Opera

Ondřej Adámek: Alles klappt (world premiere)

6 June 2018, Residenz Theater, Munich, Germany Munich Biennale Ondřej Adámek: Alles klappt (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Direction and libretto: Katharina Schmitt, music director: Ondřej Adámek Cast: Kathrin Zukowski, Thérese Wincent, Landy Andriamboavonjy (soprano), Steve Zheng (tenor), Dominic Kraemer (bass), Tobias Müller-Kopp (baritone), Jeanne Larrouturrou, Miguel Ángel Garcia Martin (percussion) Language: German Further performances: 7, … Read more

Ondřej Adámek: Alles klappt (world premiere)

6 June 2018, Residenz Theater, Munich, Germany Munich Biennale Ondřej Adámek: Alles klappt (world premiere commissioned by the festival) Direction and libretto: Katharina Schmitt, music director: Ondřej Adámek Cast: Kathrin Zukowski, Thérese Wincent, Landy Andriamboavonjy (soprano), Steve Zheng (tenor), Dominic Kraemer (bass), Tobias Müller-Kopp (baritone), Jeanne Larrouturrou, Miguel Ángel Garcia Martin (percussion) Language: German Further performances: 7, … Read more

Altenburg: The Bartered Bride

27 May 2018, Großes Haus, Altenburg, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Theater und Philharmonie Thüringen Directed by: Kay Kuntze, music director: Takahiro Nagasaki Cast: Anne Preuß (Mařenka), János Ocsovai (Jeník), Ulrich Burdack (Kecal), Timo Rößner (Vašek), Alejandro Lárraga Schleske (Krušina) and others Language: German Following performances: 31 May and 17 June 2018

Altenburg: The Bartered Bride

27 May 2018, Großes Haus, Altenburg, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Theater und Philharmonie Thüringen Directed by: Kay Kuntze, music director: Takahiro Nagasaki Cast: Anne Preuß (Mařenka), János Ocsovai (Jeník), Ulrich Burdack (Kecal), Timo Rößner (Vašek), Alejandro Lárraga Schleske (Krušina) and others Language: German Following performances: 31 May and 17 June 2018

Munich: From the House of the Dead

21 May 2018, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Frank Castorf, music director: Simone Young Cast: Peter Rose (Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sobotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov) and others Language: Czech with German and English subtitles Following performances: 26 and 30 May, 3, 5 and 8 … Read more

Munich: From the House of the Dead

21 May 2018, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Frank Castorf, music director: Simone Young Cast: Peter Rose (Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sobotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov) and others Language: Czech with German and English subtitles Following performances: 26 and 30 May, 3, 5 and 8 … Read more

Bern: Katja Kabanova

19 May 2018, Stadttheater, Konzert Theater Bern, Bern, Switzerland Leoš Janáček: Katja Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Florentine Klepper, music director: Kevin John Edusei Cast: Johanni van Oostrum (Katja), Alessandro Liberatore (Boris), Andries Cloete (Tichon), Eleonora Vacchi (Varvara), Andreas Daum (Dikoj), Ursula Füri-Bernhard (Kabanicha) and others In Czech with German subtitles Following performances: 23 and 27 May, 1, … Read more

Coburg: Rusalka

29 April 2018, Landestheater Coburg, Coburg, Germany (following the cancelled performances on April 22 and 25) Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) directed by: Tobias Heyder, music director: Roland Kluttig Cast: Judith Kuhn / Betsy Horne (Rusalka), Milen Bozhkov (Prince), Michael Lion (Water Goblin), Kora Pavelic / Gabriela Künzler (Witch), Kora Pavelic / Marlene Lichtenberg (Foreign Princess) … Read more

Petr Kotík: Mater-Pieces (New York premiere)

28 April 2018, Bohemian National Hall, New York, USA Czech American Inspiration Petr Kotík: Master-Pieces (2014-15) – New York premiere directed by: Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika, music director: Petr Kotík S.E.M. Ensemble (Christina Kay – soprano, Steven Wilson – tenor, Jose Pietri-Coimbre – baritone, Nicholas Hay – bass, Pauline Kim Harris – violin, Liuh-Wen Ting – viola, Amanda Gookin – violoncello, Jeffrey Reinhardt – … Read more

A Russian premiere of Bohuslav Martinů’s Greek Passion

For the first time ever, Bohuslav Martinů’s operatic masterpiece The Greek Passion was performed in Russia, at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg. The premiere took place on 19 April with reprises over the following three days. The first of the opera’s two versions was directed by Thaddeus Strassberger and conducted by the theatre’s chiefconductor … Read more