Michal Rataj & Katharina Schmitt: A Study of Aphasia (world premiere)

29 August 2020, 6:30pm, BrickHouse (Hlubina Coal Mine), Ostrava NODO A Study of Aphasia. Music theatre (world premiere) Composer and music director: Michal Rataj Librettist and director: Katharina Schmitt Cast: Katalin Károlyi – mezzosoprano, Ivana Uhlířová – actress, Tiburtina Ensemble (Barbora Kabátková, Ivana Bilej Brouková, Anna Chadimová Havlíková, Kamila Mazalová), Andrej Gál – violoncello, percussion

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

Jiří Kadeřábek’s ‘No Man’ in Bremen

Premiered this spring at the National Theatre in Prague, Jiří Kadeřábek’s opera No Man moved over to Bremen, Germany, native town of the production’s directress Katharina Schmitt. Here, it was performed twice, on November 7 and 8 as a special part of the festival of contemporary German literature Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur. No Man tells the tragic life story of … Read more

Jiří Kadeřábek: No Man (world premiere)

On March 31, the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague introduced the long-awaited premiere of No Man, opera by composer Jiří Kadeřábek (*1978). It was watched by a sold-out stage where the spectators were seated; the auditorium, this time, was the place of action. The tragic life story of sculptor Otakar Švec who, against … Read more