21 September 2024, 7:30 pm, Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel, Germany Leoš Janáček: Katja Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Christiane Pohle, music director: Moritz Gnann Cast: Margrethe Fredheim (Katja), Ulrike Schneider (Kabanicha), Don Lee (Dikoj), Ric Furman (Boris), Lars Rühl (Tichon), Ilseyar Khayrullova (Varvara) and others Following performances: 3, 5, 9, 13, 18 and 20 Oct, 8 and … Read more
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
One of the nine opera performances Staatstheater Kassel (Hesse) produced this year was Janáček’s Jenůfa. The sold-out premiere which took place on 10 February was preceded a few days earlier by a public talk introducing not only the most famous of Moravian composers and his music but also the background of the Kassel production. The opera was directed … Read more
