A new home: Siyabonga Maqungo relocates to the Staatsoper Unter den LindenSubsequent to Siyabonga Maqungo’s success with his debut at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden —he sang the part of David…
Johannes WildnerConductor Chamber music: Johannes Wildner at the Burg GarsOn Friday, September 4th, Johannes Wildner presents the first Burg Gars Schubertiade, with Schubert’s string quintet in C headlining the…
Aalto-Theater: Bass Christoph Seidl is moving to EssenAfter four success-filled years at the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich, Austrian bass Christoph Seidl has joined the ensemble of the Theater…
Early Music: Sophie Rennert and the Accademia Bizantina in AnconaEnding a series of regrettable cancellations due to Covid-19, Sophie Rennert returns to the stage on September 9th, when she…
Haydn Festival: Thomas Lichtenecker in “Der Traum” in PetronellMichael Haydn’s “Commedia dell’arte”-inspired pantomime “Der Traum” already was a major success at the Znojmo Music Festival; on September 12th,…
House debut, postponed: Kay Anne Schuhmacher to stage Peter Maxwell Davies’s “The Lighthouse” in InnsbruckDirector Kai Anne Schuhmacher already attracted major attention with her productions for the Oper Köln, the Staatstheater Mainz, the Theater…
Katharina RuckgaberSoprano Première: Katharina Ruckgaber with “Stabat Mater” by PergolesiLike so many other houses, the Theater Freiburg also had all of its plans knocked over by Covid-19 and was…
Unnsteinn ÁrnasonBass Première: Unnsteinn Árnason as hermit in “Der Freischütz” at the Landestheater InnsbruckIn general director Johannes Reitmeier’s new production of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Der Freischütz” at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, Unnsteinn…
Ilia StapleSoprano Ilia Staple as Queen of the Night at the GärtnerplatztheaterVersatile Ilia Staple not only fills the house as Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady” at the Salzburger Landestheater (the show runs till May),…