Lohengrin).
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Aaron Godfrey-Mayes
Tamino in the Magic Flute at the Hamburgische Staatsoper
Our Emerging Artist Aaron Godfrey-Mayes is facing a marvellous test. As a member of the Opera Studio, he has been entrusted with all performances of the current Magic Flute series as Tamino
Performance dates:
www.staatsoper-hamburg.de
Performance dates:
www.staatsoper-hamburg.de
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Andreas Schager
Walküre concertante at the Staatsoper and Philharmonie
On the 25th of November, Andreas Schager can be heard alongside Anja Kampe and René Pape as Siegmund in the first act of "Die Walküre" at the Staatsoper Berlin. Philippe Jordan will conduct in place of Daniel Barenboim, who is unfortunately ill. The same programme can be heard the following day in the Berlin Philharmonie.more about Andreas Schager
Domen Krizaj
Drama and passion under Thomas Hengelbrock at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden Domen Križaj will perform the leading role of Oreste in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden on the 22nd of November 2024 under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock. Oreste, the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, is plagued by feelings of guilt and thoughts of revenge; the arias in Iphigénie en Tauride demand a singer with great emotional range. Domen Križaj, Thomas Hengelbrock and the Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra have already worked together several times, including in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and on a concert tour through Europe with the Brahms Requiem.
In May 2025, Domen Križaj will once again sing Oreste at the Elbphilharmonie as part of the Hamburg International Music Festival.
Further information can be found at
www.festspielhaus.de
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Martina Welschenbach
Emotion and splendour of sound - with Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony in Porto
After her outstanding Senta in Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer at the Leipzig Opera, Martina Welschenbach can now be heard at the Casa da Musica Porto under the baton of Stefan Blunier in Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony, which combines the emotional depth and tonal sophistication of late Romanticism with the joy of experimentation of modernism.
In spring 2025, she will make her debut at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with the role of the Sister in Kurt Weill's rarely performed one-act opera, The Protagonist
Further information can be found at:
www.casadamusica.com
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In spring 2025, she will make her debut at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice with the role of the Sister in Kurt Weill's rarely performed one-act opera, The Protagonist
Further information can be found at:
www.casadamusica.com
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Dan Karlström
Piet in Palermo!
Soon Dan Karlström will be taking to the stage of the Teatro Massimo in Palermo for the first time. He celebrates his house debut as Piet the Pot, the drunkard in György Ligeti's “anti-anti-opera” Le Grand Macabre. The new staging of this extraordinary piece is by Barbora Horáková and celebrates its premiere on 24 November 2024, conducted by the theatre’s Musical Director Omer Meir Wellber.All performance dates:
24/26/28/29 November & 01 December 2024
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Alexandra Ionis
Goddess Fricka down under!
It will be a multiple debut for Alexandra Ionis when she takes to the concert stage of the Sydney Opera House this coming weekend.Not only will she be appearing in Australia for the first time, she will also be performing a new role - Fricka, goddess of marriage and wife of Wotan, in Wagner's Die Walküre. The opera will be performed in a concert version with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Simone Young, with whom Ionis already worked in the RING production at the Bayreuth Festival this summer.
In addition to Fricka, Ionis can also be heard as Rossweisse alongside renowned colleagues such as Anja Kampe, Stuart Skelton and Peter Rose.
Concert dates: 15 & 17 November 2024
For more information about the production:
www.sydneysymphony.com/...
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Krogius, Kataja Prudenskaya, Ostrek
Strong quartet for french belcanto
From 10th of November, four BOM artists - Johan Krogius, Arttu Kataja, Marina Prudenskaya and David Ostrek - will be appearing in the premiere of Roméo et Juliette at the Staatsoper Berlin. Under the musical direction of Stefan Montanari and the staging of Mariame Clément, they will be heard alongside Elsa Dreisig as Juliet and Amitai Pati as Roméo in a total of 8 further performances.Further information and exact performance dates can be found at:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
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Tuomas Katajala
Across Europe as Idomeneo
Tuomas Katajala will once again take on the role of the Cretan King Idomeneo when he goes on concert tour with Mozart's opera of the same name, starting 10th November 2024. The tour begins on home soil with two concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre (10/12 November) followed by performances at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam (16 November) and at the ‘Tage alter Musik’ festival in Herne, Germany (17 November)
The work is performed by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie under the musical direction of Aapo Häkkinen.
The work is performed by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie under the musical direction of Aapo Häkkinen.
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Vincent Wolfsteiner
With Korngold in the far north!
Vincent Wolfsteiner is starting the new opera season at full steam ahead. From November 2nd 2024, he will be appearing as Paul in Erich Wolfgang Korngold's masterpiece Die tote Stadt at Bergen National Opera. The new production under the musical direction of Eivind Gullberg Jensen and directed by the acclaimed Calixto Bieito promises to be a special highlight of the season.Wolfsteiner is joined by renowned colleagues such as Nadja Stefanoff in the challenging double role of Marie and Marietta and Günter Papendell in the double role of Frank and Fritz.
Further performance dates: 04/06/08 November 2024
Further information can be found here:
www.bno.no
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Alexandra Ionis
Open doors in Bluebeard's castle!
Following her successful debut as Mrs Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff at Theater Bielefeld last summer, her next role at the theatre is now opening a new door for Alexandra Ionis!On 18 October 2024, the young mezzo-soprano will sing Judith in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle for the first time. The dramatic opera will be performed in a semi-staged version of the Bielefeld ‘Lichtspieloper’ format, directed by Wolfang Nägele and conducted by GMD Alexander Kalajdzic. The title role will be sung by Joshua Bloom.
All performance dates: 18/20 October & 02/05 November 2024
In addition to other roles at Theater Bielefeld, this season Alexandra Ionis can also be seen and heard for the first time as Katerina (Magdalena) in Martinů's The Greek Passion.
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Doris Soffel
Power games in Berlin
We are eagerly awaiting the premiere of Ottorino Respighi's “La Fiamma” on September 29, 2024 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. At the heart of the opera is the dramatic conflict between love, jealousy and intrigue. Against this backdrop, Doris Soffel as Agnese di Cervia, a key figure in the dark story, will certainly captivate the audience alongside Olesya Golovneva (Silvana), Georgy Vasiliev (Donello) and other top-class singers. Carlo Rizzi is the musical director and Christof Loy is staging this highly interesting rediscovery.Further performance dates:
02./ 07./ 11./ 15./ 18.10.2024
Further information can be found here:
www.deutscheoperberlin.de
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Nina Russi
Xerxes now also at Zurich Opera!
From 29 September 2024, Nina Russi's acclaimed production of Handel's Xerxes can be experienced in Zurich! The ‘effective and dazzling’ (NZZ) production, scenically set in the present time, celebrated its premiere at Theater Winterthur in 2023 and can now be experienced for the first time at the Zurich Opera House. The title role is sung by countertenor Raffaele Pe, Enrico Onofri is conducting.All performance dates: 29.09.; 05./08./17.10.2024
For more information about the production:
www.opernhaus.ch/ ...
Photo: Herwig Prammer
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Karsten Januschke
Meaningful representative of the new generation of conductors
We are delighted to welcome Karsten Januschke, who has proven himself to be one of the most distinguished conductors of his generation, in our general management.
Most recently, his conducting of Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa at the Tiroler Festspiele in July 2024 was extremely well received by the press and audience and proved him once again to be an artist with passionate and expressive conducting skills.
At his guest appearances with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the DSO Berlin, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Symphonieorchester Wien and time and again the Oper Frankfurt his conducting has been described as captivating, dramatic and modern.
The 2024/25 season again holds a wide variety of tasks in store for Karsten Januschke. He opens with a new production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter together with Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.
After his debut at the Komische Oper Berlin with die Zauberflöte in Barry Kosky's production, performances of The Flying Dutchman will follow at the Prager Staatsoper.
Frankfurt audiences can also look forward to the return of the conductor, who will conduct the new production of Aribert Reimann's Melusine at Oper Frankfurt.
Most recently, his conducting of Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa at the Tiroler Festspiele in July 2024 was extremely well received by the press and audience and proved him once again to be an artist with passionate and expressive conducting skills.
At his guest appearances with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the DSO Berlin, the Staatsoper Stuttgart, the Bremer Philharmoniker, the Symphonieorchester Wien and time and again the Oper Frankfurt his conducting has been described as captivating, dramatic and modern.
The 2024/25 season again holds a wide variety of tasks in store for Karsten Januschke. He opens with a new production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem für einen jungen Dichter together with Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel at the Staatstheater Darmstadt.
After his debut at the Komische Oper Berlin with die Zauberflöte in Barry Kosky's production, performances of The Flying Dutchman will follow at the Prager Staatsoper.
Frankfurt audiences can also look forward to the return of the conductor, who will conduct the new production of Aribert Reimann's Melusine at Oper Frankfurt.
more about Karsten Januschke
Tómas Tómasson, Bettina Ranch, Robert Bork
A new Ring is being forged!
Beijing is getting a new Ring, and several BOM artists are helping to forge it! The new staging by Italian stage director Stefano Poda features Bettina Ranch as Fricka, Tómas Tómasson as Alberich and Robert Bork as Donner, alongside colleagues such as Egils Siliņš (Wotan), Arnold Bezuyen (Mime) and Christian Franz (Loge).The production is conducted by Lü Jia and can be experienced at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts on the following nights:
August 28/30 & September 01/03, 2024
Further information:
www.chncpa.org/...
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more about Robert Bork
Johan Krogius, Tuomas Katajala, Mika Kares
Two Finnish tenors - Two role debuts
With the festival season still in full swing, another exciting project is coming up, featuring several BOM artists! As part of this year's Helsinki Festival, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Esa-Pekka Salonen will perform a special semi-staged version of Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina (director: Gerard McBurney).Debuting the tenor roles of Andrey Khovansky and Kuzka are Tuomas Katajala and Johan Krogius, respectively. The cast is headed by Mika Kares as Ivan Khovansky, a role he embodied for the first time at Berlin's State Opera back in June.
Following the two performances at Helsinki's Music Centre on August 20th and 21st, the production moves to Stockholm where the Swedish audience has the chance to experience it for a single night on August 23rd 2024 during the Baltic Sea Festival.
For more information about the production:
www.helsinkifestival.fi/ ...
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more about Tuomas Katajala
more about Mika Kares
Philipp Ahmann
Change to the WDR Rundfunkchor
We are delighted to announce that Philipp Ahmann, currently Chief Conductor of the MDR Radio Choir, will take over the same position at the WDR Radio choir at the beginning of the 2025/26 season!Ahmann recently celebrated successes at the Halle Handel Festival with Handel's Athalia and at the MDR Musiksommer with works by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.
In addition, with his cross-genre production ‘A KIND OF ... CHORAL MUSIC’ he won the German Jazz Award 2024 in the category Best Radio Production.
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Andreas Schager
Double mission on the Green Hill
Visitors to this year's Bayreuth Festival can look forward to a special highlight: frequent guest Andreas Schager will not only be seen in the leading role in "Tristan und Isolde", but also in the leading role in "Parsifal". From July 25, 2024, the tenor will embody Tristan under the musical direction of Semyon Bychkov and the direction of Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson. The cast also includes Camilla Nylund as Isolde, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, Günther Groissböck as Marke, Olafur Sigurdarson as Kurwenal and Lawson Anderson as Steuermann.The revival of "Parsifal" will then follow on July 27, 2024. Pablo Heras-Casado will be the musical director, while Jay Scheib will be directing. In addition to Andreas Schager as Parsifal, Betsy Horne and Flurina Stucki from BOM Management complete the outstanding cast.
Further information and performance dates can be found here:
br-klassik.de
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Mika Kares
Opening of the Salzburg Festival!
Before slipping back into the role of the malevolent Hagen in Bayreuth, this summer Mika Kares can first be experienced as a theatre director in Salzburg. This year's festival opens with a concert performance of Richard Strauss' very last opera, Capriccio, conducted by Christian Thielemann. In Strauss' “conversation piece for music”, which is about the opera itself, or more precisely the relationship between words and music, Kares will make his debut as La Roche alongside colleagues such as Bo Skovhus, Elsa Dreisig and Sebastian Kohlhepp.Performance dates: 26.7., 31.7. & 4.8.2024
More information:
www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/ ...
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Matthew Wild
Political power struggle in Tyrol!
The next big premiere with Matthew Wild is just around the corner! This time he has dedicated himself to Tchaikovsky's dismal, violence-steeped opera Mazeppa, which will celebrate its premiere under his direction on 12 July 2024 as part of the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl.The staging emphasises the universal content of the opera and "resembles a parable about the disintegration of state order, as can currently be observed in many countries around the world". The turbulent 1990s in the former Soviet Union provide a visual reference, skilfully realised by set designer Herbert Murauer, with whom Wild recently collaborated on his immensely successful Tannhäuser in Frankfurt. The production is conducted by Karsten Januschke.
