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
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
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
1 December 2018, Theater Hagen, Hagen, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Nina Kupczyk, music director: Joseph Trafton Cast: Angela Davis (Rusalka), Milen Bozhkov (Prince), Veronika Haller (Foreign Princess), Dong-Won Seo (Water Goblin), Kristine Larissa Funkhauser (Witch) and others Language: German Following performances: 7, 22 and 29 Dec, 10, 16 and 27 Jan, 23 Feb, 13 and … Read more
29 November 2018, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Ingo Kerkhof, music director: Patrick Lange Cast: Sabina Cvilak (Jenůfa), Dalia Schaechter (Kostelnička), Daniel Brenna (Laca), Aaron Cawley (Števa) and others Language: Czech with German subtitles Following performances: 2, 6, 12, 15, 20 and 28 Dec 2018
14 and 15 November 2018, Prague Crossroads, Prague Opera Studio Prague Lukáš Sommer: Mudeltime. Opera comics from the nation’s history (world premiere) Directed by: Vojtěch Svoboda, music director: Sébastien Bagnoud Cast: Tereza Hořejšová, Anita Jirovská, Pavla Mlčáková, Lucie Prokopová, Eliška Sedláčková (singing), Jonatán Vnouček, Šimon Pliska (pantomime)
4 November 2018, Atrium, Palacký University Arts Centre, Olomouc Opera Schrattenbach Vít Zouhar: OVER ONE’S HEAD. Music & visual game for four players (world premiere) Gabriela Coufalová, Jaromír Synek, Vít Zouhar (interactive music, laptop performance), Tomáš Hrůza (interactive video, laptop performance)
