17 February 2019, WDR Funkhaus, Cologne, Germany Ondřej Adámek: Lost Prayer Book. Concerto for sheng and ensemble (world premiere) Wu Wei (sheng), Ensemble Musikfabrik, cond. Ondřej Adámek
8 February 2019, Theater Basel, Basel, Switzerland Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere). A production of OperAvenir in collaboration with Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW and Musik-Akademie Basel. Directed by: Katrin Hammerl, music director: Stephen Delaney Cast: Yannick Debuss / Domen Križaj (Emperor), Andrew Murphy (Loudspeaker / Death), Hyunjai Marco Lee (Harlequin / Soldier), Sarah Brady / Stefanie Knorr … Read more
9 February 2019, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere) Directed by: Urs Häberli, music director: Uwe Sandner Cast: Ilona Krzywicka (Jenůfa), Sabine Hogrefe (Kostelnička), Heiko Börner (Laca), Daniel Kim (Števa) and others Language: German Following performances: 16, 20 and 26 Feb, 3 and 29 Mar, 12 and 26 Apr, 24 May 2019
27 January 2019, Exerzierhalle, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Oldenburg, Germany Hans Krása: Brundibár (premiere) Directed by: Jens Kerbel, music director: Thomas Honickel Cast: Paul Brady / Leonard von Steuber (Brundibár), Laura Asche / Simone Hauburger / Madita Wilkens (Aninka), Malin Grahl / Lara Hübner / Sabrina Schulz (Pepíček) and others Language: German Following performances: 2, 3 and 9 Feb 2019
26 January 2019, Werkstattbühne, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Hansgünther Heyme, music director: Uwe Sandner Cast: Ke An (Emperor), Bartolomeo Stasch (Loudspeaker), Kihoon Han (Death), Tae Hwan Yun (Harlequin / Soldier), Seunghee Kho (Bubikopf), Rosario Chávez (Drummer girl) Following performances: 2, 6 and 22 Feb, 6 Mar 2019
24 January 2019, SNG Opera in Balet Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere of a new production in co-production with the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre as part of the Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024) Directed by: Jiří Nekvasil, music director: David Švec Cast: Mojca Bitenc / Urška Breznik / Zala Hodnik (Mařenka), Branko Robinšak / Matej … Read more
24 January 2019, Zlín Congress Centre, Zlín Petr Wajsar: Zlín lines (world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Tomáš Brauner
17 January 2019, Church of St. Lawrence, Prague Pavla Trojan’s composer’s evening Pavel Trojan: Concerto for recorder (world premiere, piano version) Jakub Kydlíček – recorder, Aneta Majerová – piano
21 January 2019, Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Krzysztof Warlikowski, music director: Alejo Pérez Cast: Willard White (Gorjantchikov), Pascal Charbonneau (Aljeja), Štefan Margita (Kuzmich), Ladislav Elgr (Skuratov), Károly Szemerédy (Chichkov) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31 Jan, 2 Feb 2019
19 January 2019, Staatstheater Mainz, Mainz, Germany Leoš Janáček: Katja Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Lydia Steier, music director: Paul-Johannes Kirschner Cast: Nadja Stefanoff (Katja), Gundula Hintz (Kabanicha), Steven Ebel (Boris), Derrick Ballard (Dikoj), Alexander Spemann (Tichon), Linda Sommerhage (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 27 Jan, 13 Feb, 12 Mar, 10 and 23 Apr 2019
