Tonight,
soprano
MARTHA EASON
bows out as
SOPHIE
in
Richard Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
MARTHA EASON will embody
BESS
in M. Mazzoli's
<Breaking the Waves>
NEDDA
in Leoncavallo's
<I Pagliacci>
SÉMIRE
in Rameau's
<Les Boréades>
TYTANIA
in Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
And in 24/25 still some performance
of <OPRHEUS & die Zauberharfe>
Martha
EASON
19-06-2025
DERNIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
SOPHIE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tonight,
tenor
BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM
bows out as
ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER
in
Richard Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
which will be performed again
in 2025/26.
In addition, Beomjin Angelo Kim
will embody again BEPPE in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci>,
and make his role-debuts as
DON OTTAVIO
in Mozart's
<Don Giovanni>
&
CHEVALIER
in Poulenc's
<Les Dialges des Carmélites>
And in 24/25 Mozart's <Requiem>
13-07-2025
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
19-06-2025
DERNIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
In the today's PREMIERE
of Haydn's
staged oratorio
<Die Schöpfung>
at Staatstheater Wiesbaden,
young tenor
KATLEHO MOKHOABANE
will debut in the part of
URIEL.
Performances until 02-07-2025
Conductor: Le McFall
Stage Director: Franziska Angerer
... and in the 25/26 season,
Katleho Mokhoabane will return
to the Wiener Staatsoper,
where he was a member
of the opera-studio
to perform the title-part of TITO
in Mozart's opera seria
<La Clemenza di Tito>
Premiere: 09-03-2026
Katleho
MOKHOABANE
19-06-2025
PREMIERE
Haydn
<Die Schöpfung> staged
TENOR
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
With the today's DERNIERE
of Johann Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
soprano
AGNIESZKA HAUZER
bows out as
ROSASLINDE
and also for the 24/25 season.
But, as a highly valued member of
Theater Kiel,
she of course will be back in 25/26,
performing parts such as
GIORGETTA & NELLA
in Puccini's "Il Trittico"
Premiere 04.10.2025
ELISABETH
in Wagner's
<Tannhäuser>
Premiere: 31-01-2025
ELETTRA
in Mozart's "Idomeneo, Re di Kreta>
Premiere: 04-07-2025
Agnieszka
HAUZER
18-06-2025
Derniere
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ROSALINDE
Theater Kiel
Today,
mezzosoprano
NATHALIE MITELBACH
bows out as
MALWINE BORK
in the new piece
<Wellen> (Waves)
by
Elmar Lampson
at
Theater Bremen,
and also for this season,
but as a highly valued member
of the ensemble,
she will be back in 25/26,
a.o. as
SUZUKI
in Puccini's's <Madama Butterfly>
MARCHESA MELIBEA
in Rossini's <Il Viaggio a Reims>
FOTUNE TELLER & ABBESS
in Prokoview's
<The Fairy Angel
Nathalie
MITTELBACH
18-06-2025
DERNIERE
Elmar Lampson
<Wellen>
MALWINE BORK
Theater Bremen
2nd last performance
in this season
at
Theater Bremen
for mezzosoprano
NATHALIE MITTELBACH,
embodying
EMILIA
in Verdi's
<Otello>.
Tomorrow,
she will be
Malwine Bork in the 24-04-25 world-premiered opera <Wellen>,
but the great
OTELLO-production,
in stage direction by
Frank Hilbrich,
will return in the
new season 25/26
Nathalie
MITTELBACH
17-06-2025
DERNIERE
Verdi
<Otello>
EMILIA
Theater Bremen
After she was many years a celebrated Königin der Nacht,
soprano
LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK
today makes her role-debut
as
PAMINA
in Mozart's
<Die Zauberflöte>.
this production marks her last
at the
Saarländisches Staatstheater
Saarbrücken,
which she will leave to work
freelance in the future.
2025/26 sees, a.o.
the part of VIOLETTA
in Verdi's <La Travita>
at
Theater Osnabrück.
