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…
24 January 2019, Zlín Congress Centre, Zlín Petr Wajsar: Zlín lines (world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Tomáš Brauner…
17 January 2019, Church of St. Lawrence, Prague Pavla Trojan’s composer’s evening Pavel Trojan: Concerto for recorder (world premiere, piano version) Jakub Kydlíček – recorder, Aneta Majerová – piano…
21 January 2019, Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Krzysztof Warlikowski, music director: Alejo Pérez Cast: Willard White (Gorjantchikov), Pascal Charbonneau (Aljeja), Štefan Margita (Kuzmich), Ladislav Elgr (Skuratov), Károly Szemerédy (Chichkov) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Jan, 2 Feb 2019…
19 January 2019, Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz, Germany Leoš Janáček: Katja Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Lydia Steier, music director: Paul-Johannes Kirschner Cast: Nadja Stefanoff (Katja), Gundula Hintz (Kabanicha), Steven Ebel (Boris), Derrick Ballard (Dikoj), Alexander Spemann (Tichon), Linda Sommerhage (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 27 Jan, 13 Feb, 12 Mar, 10 and 23 Apr 2019…
22 December 2018, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Directed by: David Bösch, music director: Tomáš Hanus Cast: Selene Zanetti (Marie), Pavol Breslik (Hans), Günther Groissböck (Kezal), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Wenzel) and others Language: German Following performances: 25, 29 and 31 Dec 2018, 3 and 6 Jan 2019…
20 December 2018, Large Hall, Palace Žofín, Prague Václav Hudeček and his Guests Jiří Kabát: Fantasy on Saint Wenceslas Chorale (world premiere) Václav Hudeček – violin, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Jiří Kabát…
19 December 2018, Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague Bohuslav Martinů Days – Final concert Jiří Gemrot: Resurrection of Light and Hope (world premiere) Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster: Lukáš Vasilek), Czech Philharmonic, cond. Jakub Hrůša Following performances: 20 and 21 Dec 2018…
16 December 2018, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Leoš Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen (premiere) Directed by: Yuval Sharon, music director: Justin Brown Cast: Uliana Alexyuk / Agnieszka Tomaszewska (Vixen), Dilara Bastar / Alexandra kadurina (Fox), Andrew Finden / Armin Kolarczyk (Forester), Cameron Becker / Klaus Schneider (Schoolmaster / Mosquito), Konstantin Gorny / Nathanael Travernier (Priest / … Read more…
14 December 2018, Divadlo Inspirace, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Musica Nova 2018. Premieres of winning pieces of the 27. international competition Yuk Bun Wan: Seascape (winner of the Czech category) Petr Wajsar. Generative Ambient (honorable mention) Jiří Suchánek: Movements (honorable mention)…
11 December, Church of Sts. Simon and Jude, Prague Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK’s chamber series Radek Baborák: l’Orangerie for oboe and strings (world premiere) Clara Dent-Bogányi – oboe, Prague Chamber Soloists, cond. Radek Baborák…
8 December 2018, Martinů Hall, Academy of Performing Arts, Prague Třídení 2018, Music in Contexts Three Generations Jaroslav Rybář: Horizon of occurences. Prelude for chamber orchestra (world premiere) Fisher’s Chamber Orchestra, cond. Jan Rybář…
4 December 2018, Church of St. Lawrence, Prague Třídení 2018 Vlastislav Matoušek: Agni for human voices and chamber ensemble on a text of an ancient Indian hymn to the fire deity (world premiere) Ensemble 108 Hz…
10 December 2018, Trade Fair Palace, Prague The Beauty of Today World premiere – site-specific performance – videomapping Music: Petr Wajsar, Jan Trojan, Tomáš Reindl Clarinet Factory (Jindřich Pavliš, Luděk Boura, Vojtěch Nýdl – clarinet), Petr Wajsar – vocals, Jan Trojan – live electronics, Tomáš Reindl – tabla, live electronics, beatbox, Miro Tóth – saxophone, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, cond. Marko … Read more…
4 December 2018, Corpus Christi Chapel, Palacký University Arts Centre, Olomouc Opera Schrattenbach Tomáš Hanzlík: Sketches for String Quartet (world premiere) Reicha Quartet (Ivan Iliev, Veronika Manová – violin, Michal Dušek – viola, Libor Mašek – violoncello)…
4 December 2018, Martinů Hall, Liechtenstein Palace, Prague Bohuslav Martinů Days – Opening concert of the festival’s main part Josef Marek: Psalmodia (world premiere) Slavomír Hořínka: Terni psalmi (world premiere) Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir, choirmasters: Jiří Chvála, Petr Louženský…