Simeon Esper

Coburg: Jenůfa

17 May 2025, 7:30 pm, Globe Coburg, Coburg, Germany Landestheater Coburg Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Balázs Kovalik, music director: Daniel Carter Cast: Kelly God (Jenůfa), Kora Pavelić (Kostelnička), Simeon Esper (Števa), Gustavo López Manzitti (Laca) and others Following performances: 30 May, 1, 11, and 26 Jun 2025

Dresden. Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis

Semperoper Dresden created a new production of a one-act chamber opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis (The Emperor of Atlantis), which had been composed by Viktor Ullmann between 1944-45 in the concentration camp Theresienstadt, less than 100 km away from Dresden. The premiere took place on 19 February in a less formal environment of the so-called Semper 2, a chamber … Read more