Performance dates: 12/19/21 July 2024
In addition, the festival audience can experience the revival of Brigitte Fassbaender's 'Ring', in which BOM colleagues Vincent Wolfsteiner (Siegfrieds) and Anthony Robin Schneider (Fafner, Hunding) will also be on stage this year. Erik Nielsen conducts.
Dates of the second Ring performance series:
23 July (Das Rheingold), 24 July (Die Walküre), 26 July (Siegfried) and 28 July (Götterdämmerung)
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Tuomas Katajala
Long-awaited debut on home turf!
Following great successes with recent role debuts in the German fach, such as Max/Der Freischütz, Loge/Das Rheingold, Hoffegut/Die Vögel and the title role of Parsifal, Tuomas Katajala will now be making his awaited debut as Lohengrin!
In a new production by Roman Hovenbitzer and under the baton of Stephan Zilias, Katajala will perform the title role in Wagner's masterpiece at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland alongside renowned colleagues including Karita Mattila (Ortrud), Sinéad Campbell Wallace (Elsa) and Lucio Gallo (Telramund).
Performance dates: 05/09/12/15/18 July 2024
For more information about the production, including a video trailer:
In a new production by Roman Hovenbitzer and under the baton of Stephan Zilias, Katajala will perform the title role in Wagner's masterpiece at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland alongside renowned colleagues including Karita Mattila (Ortrud), Sinéad Campbell Wallace (Elsa) and Lucio Gallo (Telramund).
Performance dates: 05/09/12/15/18 July 2024
For more information about the production, including a video trailer:
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Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Le Prince Grémine dans Eugène Onéguine
From the 20th of June, audiences at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse can look forward to performances of a unique and moving masterpiece: Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin.In a new production by Florent Siaud and under the baton of Patrick Lange, Andreas Bauer Kanabas will perform alongside Stéphane Degout and Valentina Fedenva in the role of Gremine.
This opera, which is regarded as the "Pinnacle of Slavic lyricism", will be performed in five further performances on the 23rd, 25th, 28th, 30th of June and 2nd of July.
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Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
"Rising Star" of the ECHO-Season 2025/26
Following her CD release ‘Poems’ on Deutsche Grammophon and after captivating premieres at the Theater Basel, including the role of Drusilla in Monteverdi's "L'incoronazione di Poppea" (Christoph Marthaler / Laurence Cummings) and the Mozart Requiem (Romeo Castellucci / Ivor Bolton), soprano Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir is receiving a special recognition:She has just been nominated by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) for the 25/26 concert season as part of "Rising Stars".
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir is one of the six most promising artists who will tour Europe with a programme of their own choice and perform in the most prestigious ECHO-halls in 23 concert halls in 14 countries.
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Attilio Cremonesi
New position in Karlsruhe!
For years, Attilio Cremonesi has been a welcome guest at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and at the annual Handel Festival and celebrated a great success at this year's festival edition with the new production of ‘Siroe’, which was acclaimed by audience and critics alike.From the upcoming 2024/25 season, audiences in Karlsruhe will be able to experience the maestro more often when he takes up the new position of ‘Conductor in Residence’ by the start of the season!
Cremonesi will regularly conduct both concerts and opera productions in Karlsruhe, not only from the baroque but also from the classical repertoire. In his first season, he will conduct the new production Phèdre (J.-B. Lemoynes) and the revival of Siroe, among others.
We are delighted that Attilio Cremonesi has been entrusted with this prestigious position and look forward to more great musical experiences in Karlsruhe!
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Marjukka Tepponen, Tuomas Pursio, Sonja Herranen
The RING closes in Helsinki
While it's been almost five years since the premiere of Das Rheingold, the Finnish audience now gets to experience the fourth and final part of the Finnish National Opera's new RING, staged by director Anna Kelo.The conclusion of Wagner's monumental epic, Götterdämmerung, celebrates its premiere on May 17th and, like the first three parts, the piece is conducted by Hannu Lintu.
On stage the audience gets to see and hear three BOM artists; Tuomas Pursio as Gunther, Marjukka Tepponen as Woglinde, and Sonja Herranen making her debut as 3rd Norn.
Further performance dates:
22./25./28.5. & 01./04.06.2024
More information about the production:
www.oopperabaletti.fi/...
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Tuomas Pursio
more about Sonja Herranen
Andreas Schager
Home match with Beethoven 9 and Otello
Andreas Schager has a very eventful few weeks ahead of him in his home city of Vienna.In a pan-European recording of all four movements of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the cities of Leipzig, Paris, Milan and Vienna, Andreas Schager can be heard live on arte on the 7th May in his home city, together with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and under the direction of Petr Popelka.
Further, Andreas Schager's long-awaited debut will follow with the title role in Verdi's Otello at the Vienna State Opera. The tenor can be seen there from the 13th of May under the musical direction of Giampaolo Bisanti in Adrian Noble's production. At his side are Nicole Car / Desdemona and Igor Golovatenko / Jago, among others.+
Further information and performance dates can be found here:
www.wiener-staatsoper.at
To the live broadcast on arte:
www.arte.tv
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Matthew Wild
Venusberg in Frankfurt´s banking district
Let's see where the journey of Matthew Wild's debut at Oper Frankfurt takes us. The South African director is directing the new production of Tannhäuser, which is being conducted by General Music Director Thomas Guggeis. In addition to the director, Boris Orlob's management is also excellently represented by Andreas Bauer Kanabas as Landgrave Herrmann and Domen Krizaj in his debut as Wolfram. The cast also includes Marco Jentsch, Christina Nilsson, Dzhamilja Kaiser, Magnus Dietrich, Erik van Heyningen, Michael Porter Magnús Baldvinsson and Karolina Bengtsson. The premiere is on 28th of April 2024.Further performances:
28 April, 01 / 05 / 11 / 20 / 30 May, 02 June
Further information can be found here:
www.oper-frankfurt.de
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Moritz Kallenberg
No smoke without fire - Loge in Stuttgart
After many concerts during Passiontide, new challenges await Moritz Kallenberg on the opera stage. On 20 April 2024, he will make his role debut as Loge in Wagner's Rheingold at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Marek Janowski will be the musical director for the revival.
Further performance dates:
20 / 27 April, 7 / 25 May, 10 / 13 June
www.staatsoper-stuttgart.de
After many concerts during Passiontide, new challenges await Moritz Kallenberg on the opera stage. On 20 April 2024, he will make his role debut as Loge in Wagner's Rheingold at the Staatsoper Stuttgart. Marek Janowski will be the musical director for the revival.
Further performance dates:
20 / 27 April, 7 / 25 May, 10 / 13 June
Tuomas Katajala
Wagner classics in the Middle Kingdom
After successful performances at the Finnish National Opera with Poulenc's opera "Dialogues des Carmélites", Tuomos Katajala will make his debut as Erik in "Der fliegende Holländer" at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China, on the 10th of April 2024. Under the direction of Marcos Bosch and staging by Giancarlo Del Monaco, he will appear in two further performances on the 12th and 14th of April 2024.
Further information can be found at:
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Vincent Wolfsteiner
Welcomed guest at the Spring Festival in Tokyo
Great tasks await Vincent Wolfsteiner at this years Spring Festival in Tokyo, where he will be a guest once again.Together with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marek Janowski and alongside Markus Eiche and Elena Pankratova, he will be performing the roles of Loge, Siegmund and Siegfried in various excerpts from the Ring.
Later in the festival, Vincent Wolfsteiner will perform Bruckner's Mass in F minor, in which he will take on the tenor role under the direction of Lothar Koenigs and alongside soloists Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Okka von der Damerau and Ain Anger, accompanied by the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
After his return, one can look forward to captivating performances at the Staatsoper Hamburg, where Vincent Wolfsteiner will take on the role of Zinovij in a revival of Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk under the direction of Kent Nagano from May the 12th 2024.
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Scott Hendricks
Nostalgia in Brussels
After several Wagner roles, most recently with a great personal success as Alberich in Rheingold, Scott Hendricks is now returning to his regular stage in Brussels with Verdi. The Texan baritone has already appeared there in various major Verdi roles: He can now be seen from 23 March as Carlo in Nostalgia as part of a special two-part production at the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie. Under the musical direction of Carlo Goldstein and directed by Krystian Lada, this pasticcio combines musical highlights from Giuseppe Verdi's first sixteen operas into a new story, telling the story of three friends in the key years of their lives in two separate opera performances, Rivoluzione and Nostalgia. While Rivoluzione is set in the period after the 1968 movement, Nostalgia shows the reunion of the friends and their individual memories of their youth together with a leap in time to the end of the 2000s.Further dates and information can be found here:
www.lamonnaiedemunt.be
In addition, there is the possibility to stream Nostalgia live on Operavision on 30.03.24 at 15:00:
www.operavision.en
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Doris Soffel
Signature roles!
Following her acclaimed performances as the Countess in Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" in Valencia last autumn, Doris Soffel is now also taking on this leading role in a new production of "Pique Dame" at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
There she will sing four performances from 9th of March to the 20th of March 2024 under the musical direction of Sebastian Weigle and directed by Sam Brown alongside such high-calibre colleagues as S. Radvanovsky, M. Mühle, L. Gallo and T. Lehman.
Rehearsals for a revival of Elektra at the Semperoper Dresden begin immediately afterwards.
She can be seen there from the 29 March 2024 in another parade role, as Klytämnestra, under the baton of Marc Albrecht and in the production by Barbara Frey.
Further dates and information can be found here:
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There she will sing four performances from 9th of March to the 20th of March 2024 under the musical direction of Sebastian Weigle and directed by Sam Brown alongside such high-calibre colleagues as S. Radvanovsky, M. Mühle, L. Gallo and T. Lehman.
Rehearsals for a revival of Elektra at the Semperoper Dresden begin immediately afterwards.
She can be seen there from the 29 March 2024 in another parade role, as Klytämnestra, under the baton of Marc Albrecht and in the production by Barbara Frey.
Further dates and information can be found here:
Arttu Kataja
Looking forward to Easter with Eivind Gullberg Jensen and the NNO
Arttu Kataja will go on tour with chief conductor Eivind Gullberg Jensen and the Noord Nederlands Orkest. He can be heard with Christus in the Matthäus Passion on the following dates and venues:
21st of March 2024, Emmen, Atlastheater
22nd of March 2024, Groningen, De Oosterpoort
23rd of March 2024, Assen, DNK
26th of March 2024, Drachten, De Lawei
27th of March 2024, Leeuwarden, De Harmonie
Further information under :
21st of March 2024, Emmen, Atlastheater
22nd of March 2024, Groningen, De Oosterpoort
23rd of March 2024, Assen, DNK
26th of March 2024, Drachten, De Lawei
27th of March 2024, Leeuwarden, De Harmonie
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Moritz Kallenberg
Passion with Bach's works in Lugano, Basel and Versailles
On 10 March 2024, Moritz Kallenberg will start this year's Passion season in Lugano. With I Barocchisti, the Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera and Diego Fasolis, he will sing the Evangelist in the St Matthew Passion, and the following weekend he will perform the Evangelist and arias again in the St Matthew Passion with the Basel Bach Choir in St Martin's Church, the most important concert church in Basel.During the Easter weekend, the St John Passion is then scheduled under the direction of Gaétan Jarry with the Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal, the Tölzer Knabenchor and under the direction of Gaétan Jarry.
The concerts will take place in the Chapelle Royal in Versailles and will be followed by a CD production:
www.operaroyal-versailles.fr/...
More Bach with Moritz Kallenberg:
www.moritzkallenberg.com/media
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Marina Prudenskaya
Wagner weekly
This spring, Marina Prudenskaya will face several Wagner parts.
At the Greek National Opera in Athens, she will take on the role of Fricka in “die Walküre”.
From the 10th of March she can be heard there under the direction of Roland Kluttig.
Shortly afterwards, she will return to Berlin, where she will appear as 1st Norne in two performances of "Götterdämmerung" at the Staatsoper under the musical direction of Philippe Jordan and in a production by Dmitri Tcherniakov on the 24th of March and 1st of April.
The impressive journey through Wagner's operatic world will conclude on 14 April with performances of "Lohengrin" and her debut as Ortrud under the direction of Alexander Soddy and in Calixto Bieito's production.
Further information and exact performance dates can be found at:
www.nationalopera.gr.net
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
At the Greek National Opera in Athens, she will take on the role of Fricka in “die Walküre”.
From the 10th of March she can be heard there under the direction of Roland Kluttig.
Shortly afterwards, she will return to Berlin, where she will appear as 1st Norne in two performances of "Götterdämmerung" at the Staatsoper under the musical direction of Philippe Jordan and in a production by Dmitri Tcherniakov on the 24th of March and 1st of April.
The impressive journey through Wagner's operatic world will conclude on 14 April with performances of "Lohengrin" and her debut as Ortrud under the direction of Alexander Soddy and in Calixto Bieito's production.
Further information and exact performance dates can be found at:
www.nationalopera.gr.net
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
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Bettina Ranch
Top-class Amneris debut!