In Saarbrücken, she will one more time embody all 4 female parts in
Offenbach's <Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
22-06-2025
Liudmila
LOKAiCHuK
17-06-2025
B-PREMIERE & DEBUT
Mozart
<Die Zauberflöte>
PAMINA
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Today, baritone
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
performs for the last time
in this season
the title-part of
Cajkovsky's
JEWGENJI ONEGIN
at the
Staatstheater Karlsruhe,
before heading to Japan
to sing his role-debut
in Wagner's
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
at the
GC Center Hyogo.
Jewgeni Onegin will be back in Karlsruhe from 08-02-2026
KS Tomohiro
TAKADA
14-06-2025
Last Performance
Cajkovsky
<Jewgnij Onegin>
ONEGIN
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
After a highy successful concert-tour
with
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
by
Château de Versailles Spectacles
in China,
including Guangmin, Guangzou, Xiamen, Wuhan, Xi'an & Shanghai
the last concert
with
COUNTERTENOR
MEILI LI
&
L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal
de Versailles,
Filippo Minecchia & Samuel Mariño
will take place at the
New Tsinghua Xuetang University
in Beijing
Conductor:
Stefan Plewniak
Meili
LI
14-06-2025
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
Château de Versailles Spectacles
on tour in China
2nd part of the tour
Last concert: Beijing
After her highly successful
Solo-Recital
with Jewish songs at the
Filharmonia Krakow,
today,
young soprano
LEILA SCHÜTZ
will perform at the
Shtetl Berlin Festival
in the ufaFabrik Berlin
An evening of Yiddish song
beginning with Swedish composer
Ida Gillner, and closing with a celebration of the extraordinary contributions of Dr. Alan Bern,
one of the leaders of the global (and local) klezmer scene since the beginning of the 90’s!
Leila performs together with
Mark Kovnatskiy
Sasha Lurje
Lucile Bailly Gourevitch
Leila
SCHÜTZ
14-06-2025; 19:30 AM
CONCERT
Jiddishe Lider
<Shtoltse Lider &
Alan Bern: Liderbukh
ufaFabrik Berlin
Due to the cruel run amok
in Graz,
the Oper Graz cancelled all performances until June 15th,
this includes also
the today's performance of
Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
with young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
as
TYTANIA
But there will be 2 last performances:
at
27-06-2025 & 29-06-2025
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
13-06-2025
PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
TYTANIA
Oper Graz
Due to the cruel run amok
in Graz,
the Oper Graz cancelled all performances until June 15th,
this includes also
the today's performance of
Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
with
countertenor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
as
OBERON
But there will be 2 last performances:
at
27-06-2025 & 29-06-2025
Rafal
TOMKIEWICZ
14-06-2025
PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
OBERON
Oper Graz
Due to the cruel amok
in Austrian Graz,
the Oper Graz cancelled all performances until June 15th,
this includes also
Rossini's
<La Cenerentola>
with young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
as
CLORINDA.
But there will be a last performance
of the production,
at 26-06-2025
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
13-06-2025
PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
Rossini
<La Cenerentola>
CLORINDA
Oper Graz
This morning,
young soprano
LEILA SCHÜTZ
sings her last performance
as a member
of the Opera-Studio
at
Volkstheater Rostock,
Lucy Landymore's
<The Wizzard of Oz>,
in which Leila embodies 4 parts.
AUNT EM, KEEPER, GLINDA
WITCH OF THE WEST
Other parts during her time in Rostock were AMOR in Glucks's <Orfeo & Euridice>, SAND & TAUMANN in Humperdinck's <Hänsel & Gretel> , KATHARINA CAVALIERI in Shaffer's <Amadeus> and INGO SCHOLL & 1st FRIEND in <Gerade sein und Mensch werden - Sophie Scholl.
In addition, she sang in numerous concerts.
Leila
SCHÜTZ
14-06-2025; 10:00 AM
Bye-Bye, Rostock
Last performance as a member
of the Opera-Studio
at Volkstheater Rostock
<The Wizzard of Oz>
Due to the the
60th-Years-Anniversary
of the Carlow Choral Society
baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
performs
Mozart's
<Mass in c-minor>
in the Carlow Cathedral;
accompanied by the
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
under the baton of
Blanaid Murphy.
