Alexander MedemDirector Alexander Medem staged “Sternenhexe Elesemond” at Munich’s Gasteig festivalIn March, Alexander Medem, stage director of German and Peruvian extraction, indulged his great passion — waking children’s interest in stage performances. As…
“Angels in America”: Ian Spinetti sings the rôle of Prior WalterIn the Tony Kushner play that is the foundation for Peter Eötvös’ opera “Angels in America”, the American Dream seems done,…
Dénise BeckSoprano Dénise Beck in Copenhagen with Pergolesi and in Oslo with GóreckiDénise Beck, Danish-German soprano, celebrates Good Friday in Copenhagen’s Holmen Church with Pergolesi’s “Stabat mater”. Later in April she sings the…
Jon SvinghammarConductor Jon Svinghammar runs a an orchestra camp with the Lower Austria Youth Symphony OrchestraAs in years past, Swedish conductor Jon Svinghammar is on the rostrum for the Jugendsinfonieorchester Niederösterreich, the Lower Austria Youth Symphony Orchestra.…
Wolfgang ReschBaritone At the Neue Oper Wien, Wolfgang Resch in “Kapitän Nemos Bibliothek”Johannes Kalitzke’s “Kapitän Nemos Bibliothek” recently had its world première at the Schwetzingen festival. Based on a novel by Per Olov Enquist,…
Fabrice Di FalcoCounter-tenor Fabrice di Falco and his “Overseas Voices”Having lived the difficulty of even contemplating a career as a singer himself, counter-tenor Fabrice di Falco has made it his goal…
Anton LegkiiConductor Anton Legkii: concerts for kids in KaiserslauternAnton Legkii, kapellmeister at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, is taking children on a voyage of discovery: In what he calls an “expedition…
Katharina RuckgaberSoprano Katharina Ruckgaber sings Mahler lieder and moreInternational news media are enthusiastic about her solo album “Love and Let Die” in which Katharina Ruckgaber tells the story of a crime using lieder by…
Maximilian Mayer in his first Wagner rôleTenor Maximilian Mayer, currently also on stage as Tamino at the Staatstheater Kassel, will debut in his first-ever Wagner rôle at that…