For the Berlin mezzo-soprano, the still new year begins with an exciting role debut. Under the new Italian GMD of the Aalto-Theater and the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrea Sanguineti, she sings Amneris in Aida. The revival premiere on 16 February 2024 in the cult staging by Dietrich W. Hilsdorf was a triumph for Bettina Ranch and one can already look forward to her next role debut as Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde on 21 April in Essen, where she will be able to draw attention to herself a second time in the dramatic mezzo repertoire.Performance dates Aida: 24.2./7.3./7.4.2024
Performance dates Tristan and Isolde: 21.4./28.4./5.5./12.5.2024
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Elliott Carlton Hines
Longing for something new - world premiere "Dora" in Stuttgart
Elliott Carlton Hines shines in the touching role of Berthold in the world premiere by Bernhard Lang at the Stuttgart State Opera, directed by Elisabeth Stöppler and conducted by Elena Schwarz.Premiere on 3 March.
Further performance dates: 8/15/22 March and 1/4 April 2024
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Attilio Cremonesi
Siroe - premiere in the Händel stronghold
Also this year, Baroque and Handel specialist Attilio Cremonesi can be found on the programme of the Karlsruhe International Händel Festival, however this time with a work which, to this day, has never before been performed in Karlsruhe. On 16th February 2024, under the musical direction of Cremonesi, the opera Siroe, Re di Persia, which tells the story of Cosroe, King of Persia, and his son Siroe, who escapes death several times and finally takes over his father's throne, can be experienced for the first time. The new production is staged by festival director Ulrich Peters.Performance dates: 16/18/21/24/29 February, 2024
Subsequently, Attilio Cremonesi will give two concerts with the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra on 14 and 18 March 2024 in Regensburg’s Neuhaussaal. The concerts are dedicated to "forgotten treasures of the European baroque and 'Frühklassik' period" and feature music by Rameau, J.C. Bach, Giovanni Paisiello and Joseph Martin Kraus.
For more information about the concerts:
www.theaterregensburg.de/...
For more information about the production "Siroe":
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/...
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Christoph Gedschold
On the road again!
Following the successful revival of "Tristan und Isolde" and "La Traviata" at the Leipzig Opera and a new production of "Lohengrin" at the Ópera de Oviedo, Christoph Gedschold will conduct a concert at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg in February. There he will conduct works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and Klaus Florian Vogt as soloist.In March, the conductor will be a guest in Mannheim, where the programme includes Mendelssohn's concert overture op. 26 "The Hebrides" as well as "Wavering world" by Fujikura and Schubert's Great Symphony in C major D 944.
This spring, the music director of Oper Leipzig will also be taking over the musical direction of the revival of Don Giovanni, Elektra and the new production of Der Rosenkavalier.
Further information and performance dates can be found here:
www.elbphilharmonie.de
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de
www.oper-leipzig.de
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Andreas Schager
Great works at the Concertgebouw and the Elbphilharmonie
In the following months, Andreas Schager can be heard in major works of the romantic repertoire.From the 1st of February, he will embody the role of Waldemar in Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder under the direction of Riccardo Chailly at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.
In April, Andreas Schager will perform in Mahler's "Symphonie der Tausend" at the Elbphilharmonie under the baton of Semyon Bychkov.
Further information and performance dates can be found at:
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Miljenko Turk, Alexandra Ionis, Tómas Tómasson
Impressionistic dystopia in Cologne, Hamburg and Paris
The audience can expect an extremely interesting and extraordinary evening when the renowned Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and a large ensemble of soloists bring Bernd Alois Zimmermann's dystopian music theatre work "Die Soldaten" into the concert hall!In co-operation with the Cologne Opera and the director Calixto Bieito, a concept was developed which, according to the director himself, is to be seen more as an "installation" than a staging in the conventional sense.
Under the musical direction of General Music Director François-Xavier Roth and with Tómas Tómasson (Wesener), Alexandra Ionis (Stolzius' mother) and Miljenko Turk (Haudy) as part of the ensemble, among others, the extraordinary production can first be experienced on 18 January 2024 in the Cologne Philharmonie, followed by performances in the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie (21 January) and the Philharmonie de Paris (28 January)
More information about the production:
www.guerzenich-orchester.de/...
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Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Viva Verdi, in Frankfurt as Ramfis!
After a celebrated revival of "Don Carlo" at the Oper Frankfurt, Andreas Bauer Kanabas faces yet another important Verdi role.
In a new production by Lydia Steier, he will appear as Ramfis in "Aida" alongside Guanqun Yu, Stefano La Colla, Claudia Mahnke, Nicholas Brownlee Kihwan Sim, Kudaibergen Abildin and Monika Buczkowska at his home theatre.
Under the direction of Erik Nielsen, performances with him as Ramfis will take place on 6, 8, 10, 17, 21, 26 and 29 December 2023.
Further information can be found via this link:
www.oper-frankfurt.net
In a new production by Lydia Steier, he will appear as Ramfis in "Aida" alongside Guanqun Yu, Stefano La Colla, Claudia Mahnke, Nicholas Brownlee Kihwan Sim, Kudaibergen Abildin and Monika Buczkowska at his home theatre.
Under the direction of Erik Nielsen, performances with him as Ramfis will take place on 6, 8, 10, 17, 21, 26 and 29 December 2023.
Further information can be found via this link:
www.oper-frankfurt.net
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Heather Engebretson
Great love for Puccini
Having already achieved great success with Liu, Musetta, Mimi and, most recently, Madama Butterfly, Heather Engebretson faces a further challenge with the title role in Puccini's "Manon Lescaut".Performance dates and further information can be found here:
www.stadttheater-klagenfurt.at
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Marina Prudenskaya
"modern masterpiece" at the Wiener Staatsoper
After a successful start to the season with Wagner's "Rheingold" at the ROH in London, Marina Prudenskaya is returning to the Wiener Staatsoper.There she will premiere on the 11th of November in a production by Jan Lauwers and under the direction of Pablo Heras-Casado as Mescalina in Ligeti's "modern masterpiece" "Le Grand Macabre".
Further information and performance dates:
www.wiener-staatsoper.at
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Anthony Robin Schneider
Strong opener at the DNO in Amsterdam
After successful performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Braunschweig, performances of Lohengrin will follow at the DNO in Amsterdam on the 11th, 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 26th and 30th of November, as well as on the 3rd of December 2023.
Under the musical direction of Lorenzo Viotti, Christof Loy's production will also feature Daniel Behle as Lohengrin and Malin Byström as Elsa alongside Anthony Robin Schneider.
Under the musical direction of Lorenzo Viotti, Christof Loy's production will also feature Daniel Behle as Lohengrin and Malin Byström as Elsa alongside Anthony Robin Schneider.
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Stucki, Katajala, Ranch, Youn
"Veni creator spiritus" - Mahler 8 in Duomo di Milano
On November 8th, 2023 Gustav Mahler's monumental Symphony No. 8, the "Symphony of a Thousand", will be performed in Milan! Together with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano and three further choirs, Flurina Stucki (Magna Peccatrix), Bettina Ranch (Mulier Samaritana), Tuomas Katajala (Doctor Marianus) and Samuel Youn (Pater Profundus) will perform this exceptional work under the direction of Claus Peter Flor in the Duomo di Milano.The Symphony No. 8 is performed as part of the "Festival Mahler", which for three whole weeks (from 22 October to 13 November 2023) has been dedicated to the repertoire of Gustav Mahler.
Bettina Ranch already performed Mahler's Symphony No. 2 under the direction of Andrey Boreyko on 25 October.
More information about the concert:
www.sinfonicadimilano.org/...
More information about the Mahler Festival:
www.sinfonicadimilano.org/...
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Doris Soffel
Grande Dame of opera singing
The picture shows Doris Soffel in one of her signature roles as Pique Dame Countess at the Palau de Les Arts in Valencia during September and October 2023.Below one of many enthusiastic reviews:
"The legendary Doris Soffel, a mezzo-soprano with enormous experience, knew how to shape the degree of emotional turmoil of this character with her voice. With effective gestures and a slow, incisive vocal style she completed a countess of great personality."
Jacobo Rios-Capé Carpi
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Arttu Kataja
Concert jewels with Frieder Bernius and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Arttu Kataja will again collaborate in two concerts with the Kammerchor Stuttgart conducted by Frieder Bernius and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen with Louis Spohr's Passion Oratorio "Des Heilands letzte Stunden".Kataja has been artistically connected to the Kammerchor Stuttgart and Frieder Bernius for a number of years: many concert moments and also CD recordings have been made, such as the Beethoven Missa Solemnis released on the Carus label and Schubert's Mass in A-flat major released on Hänssler in 2023.
The first concert will take place on 31 October at 20:00 in Bremen's Konzerthaus Die Glocke, the second on 5 November at 17:00 in Stuttgart's Liederhalle:
www.glocke.de/...
www.liederhalle-stuttgart.de/...
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Yorck Felix Speer
New ensemble member at the Oper Leipzig!
Our warmest congratulations!!! With the beginning of the 23/24 season, Yorck Felix Speer is a new member of the ensemble at the renowned Oper Leipzig. He will sing the first bass part in various new productions and revivals: Sarastro/Zauberflöte, Hunding/Walküre, Commendatore/ Don Giovanni, Orest/Elektra, Don Magnifico/Cenerentola, Hobson/ Peter Grimes ...:For further information and performance dates:
www.oper-leipzig.com
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Matija Meic
Home game as jester!
Matija Meic slips into the clown costume again; on three evenings he can be experienced as the court jester Rigoletto in Verdi's opera of the same name at the Croatian National Theatre in his native Zagreb.Performance dates: 28.10., 04.11. and 09.11.2023
At his parent house at Munich's Gärtnerplatz, during this season he will be on stage in the revivals of La Bohème /Marcello and Hänsel und Gretel /Peter, among others.
Performance dates La Bohème:
11/19/25/29 November & 01/08 December, 2023
Performance dates Hansel and Gretel:
30 November & 03/05/06/10/17/23/26 December, 2023
as well as 01/04 January, 2024
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Scott Hendricks
Watch out for Alberich in Brussels!
On 24.10.23, for the first time, the Texan baritone will sing Alberich in Wagner's "Rheingold" in a new production by Romeo Castellucci, conducted by Alain Altinoglu, at the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels.After Kurwenal, this is a further step into the musical world of Richard Wagner. Exciting!
More information:
www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/...
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Vincent Wolfsteiner
Emperor in Lyon
Vincent Wolfsteiner will take on the role of the Emperor for the first time in Richard Strauss's opera "Die Frau ohne Schatten"; this special work, staged by Mariusz Treliński and conducted by Daniele Rustioni, will also celebrate its premiere at the Opéra de Lyon.Opening night: October 17, 2023
Further information and performance dates can be found under the following link:
www.opera-lyon.com/...
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Rinaldo Alessandrini
Busy baroque weeks in Rome
Baroque expert Rinaldo Alessandrini will conduct a spectacular production of Händel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto by stage director Damiano Michieletto, which has already garnered success at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Opera Leipzig in recent seasons.The staging, a co-production of several European theatres, celebrates its Italian premiere on October 13th, 2023 at Teatro dell’Opera in Alessandrini's native Rome. The title role is sung by countertenor Raffaele Pe.
All performance dates: 13/15/17/19/21 October, 2023
In addition, on October 20th Alessandrini conducts the concert "I tre controtenori", featuring the three countertenors of the production, Raffaele Pe, Carlo Vistoli and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, as well as music by Händel, Vivaldi, Porpora and Gluck.
For more information about the opera production, including an interview with Rinaldo Alessandrini and Damiano Michieletto:
www.operaroma.it/en/...
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Nina Russi
Psycho thriller Elektra
Following her acclaimed interpretation of Janacek's The Makropulos Affair in 2022, celebrated by audience and critics alike, Nina Russi’s next staging at Würzburg’s Mainfranken Theater now celebrates its premiere!This time she brings Strauss's action-packed one-acter Elektra to the stage, interpreted as a "psychodrama of a woman who wants to avenge the misdeeds of her ancestors and in the process makes herself guilty. Caught in the vicious circle of guilt and atonement, the question arises of a way out of this logic, out of this system."
Julia Katharina Berndt is once again responsible for the stage and costume design, Enrico Calesso is conducting.
Premiere: 8th October, 2023
Further performances:
11/15/22/31 October, 22 November and 1 December, 2023
Further information about the production:
www.mainfrankentheater.de/...
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Moritz Kallenberg
Ariodante with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants
Moritz Kallenberg starts another exciting semi-staged concert tour with Les Arts Florissants and of course under William Christie next Monday 2.10.2023 at the Philharmonie de Paris/ Grande Salle Pierre Boulez. He sings the role of Odoardo in Handel's ARIODANTE, directed by Nicolas Briançon. Further performances follow at the Grand Théâtre in Geneva, the Opéra Royal/ Versailles and the Opéra Dijon:more about Moritz Kallenberg
Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Highly romantic
Ursula Hesse von den Steinen starts her season with the role of the messenger in Korngold’s masterpiece „Das Wunder der Heliane” directed by Jakob Peters-Messer under the musical direction of Jac van Steen at the Reisoper in the Nederlands.Performances are in Enschede on September 30th, in Eindhoven on October 6th, in Maastricht on October 14th, in Leeuwarden on October 20th, in Utrecht on October 28th, in Breda on October 31st, in Zwolle on November 3rd, in The Hague on November 6th, in Amsterdam on November 9th and in Apeldoorn on November 11th, 2023.