Benjamin Russell
will end his season
21st June as
CONTE ALMAVIVA
in Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
at the
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Benjamin
RUSSELL
13-06-2025
Mozart
<Messe in c-moll>
Carlow Choral Society
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Carlow Cathedral
Mezzosoprano
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA
performs her last premiere
as member of the ensemble
at
Volkstheater Rostock.
which also marks her 1st operetta-roleń
FRAU NEBEL
in Carl Zerller's
<Der Vogelhąndler>
From the 25/26 season on,
Mrs Aleksandrova
will switch to the
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar,
where she will make her role-debuts
as
ROSINA
in
Rossini's <Il Barbiere di Siviglia>
&
CHARLOTTE
in
Massenet's <Werther
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
09-06-2025
PREMIERE = DEBUT
C, Zeller
<Der Vogelhąndler>
FRAU NEBEL
Volkstheatersommer Rostock
After highy successfull concerts in Guangmin, Guangzou and Yiamen,
Countertnor
MEILI LI
&
the
L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal
de Versailles
contunes their
Châteu de VErsailles en tour
concert-tour in China in
Wuhan
Beijing
Xi'an
&
Shanghai
Meili Li
Filippo Minecchia
Samuel Mariño, Filippo Mineccia
Conductor:
Stefan Plewniak
Meili
LI
06/07/08
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
Château de Versailles Spectacles
on tour in China
2nd part of the tour
Wuhan, Shangahi
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One time per season, the
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Organizes a Gala-Dinner for the
<Friends of the theatre>
and for all, who once want to have the perspective from the stage.
Next to good food and wine,
the Badisches Staatstheater
presents abouquet of known melodies, like SUSANNA's aria,
Italien songs by TOSTI,
Verdi's "Libiamo" from La Traviata
or the famous Quartett from "Rigoletto",
sang by
soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
&
tenor
BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM
photos: Arno Kohlem
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Anastasiya & Beomjin
TARATORKiNA & KIM
09-06-2025
<Gala-Dinner>
for the Friends & supporters
of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
a.o., Mozart, Verdi, Tosti
Countertenor
GEORG BOCHOW
makes his role-debut as
KÖNIG TIRIDATES
in Keiser's
<Octavia>,
returning to the
International Händel Festival Halle ,
where he already several times appeared together with the
LauttenCompageny Berlin
the performances will take place
in the
Goethe-Theater Bad Lauchstädt
Conductor:
Wolfgang Katschner
Stage Director:
Tilman Hecker
Gerog
BOCHOW
07 & 08 & 09-06-2025
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
Keiser
<Octavia>
KÖNIG TIRIDATES
Intern. Händel Festival Halle
Due to the huge success
and demand,
tenor
RAFAEL HELBIG KOSTKA
repeates his program
<I got rhythm, I got music>
with music from the
Golden Era
of movies in Germany and the USA
such as
"Ich brauche keine Millionen"
"Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt"
"Ich weiß, es wird einmal ein Wunder gesche'n"
"Dancing cheek to cheek"
&
of course
"I got rhythm, I go music>
accompanied by
Philipp von Piechowski, Rüdiger Kurz Frank Ringleb/Thomas Keim
&Mark Jonston
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
06 & 08 06-2025
<I got rhythm, I got music>
Music from the Golden Era
of the Movies
in Germany & the USA
OPAL Mannheim
Tenor
BEOMJIN KIM
performs songs by
Donizetti & Tosti
in the Song-Recital
<Longing for Italy>
in the Small House
of the
Badisches
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
At the piano:
Wolfgang Wichert
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
01-06-2025
SONG-RECITAL
Donizetti & Tosti
<Longing for Italy>
Kleines Haus
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Countertnor
MEILI LI
performs for the first time
with the
Château de Versailles Spectacles
and the
L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal
