Miroslav Srnka’s opera “Jakub Flügelbunt” at the Acht Brücken festival

9 May 2021, 11:00am, online at philharmonie.tv and in the festival’s mediathek Acht Brücken Miroslav Srnka: Jakub Flügelbunt… und Magdalena Rotenband oder: Wie tief ein Vogel singen kann. Comics for three singers and ensemble (2011) – new production by Stadttheater Aachen Libretto: Miroslav Srnka on a motiv by Maria Procházková Stage director: Clara Hinterberger, music director: Christopher … Read more

Saarbrücken: Katja Kabanowa

Saarländisches Staatstheater in Saarbrücken, the capital of the state of Saarland, Germany, opened its 2017 opera season with a premiere of Janáček’s Katja Kabanowa. Written in 1921 and based on A. N. Ostrovsky’s play The Storm, the opera got performed here for the first time in history. The premiere took place on January 14. The director Ben Baur set … Read more

Saarbrücken: Rusalka

A new production of Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka received its premiere on Saturday 23 April at Saarländisches Staatstheater in Saarbrücken, Germany. It was produced by David Hermann, a successful German-French director already experienced with Czech music; his recent production of The Makropulos Affair is currently on at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Saarländisches Staatstheater’s music director Christopher Ward (UK) is … Read more