Following this performance tour, she will sing one of her signature roles, Herodias in a new production of “Salome” directed by Isabel Ostermann at the Staatstheater Braunschweig under the baton of Srba Dinić. Singing alongside her is amongst others Thomas Mohr as Herodes.
Performances are: December 9th, 15th, 22nd and 30th, 2023, as well as 5th, 10th, 19th, 21st and 26th January and 1st and 11th February, 2024.
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Christoph Gedschold
Old masters, always new!Christoph Gedschold is a regular guest at the Semperoper Dresden. After revivals of “Elektra” and “Ariadne auf Naxos” in the last two seasons, he returns to the conductor's podium this season with "Der Freischütz" on 23./ 30.09.23 and 03.10.23, as well as with "The Magic Flute" performances scheduled for the spring 2024.
In Leipzig, he starts the season with the Leipzig Opera Ball on 02.10.23, conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra, and followed by the revival of "Tristan und Isolde "with
performances on 05.11.23, 03.12.23 and 10.02.24.
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Martina Welschenabach
Strauss' 4 Last Songs at the "Anima Mundi" Festival in Pisa
Martina Welschenbach will sing Richard Strauss' 4 Last Songs with pianist James Baillieu for the first time on September 19, 2023 at the Camposanto Monumentale as part of the "Anima Mundi" Festival in Pisa. Baritone Benjamin Appl will be her partner on this extraordinary evening, which will also feature works by Robert - and Clara Schumann and Gustav Mahler.
Jussi Mylllys
Holy Grail! Parsifal in Minden!
Finnish tenor Jussi Myllys will be performing the title role in Richard Wagner's "Parsifal" for the first time at the "Bayreuth of the North" on September 8, 2023 in Minden.
The "Bühnenweihfestspiel" will once again be presented through a collaborative production between the Richard Wagner Association Minden, the North West German Philharmonic, and the Minden City Theatre. The stage direction will be led by Lausanne's Intendant Erik Vigié, musical direction by Frank Beerman. More details can be found at: www.parsifal-in-minden.de
In the classical music magazine CONCERTI LOUNGE (August 24, 2023), the event is reported as follows:
lounge.concerti.de/das-wagner-wunder-von-minden
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The "Bühnenweihfestspiel" will once again be presented through a collaborative production between the Richard Wagner Association Minden, the North West German Philharmonic, and the Minden City Theatre. The stage direction will be led by Lausanne's Intendant Erik Vigié, musical direction by Frank Beerman. More details can be found at: www.parsifal-in-minden.de
In the classical music magazine CONCERTI LOUNGE (August 24, 2023), the event is reported as follows:
lounge.concerti.de/das-wagner-wunder-von-minden
Tuomas Katajala
Spending fall in the concert hall!
Following various opera performances in spring and summer, Tuomas Katajala will be spending much of autumn in the European concert halls. First up is his return to Milan and its Orchestra Sinfonica, with whom he will perform Mahler’s „Lied von der Erde“ as the orchestra's season opening concert at Teatro alla Scala on September 10, 2023. In October he can be heard as Atis in two concert performances of Joseph Martin Kraus‘ opera „Proserpin“. The concerts take place on October 13 and 14 in Vaasa, Finland with the Vaasa Baroque and Aapo Häkkinen.Next, his path leads him to South Tirol and the Alps to sing the tenor part in Beethoven’s C Major Mass in two concerts in Brixen (21.10.) and Bruneck (22.10.). The other parts are sung by fellow BOM artists Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir (Soprano), Silvia Hauer (Alto) and Arttu Kataja (Bass).
Following these concerts, Tuomas will return to his native Finland for a single performance of Mozart’s Requiem with the Jyväskylä Sinfonia on November 2 and lastly, to bring his schedule full circle, he returns again to Milan and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano for their Mahler festival. As part of the festival, he can be heard in the bombastic 8th Symphony on November 8, 2023 alongside Flurina Stucki, Bettina Ranch and Samuel Youn, among others, and under the baton of Claus Peter Flor.
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Johan Reuter
Debut at the Ruhrtriennale
Johan faces an exciting season with many different challenges. It begins at the Ruhrtriennale, where he takes on the role of Alexandr Petrovič Gorjančikov in Janacek’s masterpiece “From the House of the Dead” under the musical direction of Dennis Russell Davies. Performances of this eagerly awaited new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov are on August 31st and on September 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 9th, all taking place at the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum.
Here is a small impression that makes you want more
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Andreas Schager
Bayreuth Highlights and Vienna Weeks
"The star of the Bayreuth Festival 2023" ("der Star der Bayreuther Festspiele 2023" ), Andreas Schager, is celebrated with standing ovations for his portrayal of Siegfried in Götterdämmerung. In Siegried, too, he was convincing with “indestructible energy, such fantastic vocal performance an such playful vitality” ("unverwüstliche Energie, eine solch phantastische Stimmleistung und eine solch spielerische Vitalität" ). “Almost pure world class” ("Fast pure Weltklasse" ). Andreas Schager also stood in for Joseph Calleja as Parsifal. Under the musical direction of Pablo Heras-Casado, he showcased “great and subtle creative power” ("großer und feinsinniger Gestaltungskraft" ) and thus proved to be a “stroke of luck” ("Glücksfall" ).
After his Wagner Triathlon in Bayreuth, which sometimes included three performances on consecutive days, Anderas Schager is already on course for the new season and will begin in Tulln, where he sings at the traditional Open Air "Götterklang trifft Donaugold" Vienna, where he will take on the title role in Tristan and Isolde (performances: September 17th, 20th and 24th) and the role of the Emperor in Die Frau ohne Schatten (performances: October 14th, 17th, 21st and 24th)
On September 7th, Andreas Schager will be awarded the Austrian Music Theater Prize in the Vienna City Hall for his portrayal of Tristan in the Vienna State Opera production.
On September 7th, Andreas Schager will be awarded the Austrian Music Theater Prize in the Vienna City Hall for his portrayal of Tristan in the Vienna State Opera production.
more about Andreas Schager
Johan Reuter & Mika Kares
Together in Lohengrin at the Bavarian State Opera
On July 16th and 19th, Mika Kares and Johan Reuter can be seen together in the production of Lohengrin in Munich. Under the musical direction of François-Xavier Roth, Mika Kares portrays the role of Heinrich der Vogler (Henry the Fowler), while Johan Reuter sings Friedrich von Telramund. The title role is portrayed by Klaus Florian Vogt, and Elsa von Brabant is sung by Johanni van Oostrum.more about Johan Reuter
more about Mika Kares
Various
The Glorious Eight in Savonlinna
To our great delight, this year's Savonlinna Opera Festival features several BOM artists in central roles!Beginning on July 1st with Amy Lane's staging of Gounod's Romeo et Juliette conducted by Yves Abel, Marjukka Tepponen can be seen and heard in the role of Juliette, Arttu Kataja as Capulet, and Kevin Greenlaw takes on the role of Mercutio.
All performances: 01/03/05/07/12/14/17 July, 2023
At the same time, both casts of The Magic Flute starting on July 4th feature some familiar names!
Under the musical direction of Sakari Oramo, the following BOM singers will be on stage in August Everding's legendary production:
Sarastro (Mika Kares / Markus Suihkonen)
Tamino (Tuomas Katajala / Johan Krogius)
Pamina (Iris Candelaria)
All performances: 04/06/08/11/19/21 July, 2023
Further information on the productions and casts:
www.operafestival.fi/...
www.operafestival.fi/...
Doris Soffel
Unique!
This week we celebrate an artist with whom we have been working for 25 years: Doris Soffel is not only celebrating a special birthday (which, however, we do not name, as befits such a great artist), but can now also look back on a career of more than 50 years, which has taken her to all the great houses and festivals, with an evolution from coloratura mezzo to the dramatic parts of her craft. Simply unique, simply La Soffel!
And the best... she goes on and on! We look forward to her return to the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, the Semperoper Dresden, the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Theatre de la Monnaie, to name but a few theatres.
Representative of many great moments in Doris' career, here are two links to recordings with Joan Sutherland (Norma, 1985) and Thomas Johannes Mayer (Walküre, DNO, 2013).
Norma, 1985
Die Walküre, 2013
The Austrian radio is also dedicating a portrait to Doris Soffel this week. You can find it online via the livestream of Ö1:
Livestream Ö1
And the best... she goes on and on! We look forward to her return to the Palau de les Arts in Valencia, the Semperoper Dresden, the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Theatre de la Monnaie, to name but a few theatres.
Representative of many great moments in Doris' career, here are two links to recordings with Joan Sutherland (Norma, 1985) and Thomas Johannes Mayer (Walküre, DNO, 2013).
Norma, 1985
Die Walküre, 2013
The Austrian radio is also dedicating a portrait to Doris Soffel this week. You can find it online via the livestream of Ö1:
Livestream Ö1
more about Doris Soffel
Anthony Robin Schneider
New entry!
Anthony Robin Schneider, ensemble member of Oper Frankfurt, is new to our list with representation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The young New Zealand-Austrian bass has already enjoyed success in roles ranging from Sarastro to King Henry at major houses, most recently in a guest performance at the Dresden Semperoper in Die Zauberflöte and soon to be experienced at Oper Frankfurt in the title role of Hercules directed by Barrie Kosky (premiere 30.4.2023). A warm welcome!
more about Anthony Robin Schneider
Johan Reuter
Velkommen Johan Reuter!
With Johan Reuter we welcome one of the most prominent singers of his generation to our general management.
Reuter is a regular guest on the big stages of the world, from the Metropolitan Opera New York to Opéra de Paris or the Bavarian State Opera Munich. In addition to his intense activity as an opera soloist, he is also sought-after as a concert and lied singer.
We are looking forward to the collaboration!
Reuter is a regular guest on the big stages of the world, from the Metropolitan Opera New York to Opéra de Paris or the Bavarian State Opera Munich. In addition to his intense activity as an opera soloist, he is also sought-after as a concert and lied singer.
We are looking forward to the collaboration!
more about Johan Reuter
Flurina Stucki
Strike after Strike- 3 major roles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
In April 2025, Flurina Stucki can be heard in three major soprano roles at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She will once again sing Elsa in Kasper Holten's production of Lohengrin. In addition, she will perform Senta in Der fliegende Holländer for the first time and can be seen as the Great Whore in the revival of Ersan Mondtag's acclaimed production of the opera Antichrist.Further information and performance dates:
deutscheoperberlin.de
more about Flurina Stucki
Tuomas Katajala
Spring in the sign of Strauss and Wagner
This spring, Tuomas Katajala has two exciting projects coming up, starting with a role debut in the Italian premiere of Strauss' mythological comedy "Die Liebe der Danae".
From 6 April 2025 he will be performing the role of Pollux in Laurence Dale's new staging at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. The production is conducted by Michael Zlabinger.
All performance dates: 06/09/13/16 April 2025
Following this, Katajala will be joining his fellow countryman Tarmo Peltokoski and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg for two concert performances of Der fliegende Holländer.
Alongside colleagues such as Brian Mulligan, Gabriela Scherer and Christof Fischesser, Katajala can be heard as Erik on 13 May in the Philharmonie Luxembourg and on 15 May at the BOZAR in Brussels.
From 6 April 2025 he will be performing the role of Pollux in Laurence Dale's new staging at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. The production is conducted by Michael Zlabinger.
All performance dates: 06/09/13/16 April 2025
Following this, Katajala will be joining his fellow countryman Tarmo Peltokoski and the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg for two concert performances of Der fliegende Holländer.
Alongside colleagues such as Brian Mulligan, Gabriela Scherer and Christof Fischesser, Katajala can be heard as Erik on 13 May in the Philharmonie Luxembourg and on 15 May at the BOZAR in Brussels.
more about Tuomas Katajala
Moritz Kallenberg
Berlin, Basel, Bari - through Europe with Kallenberg
Moritz Kallenberg starts the Passion season with three engagements in Berlin, Basel and Bari. On 16 March 2025, he will perform the Evangelist and arias in the St John Passion at the Berlin Philharmonie under the direction of Jörg-Peter Weigle, followed by the Mass in B minor with the Basel Bach Choir on 29 March 2025 and 30 March 2025. And in April, he will sing the Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten's Rape of Lucretia at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari under the direction of Jordi Bernàcer:fondazionepetruzzelli.it
more about Moritz Kallenberg
Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir
Wedding at the Bremerhaven City Theatre
Love, chaos and court intrigue at the Bremerhaven City Theatre - the opera Le Nozze di Figaro will be staged in Bremerhaven from March 15th 2025 with Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir in the role of Contessa di Almaviva. Achim Lenz is staging Mozart's popular opera, which will be performed under the musical direction of Davide Perniceni and Hartmut Brüsch additionally on the following dates: 20.03.25, 27.03.25, 29.03.25, 19.04.25, 25.04.25, 08.05.25.more about Kristín Anna Gudmundsdóttir
Doris Soffel
Two great Strauss roles at Deutsche Oper Berlin
This spring, Doris Soffel will be presenting two of her signature roles by Richard Strauss to the audience of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.From 7 March 2025, she will sing Adelaide in Arabella alongside Thomas Johannes Mayer (Mandryka) and Jennifer Davis (Arabella) in Tobias Kratzer's production under the baton of Donald Runnicles.
