Sophie GordeladzeSoprano Sophie Gordeladze in Heidenheim with “I due Foscari”Having enjoyed a great success with her Alcina in Handel’s eponymous opera, Georgian soprano Sophie Gordeladze now turns her talent to the…
Siyabonga Maqungo debuts in BayreuthIn July and August, Southafrican tenor Siyabonga Maqungo takes a short trip from Berlin — he is a member of the ensemble at the…
An intensely busy summer for Sophie RennertSophie Rennert certainly is anything but idle. The mezzo-soprano has just recorded two albums, Ferrandini’s “Il Pianto di Maria” and Vivaldi’s…
Tabor Castle: Operetta With Conductor Erich PolzWith last year’s Lehár-operetta “The Merry Widow” a major success, the creative team of Erich Polz (musical direction) and Stephan Grögler (staging)…
Lied recital and concert with Stefanie IrányiTogether with Helmut Deutsch, German mezzo-soprano Stefanie Irányi indulges her passion, the lied recital: For the Liedfestival Sindelfingen, she is planning a programme…
Florian SpiessBass Florian Spiess, Sir John Falstaff at the Werdenberger Schloss FestivalFrom Leipzig and Kassel, where he played in that rare jewel, Wagner’s “Die Feen”, and in the first French Grand Opéra,…
Johannes WildnerConductor Johannes Wildner offers contemporary Danish music in SønderborgThe world première of horn concerto written by Jesper Koch for horn player Jeppe Solløs Rasmussen is the centrepiece of…
Dominik Köninger’s final première before leaving the ensemble of the Komische Oper BerlinThe Komische Oper Berlin is losing its director of ten years: Barrie Kosky. He ends his tenure with “Barrie Kosky’s All-Singing,…
Thilo ReinhardtDirector Thilo Reinhardt stages “Tosca” at the Landestheater InnsbruckHaving staged “Rusalka” and “Simone Boccanegra” at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, director Thilo Reinhardt now is bringing his interpretation of Puccini’s “Tosca” to its…