Viktor Ullmann

Bremerhaven: The Emperor of Atlantis

4 June 2022, 8:30pm, Havenplaza, Am Längengrad 8, Bremerhaven, Germany Stadttheater Bremerhaven Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Edison Vigil, music director: Davide Perniceni Cast: Marcin Hutek (Overall), Rainer Zaun (Loudspeaker), Ulrich Burdack (Death), Andrew Irwin (Harlequin), MacKenzie Gallinger (Soldier), Victoria Kunze (Bubikopf), Patrizia Häusermann (Drummer Girl) Following performances: 9, … Read more

Duisburg: The Emperor of Atlantis

12 May 2022, 7:30pm, Theater Duisburg, Duisburg Deutsche Oper am Rhein Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Ilaria Lanzino, music director: Christoph Stöcker Cast: Emmett O’Hanlon (Emperor), Thorsten Grümbel (Loudspeaker), Luke Stoker (Death), Martin Koch / David Fischer (Harlequin), Sergej Khomov (Soldier), Anke Krabbe (Bubikopf), Kimberley Boettger-Soller (Drummer Girl) … Read more

Virginia: The Emperor of Atlantis

22 June 2019, The Barns, Vienna, Virginia, USA Wolf Trap Opera Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Richard Gammon, music director: Geoffrey McDonald Cast: Ben Edquist (Emperor), Anthony Robin Schneider (Death), Joshua Blue (Pierrot), Daniel Noyola (Loudspeaker), Megan Esther Grey (Drummer), Victor Cardamone (Soldier), Shannon Jennings (Bubikopf) Following performances: 26, 28 and 30 Jun 2019

Gera: The Emperor of Atlantis

4 May 2019, Bühne am Park, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Gera, Germany Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Kai Anne Schuhmacher, music director: Takahiro Nagasaki Cast: Alejandro Lárraga Schleske (Emperor), Johannes Beck (Loudspeaker), Ulrich Burdack (Death), Florian Neubauer (Harlequin), Gustavo Mordente Eda (Soldier), Sujin Bae (Bubikopf), Judith Christ (Drummer girl) Following performances: 11 and 30 May 2019, 8 Dec 2019 at … Read more

Basel: The Emperor of Atlantis

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

Kaiserslautern: The Emperor of Atlantis

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

Bonn: The Emperor of Atlantis

7 September 2018, Theater Bonn, Bonn Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Seollyeon Konwitschny, music directors: Hermes Helfricht, Stepha Zilias Cast: Giorgos Kanaris (Emperor), Leonard Bernad (Death, Loudspeaker), Christian Georg (Pierrot, Soldier), Rose Weissgerber (Bubikopf), Charlotte Quadt (Drummer girl) Following performances: 16 and 22 Sep, 12 and 26 Oct 2018

Köln: The Emperor of Atlantis

One of the fifteen premieres of Oper Köln’s 2017/18 season is The Emperor of Atlantis. A one-act opera, composed by Viktor Ullmann in 1943 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, received its premiere on 24 February on the modern, glass-fronted stage at Offenbachplatz. The production was created by a house team consisting of directress Eike Ecker and conductor Rainer Mühlbach. … Read more

Kassel: Brundibár

Staatstheater Kassel presented a new production of Hans Krása’s famous Brundibár. The 1938 opera, once sung by children of the Theresienstadt ghetto, was rehearsed by a children choir Cantamus where the soloists were recruited from, too. They were accompanied by the TJO, Theater-Jugendorchester, which is an ensemble formed by talented instrumentalists aged 12-20. The show is a solo debut by … Read more