Thomas EsslBaritone Thomas Essl with Verdi and contemporary works in ChemnitzOver the past three years, Austrian baritone Thomas Essl has enjoyed success at the Chemnitz Opera House with a very broad repertoire,…
Wolfgang ReschBaritone Wolfgang Resch as Papageno in Biel and SolothurnRepeat engagements are among the greatest compliments a singer can receive. Since his 2016–17 debut at Theater Biel-Solothurn as Hans…
Oliver SailerBass Oliver Sailer in Ariadne auf Naxos in InnsbruckYoung Tyrolean bass Oliver Sailer, who attracted attention last season as Gremin in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, among other roles, opens the new…
Philipp KapellerTenor Philipp Kapeller as Don Ottavio and Matthias Hoffmann as Masetto in BraunschweigAt the Staatstheater Braunschweig, Mozart’s Don Giovanni—a transfer from Oper Dortmund in a staging by Ilaria Lanzino—had its premiere last season.…
Music in Times of GriefWe live in turbulent times. Every morning brings news of fresh catastrophes. Wars, politically motivated murders, hatred, and societal division…
Sophie Rennert as Cesare in Georg Frederic Handel’s Giulio Cesare in EgittoAt the end of a very varied season, where mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert debuted as Carmen, as Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, in the…
Tamara IvanišSoprano Tamara Ivaniš with a “European” Song Program in ItalyThe Croatian soprano Tamara Ivaniš, a regular guest at the Salzburg Mozart Week on the invitation of Rolando Villazon, is set…
Matthias HoffmannBass-baritone Matthias Hoffmann Returning to the Cologne OperaBaritone Matthias Hoffmann, recently seen in a children’s version of Der Freischütz at the Berlin State Opera and as Masetto at the Staatstheater…
Corina KollerSoprano Corina Koller and Maximilian Mayer as Rosalinde and Alfred in Die FledermausSoprano Corina Koller and tenor Maximilian Mayer recently found great success with Mozart: She as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte at the Graz Opera, and he…