Bremen: Jenůfa

9 April 2022, 7:30pm, Theater Bremen, Bremen, Germany Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Armin Petras, music director: Yoel Gamzou, William Kelley Cast: Nadine Lehner (Jenůfa), Ulrike Schneider (Kostelnička), Luis Olivares Sandoval (Laca), Christian-Andreas Engelhardt (Števa) and others Language: Czech with German subtitles Following performances: 16, 20 and 22 Apr, 13, 19 and 22 May … Read more

Bremen: Rusalka

On November 11, Theater Bremen, Germany, presented a new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Directed by Anna-Sophie Mahler, it became already the fourth opera featuring a strong female lead she staged in Bremen, following Carmen, Maria Stuarda and, five years ago, Janáček’s Makropulos Affair. Mahler set the plot into the rooms reminiscent of the socialist Czechoslovakia of the 70s and instead of on the … Read more