Joining us: Ian Spinetti, tenorWe are proud and very, very happy to welcome Ian Spinetti, a young tenor from Brazil, to Esther Schollum Artists’ Management.…
Salute to Vienna: tenor Michael Heim in CanadaIn these times of ever-changing infection-control rules, travel restrictions, and visa restrictions for foreign artists, organising concerts in North America…
New Year’s concert: Ilia Staple and Maximilian MayerThey share their passion for performing music, they both embody excellence in acting and singing, and currently they both call…
Staatsoper Unter den Linden: Siyabonga Maqungo as Conte AlmavivaWhen, back in 1968, Ruth Berghaus staged Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (with Achim Freyer as costume designer), no one would have…
Philipp KapellerTenor Première: Philipp Kapeller as Basilio (“Le nozze di Figaro”) in HannoverLast December, Covid-19 gave us a short reprieve, and the Theater Chemnitz made good use of those days to show…
Wolfgang Stefan SchwaigerBaritone Revival: Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger is the Mule Owner in Orff’s “Die Kluge”Following his acclaimed performance as Taddeo at the première of Rossini’s “L’italiana in Algeri” at the Landestheater Innsbruck, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger returns…
Première: Christoph Seidl to sing Simone (“Gianni Schicchi”) in EssenLast seen and heard as Fafner in Wagner’s “Rheingold”, with Kent Nagano at the rostrum of the Cologne Philharmonic, Christoph Seidl pivots…
Fabrice Di FalcoCounter-tenor Contemporary opera: Fabrice di Falco as “Echnaton” in HelsinkiThe part of Akhnaten, the sun king in Philip Glass’ eponymous opera, is becoming the signature role of Fabrice di Falco,…
Sophie RennertMezzo-soprano Early Music: Sophie Rennert and the Bach Consort Wien in EssenJoining the Bach Consort Wien and its founder Ruben Dubrovsky on the stage of the Essen Philharmonic, Sophie Rennert will sing the…