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,…
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…
Concert: Sophie Rennert and Christoph FillerOn the occasion of All-Hallows, mezzo Sophie Rennert, baritone Christoph Filler, soprano Miriam Kutrowatz and tenor Johannes Bamberger, joined by Martin Haselböck’s…
Katharina RuckgaberSoprano Lied, opera, operetta: Katharina Ruckgaber shinesMulti-faceted soprano Katharina Ruckgaber sparkles in many brilliant colours: At the Theater Freiburg, where Henry Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” returns to the stage, she sings…
Fabrice Di FalcoCounter-tenor Contemporary Opera: Fabrice di Falco sings Philip Glass’ AkhnatenBack in 2020, countertenor Fabrice di Falco and his public had to make do without the directness and the energy of performing…
