Bern: Jenůfa

20 January 2024, 7:30pm, Stadttheater, Bern, Switzerland Bühnen Bern Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Eva-Maria Höckmayr, music director: Nicholas Carter Cast: Alžběta Poláčková (Jenůfa), Claude Eichenberger (Kostelnička), Beau Gibson (Laca), Michał Prószyński (Števa) and others Following performances: 28 Jan, 4 and 27 Feb, and 3 and 26 Mar 2024

Klagenfurt: Rusalka

13 September 2018, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Eva-Maria Höckmayr, music director: Nicholas Carter Cast: Pumeza Matshikiza (Rusalka), Robert Watson (Prince), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (Witch/Foreign Princess), Martin Snell (Water Goblin) and others Language: Czech with German subtitles Following performances: 15, 18, 20, 22, 26 and 28 Sep, 5, 10, 13 … Read more

Darmstadt: The Makropulos Affair

Conductor Will Humburg concluded his three-year-long Janáček cycle at Staatstheater Darmstadt with a new production of The Makropulos Affair. The theatre’s general music director is already an expert when it comes to the Moravian composer; apart from Jenůfa and The Cunning Little Vixen in Darmstadt, he had also conducted Katya Kabanova a couple of years ago in Bonn. The directress Eva-Maria Höckmayer tried to depict especially the … Read more