From 22 March 2025, she will be Klytämnestra in Kirsten Harms' production of Elektra alongside Elena Pankratova (Elektra) and Camilla Nylund (Chrysothemis), among others, under the musical direction of Thomas Søndergård.
Further information and performance dates:
www.deutscheoperberlin.de/ ... (Arabella)
www.deutscheoperberlin.de/ ... (Elektra)
more about Doris Soffel
Tuomas Pursio
Finnish wedding drama meets outback!
It will be his Australian debut when Tuomas Pursio takes to the stage at Adelaide's Festival Theatre on 28 February to reprise his role as Father-in-law in Kaija Saariaho's modern masterpiece, Innocence. Following the acclaimed world premiere at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2021, the revival at the Finnish National Opera and a new production in Gelsenkirchen, it will be Pursio's fourth time performing the role at the highly anticipated Australian premiere during the Adelaide Festival.The audience will experience the opera thriller in the original production by Simon Stone, conducted by Clément Mao Takacs.
All performance dates: 28 Feb & 02/04/05 March 2025
For more information about the production:
www.adelaidefestival.com.au/ ...
more about Tuomas Pursio
Matthew Wild
Shakespearean dystopia in Budapest
Following his immensely successful Tannhäuser (Oper Frankfurt) and Mazeppa (Tiroler Festspiele Erl) of last season, Matthew Wild can now present his first staging for the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest. The new production of Verdi's Macbeth, "a strikingly acute psychological exploration of overwhelming guilt", will celebrate its premiere on February 22nd, 2025Set in a speculative, independent Scotland a few decades in the future (following an imagined collapse of the United Kingdom) where democracy has given way to authoritarian dynasty rule, the production is sure to be thought-provoking!
The set is designed by Sebastian Hannak, with whom Wild already collaborated once this season (Cage aux Folles in Kassel), and Principal Conductor Martin Rajna is conducting.
Further performance dates:
26/28 February & 02/05/07/09 March 2025
more about Matthew Wild
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Un Rinaldo doppio, per favore!
This year's Karlsruhe Handel Festival will be opened by international baroque expert and most welcome guest in Karlsruhe, Rinaldo Alessandrini - with a work which is more than fitting! The opening production is Handel's ‘Rinaldo’; the first opera that the baroque master wrote during his time in London. The festive opening premiere takes place on 21 February with Maestro Alessandrini conducting the Badische Staatskapelle. The production is staged by Hinrich Horstkotte.All performance dates: 21/23/26 February & 01/04 March 2025
During the festival, among other things, also the revival of Handel's ‘Siroe’ can be experienced, which premiered in Karlsruhe last season and will once again be conducted by Attilio Cremonesi.
Further information about 'Rinaldo':
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ ...
Further information about the 47th Internationale Handel Festival Karlsruhe:
www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/ ...
more about Rinaldo Alessandrini
Tuomas Katajala
Bull's Eye in Leipzig!
Following his great success in the role of Max in Weber’s “Der Freischütz” in France, Austria and Luxembourg in past seasons, Tuomas Katajala will reprise the role in his first performance at Opera Leipzig. From February 14th 2025 he can be experienced in the revival of the production by Christian von Götz. With him on stage are Tuomas Pursio as Kaspar, Yorck Felix Speer as Eremit and Miljenko Turk as Ottokar. The performance run will be conducted by Yura Yang.
Performance dates: 14 February, 01 March, 16 March, 20 April 2025
Further information about the production can be found here:
www.oper-leipzig.de/ ...
Video trailer:
www.youtube.com/ ...
Performance dates: 14 February, 01 March, 16 March, 20 April 2025
Further information about the production can be found here:
www.oper-leipzig.de/ ...
Video trailer:
www.youtube.com/ ...
more about Tuomas Katajala
Marina Prudenskaya
Clear the stage for the Nurse
Richard Strauss' opera Die Frau ohne Schatten can be experienced at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 26 January 2025 under the musical direction of Sir Donald Runnicles.
Marina Prudenskaya will make her debut in the central role of the Nurse alongside an ensemble of international top singers in a highly anticipated production by Tobias Kratzer.
Further information about the production:
www.deutscheoperberlin.de
Marina Prudenskaya will make her debut in the central role of the Nurse alongside an ensemble of international top singers in a highly anticipated production by Tobias Kratzer.
Further information about the production:
www.deutscheoperberlin.de
more about Marina Prudenskaya
Doris Soffel
Return to Valencia with the Dialogues des Carmélites
From 23 January 2025, Doris Soffel can once again be experienced as Madame de Croissy in Poulenc's ‘Dialogues des Carmélites’ - this time at the Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Under Riccardo Minasi and in Robert Carsen's production, which has already been revived several times, Doris Soffel can be heard in one of her best roles in a total of five performances in “one of the most moving works of contemporary opera”.Further information can be found at:
www.lesarts.com/ ...
more about Doris Soffel
Katajala, Krogius, Kares, Tómasson, Herranen
"Freude schöner Götterfunken" at the end of the year!
The year is drawing to a close, and that especially means one thing: Beethoven's Symphony no 9 will once again be played in concert halls all over the world! This year, too, a number of BOM artists will be taking part in the New Year festivities - around Christmas and New Year’s you can hear the following soloists:-Mika Kares with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Marie Jacquot at the Vienna Konzerthaus (30/31 Dec. & 01 Jan.)
-Tómas Tómasson with the NHK Symphony Orchestra under Fabio Luisi in Tokyo (18/19/21/22/23/24 Dec.)
-Sonja Herranen & Johan Krogius with the Berliner Symphoniker under Howard Griffiths in the Berlin Cathedral (27/28 Dec.)
-Tuomas Katajala with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse under Tarmo Peltokoski at the Halle aux Grains Toulouse (31 Dec & 01/02 Jan)
more about Tómas Tómasson
more about Sonja Herranen
more about Johan Krogius
more about Tuomas Katajala
more about Mika Kares
Doris Soffel
A career in the labyrinth - major TV portrait
Don't miss it!The Munich film director Mark von Seydlitz has produced a film about Doris Soffel on behalf of ARD and SWR.
The film shows Doris Soffel as an exceptional singer, born in Hechingen in 1948, she has been on stage for 50 years. The film portrays the mezzo-soprano and allows prominent colleagues to have their say.
Film link:
www.ardmediathek.de/...
more about Doris Soffel
Jörg Halubek
Jörg Halubek conducts Kusser's baroque masterpiece Adonis in Schwetzingen
On the 23rd of November 2024, Jörg Halubek will conduct this year's premiere of the Heidelberg Winter Opera at the Rokkokotheater Schwetzingen: Johann Sigismund Kusser's Adonis. Jörg Halubek has already performed Adonis with his ensemble Il Gusto Barocco in the Liederhalle Stuttgart and brought it to life; the live recording of this successful performance was released by cpo in a world premiere recording in 2024. In spring 2025, Lucerne audiences can then look forward to Jörg Halubek performing Zelenka's Requiem in D major and Il Prigioniero by Dallapiccola at Lucerne Theatre.Further information and performance dates:
www.theaterheidelberg.de
Christoph Seidl
Tragicomedy and light-footedness: Graf Waldner in Arabella in Oviedo
The Austrian Christoph Seidl, valued for his expertise in the Strauss repertoire, once again sings Count Waldner in Arabella. A role in which he has already impressed at the Aalto Theater in Essen. From 17th of November 2024, he can be seen at the Ópera de Oviedo under the direction of Corrado Rovaris and once again under the direction of Guy Joosten.Further information and performance dates at
www.operaoviedo.com
more about Christoph Seidl
Michael Smallwood
With Haydn's "best stage work" in Potsdam!
From 16 November 2024, Michael Smallwood will be on stage at the Schlosstheater im Neuen Palais in Potsdam as part of the Potsdam Winter Opera. There he will embody the crusader Ubaldo in Haydn's dramatic 'Kammerspiel' about the eponymous sorceress Armida, which many of Haydn's contemporaries described as his “best stage work”.The piece is conducted by early music specialist Konrad Junghänel and staged by director Björn Reinke.
Performance dates: 16/17/21/23/24/27/29/30 November 2024
Further information about the piece:
www.hansottotheater.de/...
more about Michael Smallwood
Gudmundsdóttir, Lee & Kataja
Vessels of Light with Joana Mallwitz at the Konzerthaus Berlin
To mark the 70th anniversary of the International Holocaust Memorial Yad Vashem 2024, Kristín Anna Guðmundsdóttir, Kangyoon Shine Lee and Arttu Kataja will complete the large soloist ensemble at the anniversary concert “Vessels of Light”. Lee and Guðmundsdóttir have already performed this piece by Lera Auerbach in the Dresdner Philharmonie. This time they will perform with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Joana Mallwitz on Sunday, 17th November 2024, at the Konzerthaus Berlin.Information and performance dates:
www.konzerthaus.de
more about Anna Kristín Gudmundsdóttir
more about Kangyoon Shine Lee
more about Arttu Kataja
Bettina Ranch
Rataplan! Prezosilla in Verdi´s La Forza Del Destino
After her role debuts as Amneris in Aida and Brangäne in Tristan, Bettina Ranch returns from a highly successful guest performance as Fricka in Rheingold in Beijing. Another major premiere awaits her here: as the ‘ideal cast’ in Verdi's la Forza del Destino, she impresses the audience as Preziosilla ‘in terms of acting and, above all, singing!’ ‘Sensual, powerful and resounding’ at the Aalto-Theater Essen. She will be seen there in nine further performances under the direction of Andrea Sanguineti/ Wolfram-Maria Märtig. This season, audiences in Essen can also look forward to Bettina Ranch's debut as Kundry in Parsifal!Information and performance dates:
www.theater-essen.de
Press review - The opera magazine - 10.11.2024
www.opernmagazin.de
more about Bettina Ranch
Young Doo Park
House and role debut in Nabucco and Fidelio
Bass Young Doo Park is starting the 2024/25 season with exciting roles: from 12 October 2024, he will appear on stage for the first time as Zaccaria in Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. Director Ilaria Lanzino describes the work as ‘an opera of contradictions and extremes’. Katharina Müllner and Vitali Alekseenok share the musical direction.Further dates with Young Doo Park:
20.10. / 01. / 10.11. 2024
A few days later, on 19 October 2024, Park will make his debut as Rocco in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. He will be accompanied by soprano Flurina Stucki, also from our list, as Leonore. The musical director is Will Humburg, while Evelyn Herlitzius will direct the production
Further dates:
27.10./ 02. / 09. / 24.11. / 01.12.24
04.05.25
Further information on the performances can be found here:
www.operamrhein.de
www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de
more about Young Doo Park
Mika Kares, Sonja Herranen & Marina Prudenskaya
Concentrated star power at Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Great Italian operatic art is on the cards again when the new production of Verdi's NABUCCO celebrates its premiere at the Berlin State Opera on October 2nd, 2024.The top cast is led by Luca Salsi (Nabucco), Anna Netrebko (Abigaille), Mika Kares (Zaccaria) and Marina Prudenskaya (Fenena) and is completed by Ivan Magrì as Ismaele and Sonja Herranen as Anna, among others.
The new staging by Emma Dante is conducted by Bertrand de Billy.
All performance dates: October 02/06/09/12/18/20/24/26, 2024
For more information:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de/ ...
more about Mika Kares
more about Marina Prudenskaya
more about Sonja Herranen
Wild, Bauer Kanabas, Krizaj, Wilde
"Performance of the Year"
We were delighted and proud to read the announcement of this year's ‘Performance of the Year’ by the ‘Opernwelt’ magazine! Five new productions share this title, including Matthew Wild's celebrated ‘Tannhäuser’ at the Frankfurt Opera, in which the BOM singers Andreas Bauer Kanabas (Landgraf Hermann) and Domen Krizaj (Wolfram von Eschenbach) shone with great role portraits.In addition to Wild's staging, which “achieved the always anticipated - but rarely achieved - operatic ideal of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the sense of Richard Wagner” (bachtrack.com), the production ‘The Greek Passion’ by Simon Stone from the 2023 Salzburg Festival, in which Scott Wilde appeared on stage as The Old Man, was also honoured.
