27 March 2019, Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice When the Boys Feel Like Singing Jan Jirásek: Song of David (world premiere) Jan Vičar: Tempus Iuvenis (world premiere) Kristýna Kůstková, Veronika Kaiserová, Josef Kovačič – solos, Bonifantes Boys’ Choir, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, cond. Jan Míšek…
23 March 2019, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Luise Kautz, music director: Daniel Cohen Cast: Katharina Persicke (Rusalka), Theorsten Büttner (Prince), Katrin Gerstenberger (Foreign Princess), Johannes Seokhoon Moon (Water Goblin), Elisabeth Hornung (Witch) and others Language: German Following performances: 30 Mar, 4, 12 and 18 Apr, 10 and 26 May, 8 and 16 … Read more…
22 March 2019, Carnegie Hall, New York Bohuslav Martinů: Juliette (The Key to Dreams) – American premiere, concert performance American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), cond. Leon Botstein Cast: Sara Jakubiak (Juliette), Aaron Blake (Michel) and others…
10 2019, Teatro Sá de Miranda, Viana do Castelo, Portugalsko Martina Vídenová: Requiem à Floresta Portuguesa (Requiem for Portoguese Forests) for choir and orchestra – world premiere members of Coro Casa da Música and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, cond. David Wyn Lloyd…
12 March 2019, St. Lawrence church, Prague 632. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: War das die Liebe? for flute and soprano (world premiere) Marta Jiráčková: The impossibility of Strawberries, op. 69 (world premiere) Morgenstern Ensemble (Terezie Švarcová – soprano, Jana Jarkovská – flute, Marie Wiesnerová – piano)…
18 March 2019, Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bedřich Smetana: Libuše (British staged premiere) Directed by: Cecilia Stinton, music director: Charles Peebles Cast: Kirstin Sharpin (Libuše), Robert Davies (Přemysl), John Mackenzie (Lutobor), Eve Daniell (Krasava) and members of the student opera company University College Opera Language: Czech Following performancesí: 20, 22 and 23 Mar 2019…
18 March 2019, Suk Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Hommage à Alfred Brendel Miroslav Srnka: Future Family (lecture and Czech premiere) Quatuor Diotima (Yun-Peng Zhao, Constance Ronzatti – violin, Franck Chevalier – viola, Pierre Morlet – violoncello)…
12 March 2019, Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland Leoš Janáček: Kátya Kabanová (premiere of a new production in co-production with Theater Magdeburg) Directed by: Stephen Lawless, music director: Stuart Stratford Cast: Laura Wilde (Kátya), Patricia Bardon (Kabanicha), Ric Furman (Boris), Samuel Sakker (Tikhon), Paul Whelan (Dikoy), Hanna Hipp (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 14 and 16 Mar (Theatre … Read more…
11 March 2019, Archa Theatre, Prague Zapp’art Michal Nejtek: Get Ready! (world premiere) Tereza Marečková (speaker), BERG Orchestra, cond. Peter Vrábel…
10 March 2019, Oper Köln, Cologne, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Nadja Loschky, music diector: Christoph Gedschold Cast: Olesya Golovneva / Olena Tokar (Rusalka), Mirko Roschkowski / Jeongki Cho / Dmytro Popov (Prince), Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa (Foreign Princess), Samuel Youn (Water Goblin), Dalia Schaechter (Witch) and others Following performances: 13, 16, 22, 24, 28 and … Read more…
8 March2019, Semperoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Directed by: Mariame Clément, music director: Tomáš Netopil Cast: Hrachuhí Bassénz (Marie), Pavol Breslik / Richard Samek (Hans), Tijl Faveyts / Martin Winkler (Kezal), Benjamin Bruns (Wentel) and others Language: German Following performances: 13, 16, 22 and 25 Mar, 25 and 28 Apr, 2 May 2019…
6 March 2019, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Timofej Kuljabin, music director: Ainars Rubikis Cast: Dinara Alieva / Ekaterina Morozova (Rusalka), Oleg Dolgov / Segey Radchenko (Prince), Maria Lobanova / Elena Popovskaya (Foreign Princess), Denis Makarov / Miklós Sebestyén (Water Goblin), Irina Dolzhenko / Elena Manistina (Witch) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 7, … Read more…
6 March 2019, 11:45 am, Large Auditorium, Faculty of Arts, Prague Music for sirens … microconcerts with emergency siren test Concept / music: Miroslav Pudlák (world premiere) Monika Čeřovská (French horn), Jiří Lukeš (accordion), Jiří Genrt (tube), Petr Studený (electronics)…
21 February 2019, Besední dům, Brno Markéta Brothánková: Zrození for symphonic orchestra (world premiere). A Master’s graduation piece, composition class of Martin Smolka. Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc, cond. Robert Ferrer…
17 February 2019, WDR Funkhaus, Cologne, Germany Ondřej Adámek: Lost Prayer Book. Concerto for sheng and ensemble (world premiere) Wu Wei (sheng), Ensemble Musikfabrik, cond. Ondřej Adámek…
9 February 2019, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Urs Häberli, music director: Uwe Sandner Cast: Ilona Krzywicka (Jenůfa), Sabine Hogrefe (Kostelnička), Heiko Börner (Laca), Daniel Kim (Števa) and others Language: German Following performances: 16, 20 and 26 Feb, 3 and 29 Mar, 12 and 26 Apr, 24 May 2019…
8 February 2019, Theater Basel, Basel, Switzerland Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere). A production of OperAvenir in collaboration with Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW and Musik-Akademie Basel. Directed by: Katrin Hammerl, music director: Stephen Delaney Cast: Yannick Debuss / Domen Križaj (Emperor), Andrew Murphy (Loudspeaker / Death), Hyunjai Marco Lee (Harlequin / Soldier), Sarah Brady / Stefanie Knorr … Read more…
27 January 2019, Exerzierhalle, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg, Germany Hans Krása: Brundibár (premiere) Directed by: Jens Kerbel, music director: Thomas Honickel Cast: Paul Brady / Leonard von Steuber (Brundibár), Laura Asche / Simone Hauburger / Madita Wilkens (Aninka), Malin Grahl / Lara Hübner / Sabrina Schulz (Pepíček) and others Language: German Following performances: 2, 3 and 9 Feb 2019…
26 January 2019, Werkstattbühne, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Hansgünther Heyme, music director: Uwe Sandner Cast: Ke An (Emperor), Bartolomeo Stasch (Loudspeaker), Kihoon Han (Death), Tae Hwan Yun (Harlequin / Soldier), Seunghee Kho (Bubikopf), Rosario Chávez (Drummer girl) Following performances: 2, 6 and 22 Feb, 6 Mar 2019…
24 January 2019, SNG Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere of a new production in co-production with the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre as part of the Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024) Directed by: Jiří Nekvasil, music director: David Švec Cast: Mojca Bitenc / Urška Breznik / Zala Hodnik (Mařenka), Branko Robinšak / Matej … Read more…