Playing for a home crowd: Siyabonga Maqungo returns to South Africa for the Starlight ClassicsTenor Siyabonga Maqungo has again been invited to his home country South Africa, as the guest star of the popular show “Starlight…
CD Recording: Sophie Rennert as Irene in Vivaldi’s “Il Tamerlano”Austrian mezzo Sophie Rennert has enjoyed a number of fruitful collaborations with Ottavio Dantone and his Accademia Bizantina, and the next one is…
Philipp KapellerTenor Revival: Philipp Kapeller as Arturo in “Lucia di Lammermoor” in OldenburgAustrian tenor Philipp Kapeller, currently a member of the ensemble of the Staatsoper Hannover, often guests with his previous artistic home, the…
Première, the last: Maximilian Mayer in “La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein” an der Dresdner SemperoperHaving debuted at the Dresdner Semperoper as Monostatos, tenor Maximilian Mayer was invited back to participate in the new production of Jacques Offenbach’s “La Grande-Duchesse…
Vienna Johann Strauss OrchestraOrchestra Touring Asia: The Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra with conductor Johannes WildnerThe Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra and its conductor Johannes Wildner is once again going on tour – its seventh one to…
Salute to Vienna: New Year’s concerts in Canada and the USAThe first Salute to Vienna New Year’s concert took place twenty-five years ago, in Toronto, Ont. The organizers, Attila Glatz…
Matteo MacchioniTenor New Year’s Eve I: Matteo Macchioni at the Royal Danish Opera CopenhagenItalian tenor Matteo Macchioni clearly thrives in Denmark’s northern climes. On the heels of his successes as Conte Almviva in…
Katharina RuckgaberSoprano New Year’s Eve II: Katharina Ruckgaber sings Johann StraussA break in the rehearsal schedule for Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Theater Freiburg – from February 2020, she…
Wolfgang ReschBaritone World première: Wolfgang Resch in the title role of Elena Kats-Chernin’s and Susanne Felicitas Wolff’s new operaElena Kats-Chernin and Susanne Felicitas Wolff wrote, as a bespoke work for the Luxembourg Philharmonic, a musical theatre based on…