The other three winners were ‘Moses und Aron’ in Bonn, ‘Queen of Spades’ in Lyon and ‘Die Passagierin’ in Munich.
more about Matthew Wild
more about Andreas Bauer Kanabas
more about Domen Krizaj
more about Scott Wilde
Martina Welschenbach
Martina Welschenbach redeems the Dutchman in Leipzig
Martina Welschenbach returns to Oper Leipzig after her successful debut as Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, this time with her signature role of Senta in Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer. The musical director of the revival is Christoph Gedschold, other roles includeUlrike Schneider as Mary and Yorck Felix Speer as Daland.Performance dates and further information can be found here:
www.oper-leipzig.de
more about Martina Welschenbach
Anna Bonitatibus
Winner of the Abbiati Award 2024!
We are delighted and proud to announce that Anna Bonitatibus is the winner of the Abbiati Award (Il premio della critica musicale “Franco Abbiati”) 2024 in the category Solo Repertoire! The prize is being awarded for her CD ‘Monologues’ (Prospero, 2023) with pianist Adele D'Aronzo, featuring pieces by Donizetti, Rossini, Respighi and Wagner.The award ceremony will take place in Cremona on Sunday, September 29th 2024 as part of Cremona Musica. Congratulations Anna!
more about Anna Bonitatibus
Andreas Schager
Songs of Gurre for a birthday!
After a successful festival summer, Andreas Schager will kick off his new season at Milan's La Scala with Waldemar in Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder in a series of concerts from 13 September 2024 (further concerts on 16.09 & 17.09). The concert will take place on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Schönberg's birth and will be conducted by the music director of La Scala, Riccardo Chailly. Also taking part are Camilla Nylund as Tove, Okka von der Damerau as Waldtaube, Michael Volle as Bauer and Sprecher and Norbert Ernst as Klaus Narr.
By the way, Andreas Schager himself is also celebrating his birthday on 14 September.
Happy birthday Andreas!
The performance on 17.09.2024 can be followed live via LaScala.tv.
Further information can be found here:
By the way, Andreas Schager himself is also celebrating his birthday on 14 September.
Happy birthday Andreas!
The performance on 17.09.2024 can be followed live via LaScala.tv.
Further information can be found here:
more about Andreas Schager
BOM
Off to the Wagner Olympics!
Also this year, Bayreuth audiences can look forward to Mika Kares who will once again sing the role of Hagen (Götterdämmerung) in the revival of the RING, this time under the musical direction of Simone Young. Among others, he will be joined by Alexandra Ionis, who is making her Bayreuth debut this summer and can be heard for the first time as 2nd Norn in Götterdämmerung and Siegrune in Die Walküre.Performance dates: 29.7. (Die Walküre), 2.8. (Götterdämmerung), 21.8. (Die Walküre), 25.8. (Götterdämmerung).
In addition to the above mentioned roles, Alexandra Ionis will also be on stage as Mary in this year's children's opera Der Fliegende Holländer: 25/26/27/28/30/31 July & 01/02/03 August 2024
Another festival debutant is soprano Flurina Stucki, who can be seen and heard as Hirt in Tannhäuser (Tobias Kratzer/Nathalie Stutzmann) from July 26th and as Flower Maiden in Parsifal (Jay Scheib/Pablo Heras-Casado) from July 27th. Alongside Andreas Schager in the title role, Betsy Horne is again cast as Flower Maiden and 1st Squire.
more about Mika Kares
more about Alexandra Ionis
more about Flurina Stucki
more about Betsy Horne
more about Andreas Schager
Matija Meic
Verdi in the open air!
The Croatian baritone Matija Meic will once again be able to demonstrate his outstanding qualities as an interpreter of Verdi!At the same time, this summer the Braunschweig opera audience can once again look forward to great musical moments in the open air. This year’s Burgplatz production is Il trovatore, which will be performed on the open-air stage from 24 August 2024.
Under the direction of Jan Eßinger and the musical direction of Srba Dinic, Matija Meic will be embodying Count Luna for the first time on the following evenings:
24/28/31 August & 03/06/08 September 2024
In addition, Marina Prudenskaya can be seen and heard in the role of Azucena on the following dates
25./27.08. & 01./04./08/11.09.2024
For more information about the production and the cast:
www.staatstheater-braunschweig.de/...
more about Matija Meic
BOM
BOM artists announced at Savonlinna Opera Festival!
To our great delight, this year's Savonlinna Opera Festival again features several BOM artists in central roles!From July 5th, for the first time ever, Tuomas Katajala can be seen and heard as Lohengrin in Roman Hovenbitzer's new production under the baton of Stephan Zilias.
All performance dates: 05/09/12/15/18 July 2024
From July 6th, the audience can then experience Rodula Gaitanou's staging of Verdi's Nabucco, featuring Mika Kares as Zaccaria and Johan Krogius with his debut as Ismaele. The production is conducted by Ville Matvejeff and James Sherlock.
All performance dates: 06/08/11/16/19/22/24/26 July 2024
Likewise, the casts of Don Giovanni, starting on July 10th, feature some familiar names!
The role of Commendatore is sung by Mika Kares, Don Ottavio by Johan Krogius, Donna Anna by Marjukka Tepponen, Donna Elvira by Sonja Herranen, and Zerlina by Iris Candelaria. The production by Paul-Émile Fourny is conducted by Andrea Sanguineti.
All performance dates: 10/13/17/20/23/25 July 2024
More information about Lohengrin:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ...
More information about Nabucco:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ...
More information about Don Giovanni:
www.operafestival.fi/en/ ...
more about Johan Krogius
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Iris Candelaria
more about Tuomas Katajala
more about Sonja Herranen
more about Mika Kares
Johan Reuter
Budapest or Bayreuth: Wotan rocks the Danube
Off to Budapest, because as the New York Times reported back in 2013: "No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest has a Wagner Festival, Too." And Wagner fans shouldn't miss it, especially this year! From the 20th June 2024, visitors can look forward to a complete performance Ring des Nibelungen, with Danish bass-baritone Johan Reuter portraying Wotan/Wanderer in the first three parts. He will be joined by Irene Theorin /Brünnhilde, Magnus Vigilius /Siegmund and Stefan Vinke/Siegfried. Under the musical direction of Ádám Fischer, highly esteemed for his interpretation of Wagner's works, and directed by Hartmut Schörghofer, the audience is sure to fall under the spell of the Nibelungen-Ring.Further performance dates and information can be found here:
www.mupa.hu
more about Johan Reuter
Mika Kares, Marina Prudenskaya & Johan Krogius
Die Khovansky Case
Mussorgsky's magnificent Chowanschtschina will be performed by a BOM triple cast at the Staatsoper unter den Linden starting on the 2nd of June 2024. Led in the title role by Mika Kares as Prince Ivan Khovansky, other roles will be performed by Marina Prudenskaya as Marfa and Johan Krogius as Streshnev, as well as George Gagnizde as Boyar Shaklovity, Stephan Rügamer as Vasily Golitsyn and Taras Shtonda as Dosifey.In this production, based on the version by Dmitri Schostakowitsch and Igor Stravinsky, Claus Guth pays particular attention to the different worlds of the individual personalities and thus gives the audience the opportunity to experience history beyond the political events and power games. Together with Simone Young's conducting, this results in an all-encompassing staging of history that represents ‘the past in the present’.
Further performance dates:
06./ 09. / 13. / 16. / 23.06
More information about the production:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
more about Mika Kares
more about Marina Prudenskaya
more about Johan Krogius
Scott Hendricks & Andrew Harris
Hendricks and Harris in Wonderland
Following concert performances of the Ring in Dallas, Andrew Harris and Scott Hendricks, who could just be heard at his parent house in Brussels as Carlo in Verdi's “Nostalgia”, are off to Amsterdam, where they will appear together in a concert performance of “Alice in Wonderland”.Under the musical direction of Markus Stenz and a production by South Korean composer Unsuk Chin, Scott Hendricks as Mad Hatter and Andrew Harris as King of Hearts can be heard at the Concertgebouw on 01.06.2024.
more about Scott Hendricks
more about Andrew Harris
Meagan Miller & Tómas Tómasson
"The Symphony of a Thousand" in the Land of a Thousand Lakes
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra will be ending their concert season with a musical fireworks display, when they perform Gustav Mahler's Symphony no 8, the monumental "Symphony of a Thousand", on three consecutive nights in Helsinki's Musiikkitalo. Under the baton of Jukka-Pekka Saraste, no less than six choirs and eight soloists will be joining the orchestra, including Meagan Miller and Tómas Tómasson who will be singing the parts of Magna Peccatrix and Pater Profundus, respectively.The concerts take place on May 28th, 29th and 30th, 2024.
For more information about the concerts and cast:
www.helsinginkaupunginorkesteri.fi/...
more about Meagan Miller
more about Tómas Tómasson
Markus Suihkonen
First time in "Florence on the Elbe" with Monteverdi
From 26 May 2024, Markus Suihkonen is on stage of the Dresden Semperoper for the first time, performing the role of Caronte in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo alongside Rolando Villazón in the title role, among others.The acclaimed production (which marked the first ever performance of the work at the Semperoper in 2023) is by the sought-after director and puppeteer Nikolaus Habjan, who brings the myth to the stage with an interplay of singers and life-size puppets. Wolfgang Katschner conducts his ensemble ‘lautten compagney BERLIN’ and the cast is completed by BOM colleagues Joseph Dennis and Ilya Silchuk in the roles of Shepherd and Ghost.
Remaining performance dates: 31.05. & 03./06.06.2024
For more information about the production:
www.semperoper.de/...
more about Markus Suihkonen
Anthony Robin Schneider
Welcome to the club!
We are delighted to now also be able to represent Anthony Robin Schneider in general management. Anthony has already caught people's attention with engagements at the Oper Frankfurt, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Semperoper Dresden, the Santa Fe Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Tiroler Erl Festspiele and in concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, among others.In the upcoming seasons he will make his debut in important roles at the Salzburg Festival, the Canadian Opera Toronto, the Komische Oper Berlin and return to the Oper Frankfurt, the National Opera Amsterdam and this summer to the Tiroler Festspiele in Erl!
Anthony will continue to be represented by OPUS 3 in North America, Asia and Oceania.
more about Anthony Robin Schneider
Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Walhall in Dortmund
Dortmund is not only in football fever because of the Champions League semi-finals, but is also eagerly awaiting the premiere of Peter Konwitschny's interpretation of Wagner's Rheingold with Ursula Hesse von den Steinen as Fricka this week. Alongside Tommi Hakala as Wotan, Matthias Wohlbrecht as Loge and Joachim Goltz as Alberich, she can be seen on stage in Dortmund from 9 May 2024 under the musical direction of Gabriel Feltz.
Further performance dates:
19./24.05., 01./08.06.24, 09.03.25
Further information can be found here::
www.operdortmund.de
Further performance dates:
19./24.05., 01./08.06.24, 09.03.25
Further information can be found here::
www.operdortmund.de
more about Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Tuomas Katajala
Beethoven anniversary on tour!
Fitting for the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's Symphony no 9, Tuomas Katajala will be singing the tenor part in the monumental piece no less than six times in three different cities over the course of three weeks.
First, he returns to Lisbon and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, led by Joana Carneiro, for two concerts on May 9th and 10th, 2024.
Subsequently, he will return to Finnish Lahti and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, with whom he will perform the piece on May 16th and 17th, 2024.
Dalia Stasevska is conducting and the mezzo part is sung by Virpi Räisänen.
Lastly, Tuomas can be heard singing the tenor part with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Collon.
The two concerts take place in Helsinki's Music Centre, Musiikkitalo, on May 22nd and 23rd, 2024.
For more information about the concerts and casts:
First, he returns to Lisbon and the Gulbenkian Orchestra, led by Joana Carneiro, for two concerts on May 9th and 10th, 2024.
Subsequently, he will return to Finnish Lahti and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra, with whom he will perform the piece on May 16th and 17th, 2024.
Dalia Stasevska is conducting and the mezzo part is sung by Virpi Räisänen.
Lastly, Tuomas can be heard singing the tenor part with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Collon.
The two concerts take place in Helsinki's Music Centre, Musiikkitalo, on May 22nd and 23rd, 2024.
For more information about the concerts and casts:
more about Tuomas Katajala
Philipp Ahmann
Winner of the German jazz Prize 2024
Congratulations to Philipp Ahmann, who won the German Jazz Award in the category Best Radio Production with his production A KIND OF ... CHORAL MUSIC! The three jazz composers Theresia Philipp, Florian Ross and Andreas Theobald were engaged to compose pieces for the ensemble for the cross-genre project, which was the result of a co-operation between the MDR Rundfunkchor and the Leipziger Jazztage. The newly composed concert programme of choral music with jazz influences picks up on the jazz festival's motto ‘Make the connection’ in an unprecedented way and creates a unique transition between jazz and classical music.The award ceremony took place on 18.04.2024 in Cologne.
Further information can be found here:
www.deutscherjazzpreis.de
www.mdrklassik.de
more about Philipp Ahmann
Bettina Ranch
Between Ireland and Cornwall with Tristan and Isolde
Following Bettina Ranch's highly acclaimed Amneris in Aida, the next major role debut will now take place at her home theatre in Essen, Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. The premiere, directed by Barrie Kosky and conducted by GMD Andrea Sanguineti, will take place on 21 April 2024.
