Petr Bakla: My Way (world premiere)
20 May 2019, Vestibule VŠMU, Bratislava, Slovakia AsynChrónie 2019 Petr Bakla: My Way (world premiere) Ivan Šiller – piano
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Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik. Ondřej Adámek: Man Time Stone Time (world premiere)
12 May 2019, Saalbau, Witten, Germany Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik Ondřej Adámek: Man Time Stone Time for four vocalists, objects, video and chamber orchestra (world premiere) n.e.s.e.v.e.n., WDR Sinfonieorchester, cond. Michael Wendeberg
Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik. Martin Smolka: Vor dem Gesetz (world premiere)
10 May 2019, Saalbau, Witten, Germany Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik Martin Smolka: Vor dem Gesetz for speaking musicians with side instruments (world premiere) Libretto: Jiří Adámek, Franz Kafka, directed by: Jiří Adámek Ensemble Ascolta
Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik: new pieces by Martin Smolka and Ondřej Adámek
10 May 2019, Saalbau, Witten, Germany Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik Martin Smolka: Stretto for six voices and four percussionists (world premiere) Ondřej Adámek: Schlafen gut. Warm. for six voices and four percussionists (world premiere) n.e.s.e.v.e.n., Eklekto, cond. Ondřej Adámek
Gera: The Emperor of Atlantis
4 May 2019, Bühne am Park, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Gera, Germany Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Kai Anne Schuhmacher, music director: Takahiro Nagasaki Cast: Alejandro Lárraga Schleske (Emperor), Johannes Beck (Loudspeaker), Ulrich Burdack (Death), Florian Neubauer (Harlequin), Gustavo Mordente Eda (Soldier), Sujin Bae (Bubikopf), Judith Christ (Drummer girl) Following performances: 11 and 30 May 2019, 8 Dec 2019 at … Read more
Göteborg: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere)
13 April 2019, GöteborgsOperan, Göteborg, Sweden Bohuslav Martinů: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere in collaboration with National Theatre Brno) Directed by: David Radok, music director: Marko Ivanović Cast: Kerstin Avemo (Juliette), Joachim Bäckström (Michel) Language: French Following performances: 18, 24 and 26 Apr, 10 and 12 May 2019
Bonn: The Makropulos Affair
7 April 2019, Theater Bonn, Bonn, Germany Leoš Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (premiere in co-production with the English National Opera) Directed by: Christopher Alden, music director: Hermes Helfricht Cast: Yannick-Muriel Noah (Emilia Marty), Thomas Piffka (Albert Gregor), Martin Tzonev (Dr Kolenatý), Ivan Krutikov (Jaroslav Prus), Christian Georg (Vítek), Kathrin Leidig (Kristina) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 11 and 20 Apr, 4, … Read more
Lenka Nota: Ptelea and the other Dryads (world premiere)
2 April 2019, The Shoe Factory, Nicosia, Cyprus Lenka Nota: Ptelea and the other Dryads for bass clarinet and piano (world premiere) George Georgiou – bass clarinet, Gergana Georgieva – piano
Darmstadt: Rusalka
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
Carnegie Hall: the American premiere of ‘Juliette’
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