Li KengSoprano Role debut: Li Keng as Elvira in Verdi’s “Ernani” in VilniusCurrently on stage in Wuppertal as Mimi in “La bohème”, Li Keng has already been signed for next season’s revival of this production.…
Matteo MacchioniTenor ON TOUR: MATTEO MACCHIONI AS FERRANDO AT THE ROYAL DANISH OPERA COPENHAGENMatteo Macchioni returns to Copenhagen for two more performances as Ferrando in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” before the production tours Danish venues. Royal Danish…
Taisiya AlbaniMezzo-soprano Première: Taisiya Labetskaya als Cornelia in “Giulio Cesare in Egitto” at the Theater St GallenHaving sung the part of Marthe in Gounod’s “Faust”, young Russian alto Taisiya Labetskaya, member of the ensemble of the Theater…
Unnsteinn ÁrnasonBass Première in Innsbruck: Unnsteinn Árnason as Kuligin in “Katya Kabanova”On the heels of his sucessful debut as Sparafucile in Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, Icelandic bass Unnsteinn Árnason now takes on the role of Kuligin…
House debut: Kai Anne Schuhmacher stages Peter Maxwell Davies’ “The Lighthouse” in InnsbruckYoung German stage director Kai Anne Schuhmacher already drew wide-spread attention with her productions at the Oper Köln, at the Staatstheater Mainz,…
Première: Sophie Rennert as Phèdre in Rameau’s “Hippolite et Aricie” in MannheimAustrian mezzo Sophie Rennert had a stellar success as Angelina in Rossini’s “La Cenerentola” in Mannheim last year; now she returns tot…
Katharina RuckgaberSoprano Première: Katharina Ruckgaber sings Susanna in FreiburgIn Joan Anton Rechi’s and Ektoras Tartanis’s new production of “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Theater Freiburg, Katharina Ruckgaber once more successfully defends…
Tamara IvanišSoprano Première, the second: Tamara Ivaniš in Donizetti’s “Viva la Diva” at the Salzburger LandestheaterOn the heels of her rousing success as Madame Silberklang in Stuttgart, young Croatian soprano Tamara Ivaniš returns to the stage at…
Unnsteinn ÁrnasonBass Première, the hat trick: Unnsteinn Árnason in Verdi’s “Rigoletto” at the Tiroler LandestheaterIn the new production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” currently being staged at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, young Unnsteinn Árnason, the mighty bass from Iceland,…