Further performance dates:
www.theater-essen.de
Further performance dates:
www.theater-essen.de
more about Bettina Ranch
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
Te decet hymnus - Mozart Requiem at Theater Basel
Álfheiður Erla Gudjonsdottir sings the soprano role in Romeo Castellucci's acclaimed production, which has now also premiered at the Theater Basel.Ivor Bolton is at the podium.
Premiere on the 20th of April 2024, further performance dates and information:
www.theater-basel.ch
Nina Russi
Baroque magic in Darmstadt
Following her acclaimed "Serse" in Winterthur, which will be revived at Zurich Opera House in the coming season, Nina Russi is now bringing another Handel opera to the stage.Alcina, one of Handel's most successful operas, will celebrate its premiere in a new staging by Russi at the Staatstheater Darmstadt on 13 April 2024.
The production will be musically led by Alessandro Quarta, with Ana Durlovski singing the title role.
Further performances on:
02/29 May and 08/21/27 June 2024
more about Nina Russi
Nadja Loschky
Caesar and Cleopatra in Frankfurt
Nadja Loschky, director of the Bielefeld Theatre as of this season, is bringing Georg Friedrich Händel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto back to the Frankfurt Opera from 24.03.24 with a new production!The audience can expect a dramatic event that is both a romantic drama and a political thriller. While the production begins with the idea of reconciliation, it quickly turns into a dramatic tangle of murder and retribution. This is ideal material for Nadja Loschky, whose recent productions have repeatedly thrilled audiences.
The production promises a multitude of motifs, emotions and entanglements, as well as rapid scene changes and multi-layered characters, with a top vocal cast including Pretty Yende as Cleopatra, Lawrence Zazzo as Giulio Cesare and Nils Wanderer as Tolomeo. Etienne Pluss and Irina Spreckelmeyer are responsible for the stage and costumes, with Simone Di Felice conducting.
Further performance dates and information can be found here:
www.oper-frankfurt.de
more about Nadja Loschky
Mika Kares
Verdi in Paris and Leipzig
Mika Kares is back as Fiesco in Opéra Bastille's celebrated production of Simon Boccanegra by Calixto Bieito from 2018, where Mika embodied the role as well.Alongside Ludovic Tézier in the title role, among others, and under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock, he will be on stage in Paris from March 12th, 2024 (revival).
Further performance dates: 16/19/22/25/28/31 March & 03 April, 2024
Immediately after, Mika can be heard in another beloved Verdi piece; his Messa da Requiem. Together with the Gewandhausorchester under Franz Welser-Möst, the monumental piece will be performed on two nights in Leipzig's Gewandhaus: April 11th & 12th, 2024.
For more information on the Simon Boccanegra production:
www.operadeparis.fr/en/ ...
more about Mika Kares
Johan Reuter
In Baden-Baden and the Philharmonie with the Berlin Philharmonic
Following successful performances of the Danish national opera Drog et Marsk at the Royal Danish Opera, Johann Reuter's next engagement will be at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden as part of the Easter Festival. From 23 March 2024, he can be heard there as Orest in a new production of Strauss' Elektra together with the Berliner Philharmoniker and alongside Alexandra Ionis, Anthony Robin Schneider, Andrew Harris and Nina Stemme in the title role. Following the staged performances directed by Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn in Baden-Baden, Kirill Petrenko will also conduct a concert version of the piece in two performances at the Berliner Philharmonie from the 4th of April 2024.
Further performance dates and information can be found here:
www.festspielhaus.de
www.berliner-philharmoniker.de
more about Johan Reuter
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
In Marthaler's "L'incoronazione di Poppea" in Basel
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir sings and plays the role of Drusilla brilliantly alongside colleagues such as Jake Arditti as Nerone, Kerstin Avemo's Poppea and Anne Sofie von Otter's Ottavia in Christoph Marthaler's unusual new production of Claudio Monteverdi's "L'Incoronazione di Poppea" in the premiere on 3 March 2024 at Theater Basel. Laurence Cummings conducts the Barockorchester La Cetra.Trailer:
www.youtube.com/...
Next performances:
23.03./ 07.04./ 14.04./ 21.04./ 28.04./ 10.05./ 23.05.2024
23.03./ 07.04./ 14.04./ 21.04./ 28.04./ 10.05./ 23.05.2024
more about Alfheidur Erla Gudmundsdottir
Tepponen, Keitel, Suihkonen, Kataja
Italian tragedy in the north
The Finnish audience can look forward to a special evening when Verdi’s classic La Traviata is back on the programme in a new and exciting production! The opera, which hasn’t been performed at Tampere Opera since 1969, features Marjukka Tepponen in the main role as Violetta as well as fellow BOM artists Niina Keitel (Flora Bervoix), Arttu Kataja (Giorgio Germont) and Markus Suihkonen (Doctor Grenvil).
The production is staged by Finnish director Samuel Harjanne, and conducting the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra is Italian maestro Giancarlo Andretta.
All performance dates: 02/06/09/12/14/16 March 2024
For more information about the production:
www.tampere-talo.fi/en/...
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Niina Keitel
more about Markus Suihkonen
more about Arttu Kataja
The production is staged by Finnish director Samuel Harjanne, and conducting the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra is Italian maestro Giancarlo Andretta.
All performance dates: 02/06/09/12/14/16 March 2024
For more information about the production:
www.tampere-talo.fi/en/...
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Niina Keitel
more about Markus Suihkonen
more about Arttu Kataja
Tómas Tómasson & Vincent Wolfsteiner
Two pillars in INO's new Salome
Get ready for a thriller when Strauss’ action-packed opera shocker comes to Ireland!Freshly staged by Bruno Ravella and conducted by Fergus Sheil, Irish National Opera’s "Salome" can first be experienced in a concert performance on March 3rd, 2024 at the Wexford National Opera House, followed by three further staged performances at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre on March 12/14/16.
Embodying the main roles are two experts in the task; Vincent Wolfsteiner as the lustful king Herodes, and Tómas Tómasson as the condemned prophet Jochanaan. The title role is sung by Sinéad Campbell Wallace.
more about Vincent Wolfsteiner
more about Tómas Tómasson
Matthew Wild
Musical for a change!
Matthew Wild, known for his masterful stagings of everything from Mozart and Wagner to West Side Story or Chicago, now brings another musical to the stage - and the audience can look forward to a special show! This time it's Jonathan Larson's 1996 rock musical "RENT", based on the story of Puccini's "Bohème" and oscillating musically between soul, rock, latin and tango.Wild's new staging of the cult piece celebrates its premiere on February 17th, 2024 at Theater St. Gallen and is conducted by Christoph Bönecker.
Following the premiere in St. Gallen, Matthew Wild will begin rehearsals for his new production of Tannhäuser at Opera Frankfurt, conducted by GMD Thomas Guggeis.
All "RENT" performance dates:
17/18/21/24/25/ February ; 01/02/22/23 March ;
07/08/11/20 April ; 19/20/24/25 May and 01/08 June, 2024
A Making-of video as well as further information about the production, cast and dates can be found under the following link:
www.konzertundtheater.ch/...
more about Matthew Wild
Heather Engebretson
Captivating opera experience guaranteed!
After two major role debuts in the 2023/24 season, Heather Engebretson is now debuting in the title role in Leoš Janáček's "Katja Kabanova" in a new production at the Bielefeld Theatre.She can be seen there from 10 February 2024 under the musical direction of Gregor Rot and the staging of Georg Zlabinger.
The performance dates and further information can be found at:
www.theather-bielefeld.de
more about Heather Engebretson
Peter Sonn
Wälse-calls in Saarbrücken
Right at the beginning of the year, the tenor from Salzburg will take on another important Wagner role, this time in a staged performance.From 11 February 2024, Peter Sonn can be seen in his premiere as Siegmund in "Die Walküre" at the Saarländisches Staatstheater under the musical direction of Sébastien Rouland and staging by Alexandra Szmerédy and Magnolda Pardikta.
Other important Wagner parts for the tenor were in "Lohengrin" in Darmstadt, as well as in "Der Fliegende Holländer" in various productions, including as Erik at the Staatstheater Weimar.
Further information about the production, the dates and the cast:
www.Staatstheater-Saarland.de
more about Peter Sonn
Mika Kares
At home at the Spree - back in Berlin as water goblin
Following last season's extremely successful RING, Mika Kares now returns to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden for another new production.From 4 February, he will take to the stage as Vodník, the water goblin, in Dvořák's Rusalka under the musical direction of Robin Ticciati. Stage director Kornél Mundruczó, with whom Kares last worked on the new production of Lohengrin at the Bayerische Staatsoper, brings Dvořák's mythical operatic masterpiece into the present day and turns it into a "modern fairy tale, which raises questions about identity and physicality".
All performance dates: 04/08/11/15/18/22 February 2024
More information about the production, cast and dates:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de/...
more about Mika Kares
Hartmut Haenchen and Domen Krizaj
Brahms German Requiem with the NNO
After successful concerts of Bruckner's 8th Symphony with the BNO in Brussels, Hartmut Haenchen returns to the NNO, where he will work with baritone Domen Krizaj for the first time. From the 1st of February 2024, Brahms' German Requiem will be performed there under the direction of Hartmut Haenchen and the baritone part of Domen Krizaj.The soprano part will be sung by Ying Fang.
Further information and performance dates can be found at:
more about Hartmut Haenchen
more about Domen Krizaj
Flurina Stucki
In Gothenburg with Simone Young
For Flurina Stucki, the concert year begins with a major highlight! On short notice she will be taking over the soprano part in two concerts with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Simone Young.The concert programme includes Alban Berg's Seven Early Songs, which Stucki will perform in the Gothenburg Concert Hall on 31 January and 1 February 2024.
more about Flurina Stucki
Tepponen, Keitel, Candelaria, Katajala
French opera masterpiece for the first time in Helsinki!
It will be a premiere for the Finnish National Opera when on 26th January 2024, for the first time ever, the curtains go up for Francis Poulenc's beloved religious opera Dialogues des Carmélites.The "award-winning and visually striking production" by the French director Olivier Py had its acclaimed world premiere at the Theatre de Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2013 and can now be experienced on stage in Helsinki. Starring the mainly Finnish cast are four BOM artists; Marjukka Tepponen (Blanche de la Force), Tuomas Katajala (Chevalier de la Force), Niina Keitel (Mother Marie) and Iris Candelaria (Sister Constance). The production is conducted by Hannu Lintu and James Sherlock.
All performance dates:
Jan 26/31 & Feb 2/6/8/10/13/15/17/21/23, 2024
A video teaser as well as further information about the production, cast and performance dates can be found under the following link:
www.oopperabaletti.fi/en/...
more about Marjukka Tepponen
more about Niina Keitel
more about Iris Candelaria
more about Tuomas Katajala
Ric Furman
American heroic tenor joins BOM
At the beginning of the new year, we welcome Ric Furman, a new important Wagner voice from the USA, to our General Management team.After great success in the USA, Ric Furman has also been pursuing a career in Europe since 2014. In the 2015/16 season, Furman was engaged at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where he expanded his Wagner and Strauss repertoire in particular. He then worked mainly as a freelancer.
In addition to Siegmund in the new production of Die Walküre at the Basel Theatre under the direction of Jonathan Nott and Benedikt von Peter the tenor has also appeared as Peter Grimes in productions in Magdeburg and Augsburg, as Florestan in Fidelio, as Bacchus in Weimar and in numerous other appearances in European theatres.
The highlight of this season will be two semi-concert performances of Die Walküre under the musicalk direction of Kent Nagano at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Kölner Philharmonie.
more about Ric Furman
Johan Krogius
Big challenge at the Staatsoper Berlin
Following two very successful role debuts last season, as Tamino at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and Don Ottavio at the Finnish National Opera, this year, the young tenor faces two further challenges at the Staatsoper Berlin.As of January 20, Johan Krogius will appear for the first time as Leukippos under the direction of Thomas Guggeis in a production by Romeo Castellucci. In spring 2024, he will once again embody the role of Tamino and will be heard from 6 April under the direction of Giuseppe Mentuccia in a production by Yuval Sharon.
Furher performances:
Daphne: 25./28./31.01. & 13.02.
Die Zauberflöte: 10./12.04. & 09./11.05.
More information about the production, dates and casts:
www.staatsoper-berlin.de
Andreas Schager
Debut as Tannhäuser at the "Big Apple"
After his brilliant debut as Siegfried at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2019, Andreas Schager now returns to the "Big Apple" as Tannhäuser.
From 30th November 2023, he will be on stage at the MET in the legendary production by Otto Schenk and under the musical direction of Donald Runnicles.
Further projects with the Austrian tenor in the USA are currently being planned.
Performance dates and further information:
www.metopera.org/...
From 30th November 2023, he will be on stage at the MET in the legendary production by Otto Schenk and under the musical direction of Donald Runnicles.
Further projects with the Austrian tenor in the USA are currently being planned.
Performance dates and further information:
www.metopera.org/...
more about Andreas Schager
Mika Kares
Nessun dorma - No sleep in Paris
Following a successful run of the Flying Dutchman at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Mika Kares has crossed the Atlantic again and is now back at the Opéra Bastille in Paris. From 6 November 2023, he can be seen there as Timur in Robert Wilson's acclaimed production of Puccini's Turandot, which premiered at Madrid's Teatro Real in 2018.Under the musical direction of Marco Armiliato and Michele Spotti, he will be joined on stage by Iréne Theorin, Tamara Wilson, Anna Pirozzi, Brian Jagde and Gregory Kunde, among others.
All performance dates:
6/8/9/11/13/15/17/19/22/24/26/28/29 November, 2023
www.operadeparis.fr/...
more about Mika Kares
Meredith Wohlgemuth
First main role at the Staatstheater Hannover
- new at BOM
We congratulate Meredith Wohlgemuth, winner of the Met Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition 2023 as well as this year's "International Schubert Competition Dortmund" on her first main role at the Staatstheater Hannover!She will make her debut in the role of Giulietta in Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi" on 11 November, 2023.
Further information and performance dates:
www.staatstheater-hannover.de/...
more about Meredith Wohlgemuth
Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
CD release "Poems" at Deutsche Grammophon
On November 10th 2023, "Poems", the debut album by Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, is released on Deutsche Grammophon!The album is a joint project with Icelandic composer, conductor and producer Viktor Orri Árnason and is an exploration of the cultural heritage of the two.
The album features ten pieces in which the poetry of Icelandic poets from the past and present is set to music, featuring also texts of their own.
The release on November 10th is celebrated with an intimate showcase event in Berlin on the release day, where the two artists will perform a selection of the songs live.
The album is released on CD, vinyl and digitally and is available directly from Deutsche Grammophon:
www.store.deutschegrammophon.com/...
more about Alfheidur Erla Gudmundsdottir
Virpi Räisänen
Exciting new works in Berlin, Tokyo and Essen
Following the exciting world premiere of Olga Neuwirth’s new work “Orlando’s World” with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in the Suntory Hall in August, Virpi Räisänen can now be heard with another piece, which she just performed with the Berlin Philharmonic earlier this year. On November 1st, 2023 she will again sing the mezzo part in György Ligeti’s Requiem, this time with the Duisburger Philharmoniker under Sylvain Cambreling in Essen’s Philharmonie.For more information about the concert:
www.theater-essen.de/...
more about Virpi Räisänen
Joseph Dennis
GROUNDED at Washington's National Opera
Joseph Dennis makes his WNO debut in the highly anticipated world premiere of "Grounded" by composer and Tony Award® winner Jeanine Tesori, conducted by Daniela Candillari and staged by Michael Mayer.Grounded is an opera that explores the psychological impact of drone warfare. Joseph Dennis sings the role of Eric in the premiere on 28 October, 2023.
Grounded is co-produced by the Metropolitan Opera.
www.kennedy-center.org/...
more about Joseph Dennis
Markus Suihkonen
Dream roles - King and High priest
Following his role debut at the Savonlinna Opera Festival this summer, Markus Suihkonen is now back on stage as Sarastro in Mozart's Magic Flute - this time at his parent house, the Staatstheater Hannover. The staging by Frank Hilbrich will be conducted by Masaru Kumakura.Dates: 28 Oct, 04/17/19 Nov & 02 Dec 2023
In addition, in the current season in Hannover, Suihkonen can also be seen and heard in the new production of I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini), where he embodies the role of Lorenzo alongside Meredith Wohlgemuth as Giulietta. The new production (staging: Michael Talke) will premiere on 11 November 2023 and is conducted by Andrea Sanguineti and Masaru Kumakura.
All performance dates:
11/16/22 Nov & 01/10/12/16/21/28/30 Dec 2023
In the new year, Suihkonen will make his eagerly awaited debut as High Priest Ramfis in Verdi's Aida - another dream role for any bass. Dates: 20/26 Jan & 16 Feb 2024
All performance dates with Markus Suihkonen at the Staatstheater Hannover:
www.staatstheater-hannover.de/...
more about Markus Suihkonen
Marjukka Tepponen
Libera me - Verdi Requiem at the FNO
This autumn, Marjukka Tepponen can be heard in two exciting projects in her native Finland, beginning at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki with a staged production of Verdi's Messa da Requiem. The acclaimed production by choreographer and director Christian Spuck, which premiered in 2016 with the Zürich Ballet, will be musically led by Hannu Lintu and Dima Slobodeniouk.Performance dates with Marjukka Tepponen:
20/26 October & 01/04/10/14/18 November, 2023
From Helsinki, the next project takes her to Tampere where Marjukka can be heard performing fragments from Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" on November 17th. The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra will be conducted by Mario Venzago.
For more information on Messa da Requiem in Helsinki:
www.oopperabaletti.fi/en/...
more about Marjukka Tepponen
Tómas Tómasson
Back at Staatsoper Unter den Linden on a dark mission
In October, Tómas Tómasson returns to Berlin’s State Opera in two productions. From October 18th he will first be on stage as one of opera's great villains, Don Pizarro, in the revival of Harry Kupfer's production of Beethoven's Fidelio, conducted by Markus Poschner. The following performances will also feature Andreas Schager as Florestan: 18/26/28 October, 2023.All performance dates: 18/26/28 October & 08/11 November, 2023
At the same time, Tómasson will again take on the role of the "Man in black" in Eötvös' Scandinavian crime thriller "Sleepless" from 2021.
Performance dates: 03/05/09 November, 2023
Following this, Tómasson travels to Katowice, Poland, and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, where the dark theme continues. On November 23 he sings the role of Löwel Perl in a concert performance of Krzysztof Penderecki's opera “The Black Mask”. The concert is a commemorative concert for the composer's 90th birthday and is conducted by Marin Alsop.
more about Tómas Tómasson
Alexandra Ionis
New ensemble member at Theater Bielefeld!
As of the current season, Alexandra Ionis is a member of the ensemble at Theater Bielefeld and will be on stage in her first production as an ensemble member on October 15th!For the first time she will embody Anaide in Leoncavallo's opera "Zazà" in the acclaimed production by Nadja Loschky with GMD Alexander Kalajdzic conducting.
All performance dates:
15/18/27 October as well as 2 November and 12 December, 2023
In addition, Ionis can be heard singing the mezzo part in Verdi's Requiem, also under Alexander Kalajdzic and with the Bielefeld Philharmonic Orchestra, the Opera Choir and the Oratorio Choir of the City of Bielefeld.
The two concerts will take place on 10 & 12 November, 2023
Once again she will end the year at Deutsche Oper Berlin, again taking on four roles in the revival of the celebrated Tischlerei production of "The Snow Queen" (composer: S. Penderbayne).
Dates: 01/02/03/04/07/08/09/10/11/14/15/16/17/18 December, 2023
more about Alexandra Ionis
Tuomas Pursio, Iris Candelaria, Johan Krogius
Finnish Seducer in Helsinki
Since September 29th, 2023, Jussi Nikkilä's popular production of Mozart's Don Giovanni is back on stage at the Finnish National Opera - and with it the experienced seducer Tuomas Pursio in the title role!With him on stage are the two young Finnish singers Iris Candelaria (Zerlina) and Johan Krogius (Don Ottavio), both of whom are part of our Emerging Artists list and who will each make their role debuts on October 12th.
The production is conducted by Hannu Lintu and Tarmo Peltokoski.
All remaining performance dates:
12/14/17/19/21/23/25/27 October, 2023
More information about the production, dates and casts:
www.oopperabaletti.fi/...
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Andreas Bauer Kanabas & Domen Križaj
Don Carlo under Thomas Guggeis at the Oper Frankfurt
With the start of the season 23/24, Andreas Bauer Kanabas will once again sing Filippo II and Domen Križaj will sing Rodrigo for the first time in the revival of the successful Don Carlo by David McVicar's directing team at Oper Frankfurt. The five-act Italian version will be directed by the new GMD Thomas Guggeis.Together they will also be on stage as Sarastro and Papageno as well as Landgraf Hermann and Wolfram von Eschenbach, Tannhäuser in the "Opera House of the Year 2023".
Further information and performance dates:
www.oper-frankfurt.de
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Doris Soffel
Season's kick off as Countess in Valencia
Doris Soffel is returning to “Les Arts” in Valencia with one of her signature roles, the Countess in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades.
In the production by Richard Jones and under the musical direction of James Gaffigan she is joined by Arsen Soghomonyan (Herman), Elena Guseva (Lisa / Chloé), and Elena Maximova (Polina / Daphnis).
Dates: 01.10., 04.10., 07.10., 10.10., 14.10.2023
In the production by Richard Jones and under the musical direction of James Gaffigan she is joined by Arsen Soghomonyan (Herman), Elena Guseva (Lisa / Chloé), and Elena Maximova (Polina / Daphnis).
Dates: 01.10., 04.10., 07.10., 10.10., 14.10.2023
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Mika Kares
"ihr Winde, sollt gesegnet sein!"
-Back in the Windy City!
In 2019 the audience could experience him as Commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni – now Mika Kares returns to Chicago’s Lyric Opera with his first Wagner role. This time he will be on stage as sea captain Daland in The Flying Dutchman alongside Tomasz Konieczny as Dutchman, Tamara Wilson as Senta, and Robert Watson as Erik, among others.Enrique Mazzola conducts Christopher Alden’s popular staging, which can now be experienced in Chicago for the first time.
Performance dates:
23/27 September & 01/04/07 October, 2023
More information regarding the production and cast:
www.lyricopera.org/...
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Heather Engebretson
Entering new territory
Following her acclaimed role debuts as the Hoffmann ladies (Deutsche Oper Berlin), Salome (Lucerne and Basel) and most recently Madama Butterfly at the Frankfurt Opera, Heather Engebretson will now be Elsa in the new production of “Lohengrin” at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden (dates: 16.09., 24.09., 30.09., 03.10., 15.10., 28.10., 03.11., 30.11.2023) and enter a new dimension of Wagner roles for her.Conducted by Michael Güttler and directed by Henriette Hörnigk, she can be seen alongside Mirko Roschkowsky /Lohengrin, Khatuna Mikaberidze /Ortrud, Thomas de Vries /Telramund, and Young Doo Park /King Heinrich.
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Marina Prudenskaya
Season start at the ROH in London
Marina Prudenskaya begins her 23/24 season with a new production of Wagner’s “Rheingold” by Barrie Kosky. Under the musical direction of Antonio PAppano she will portray the role of Fricka, together with Christopher Maltman as Wotan and Christopher Purves as Alberich at the Royal Opera House in London.(Premiere: September 11th, further performances: September 14th, 17th, 20th, 23rd, 26th, 29th)
Danke!
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Dan Karlström
Clic clac! Hoffmann in Halle
Voilà, voilà Kleinzach! The new season begins with an absolute highlight for Dan Karlström! For the first time he can be heard in the title role of The Tales of Hoffmann, the beloved opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach, at Opera Halle.The new staging by Opera Halle's own director, Walter Sutcliffe, is conducted by José Miguel Esandi and celebrates its premiere on September 16, 2023.
Further performances on:
22.9., 15., 22., 27.10., 02.12.2023 as well as 14.01. and 02.03.2024
Further information regarding the production as well as an interview with Dan Karlström (in German) can be found here:
www.buehnen-halle.de/...
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Bettina Ranch
Betting and confusion at the Cologne Opera
Bettina Ranch will make her house debut at the Cologne Opera as "Dorabella" in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Così fan tutte", directed by Tatjana Gürbaca. Gábor Káli conducts the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne in the revival performances on:September 24/28 and October 01/05, 2023.
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Flurina Stucki
Opening concert 23/24 at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Flurina Stucki is set to inaugurate the 2023 season at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on September 3rd. She will take the stage with the "Hallen Aria" of Elisabeth from Wagner's "Tannhäuser." The upcoming season holds even more excitement for the young Swiss soprano. She will mark another milestone by performing as the first soprano in Mahler's Symphony No. 8, often referred to as the "Symphony of a Thousand." This performance, under the baton of Claus Peter Flor, will take place at the Duomo di Milano with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano. More details about this performance can be found here:www. sinfonicadimilano.org
As revealed in the Deutsche Oper Berlin's season booklet, the anticipation is equally high for her performances there:
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Deutsche Oper Berlin - IntermezzoFoto: Simon Pauly
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Mika Kares
After Vienna: Hagen goes to Bayreuth!
Following immensely succesful performances as Hagen at the State Operas in Vienna in Berlin in this season already, Mika Kares will now be bringing the devilish role to the Bayreuth Festival as well!Having taken over the part on short notice, he will be on stage in the revival of Valentin Schwarz's staging of Götterdämmerung, conducted by Pietari Inkinen and alongside Andreas Schager as Siegfried and Catherine Foster as Brünnhilde, among others.
Performance dates: July 31 & August 10/26, 2023
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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
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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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