de Versailles
The tour will open at the
Guangming Performing Arts Center
in
Shenzhen
Meili Li
Filippo Minecchia
Samuel Mariño, Filippo Mineccia
Conductor:
Stefan Plewniak
Meili
LI
01-06-2025 - 14-06-2025
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
Château de Versailles Spectacles
on tour in China
Shenzhen,Xiamen, Guangzhou,
Wuhan, Shangahi, Xi’an, Beijing
Baritone
TOMOHIRO TAKADA,
embodies the title-part of
Cajkovsky's
JEWGENJI ONEGIN
in the B-Premiere of the
highly acclaimed production
at
Staatstheater Karlsruhe,
where Mr. Takada is a member of the ensmble, and in 25/26 will make
his role-debuts as
BORILÉE in <Les Boréades>
HEERRUFER in <Lohengrin>
JAN NYMAN in <Breaking the Waves>
DEMETRIUS in
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
and perform again
SILVIO / I Pagliacci
FANINAL / Der Rosenkavalier
PETER / Hänsel & Gretel
Stage Director: Olivia Fuchs
Conductor: Johannes Willig
KS Tomohiro
TAKADA
29-05-2025
B-PREMIERE
Cajkovsky
<Jewgenji Onegin>
ONEGIN
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
WELCOME BACK ON STAGE
After a longer absence from singing,
caused by hidden mould
in an apartment,
we are beyond happy
to see and hear
young mezzosoprano
ANNA STEPANETS
well and healthy again on stage;
rehearsing for her debut as
CHERUBINO
in Mozart#s
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
at the
Schleswgi-Holsteinisches
Landestheater Flensburg,
where she in 25/26 also will appear
as MÈRE JEANNE
in Poulenc's
<Les Dialogues des Carmélites>
&
KATE in Sullivan's
<The Pirates of Penzance>
Anna
STEPANETS
May 2025
WELCOME BACK
ON STAGE
Tenor
BEOMJIN KIM
performs songs by
Donizetti & Tosti
in the Song-Recital
<Longing for Italy>
in the Small House
of the
Badisches
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
At the piano:
Wolfgang Wichert
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
01-06-2025
SONG-RECITAL
Donizetti & Tosti
<Longing for Italy>
Kleines Haus
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Countertnor
MEILI LI
performs for the first time
with the
Château de Versailles Spectacles
and the
L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal
de Versailles
The tour will open at the
Guangming Performing Arts Center
in
Shenzhen
Meili Li
Filippo Minecchia
Samuel Mariño, Filippo Mineccia
Conductor:
Stefan Plewniak
Meili
LI
01-06-2025 - 14-06-2025
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
Château de Versailles Spectacles
on tour in China
Shenzhen,Xiamen, Guangzhou,
Wuhan, Shangahi, Xi’an, Beijing
Soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
sings for the first time
Carl Orff's
<Carmina Burana>,
returning to the
Schwarzwald Musikfestival,
where she already was highly celebrated for her interpretation
of songs by Clara Schumann
and by French composers
during the Chamber-Music-Tour
of the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
This special performance of Carmina Burana, with the Choir and children's Choir of the Bayerische Philharmonie,will be accompanied by the Piano-duo & Percussion-Ensemble of the Bayerische Philharmonie and by SPARK,"The classic band".
Conductor: Mark Mast
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
23 & 24 & 25-05-2025
CARMINA meets SPARK
Carl Orff
<Carmina Burana>
Schwarzwald Musikfestival
Bad Wildbad
Young countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
starts rehearsals
at the
Nationaltheater Mannheim
as
TOLOMEO
in
Händel's
>Giulio Cesare>
Premiere
& House and Company Debut
in the beautiful baroque-theatre
at
Schloss Schwetzingen
Performnaces:
01-07-2025 - 20-07-2025
Conductor:
Paul Agnew
Stage Director:
Lucía Astigarraga
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
24-05-2026
START OF REHEARSALS
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
TOLOMEO
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Dramatic Soprano
AILE ASSZONYI
performs
BRÜNNHILDE
in R. Wagner's
<Siegfried>
in a production
by the
Saarländisches Staatstheater
at the beautiful
Conductor:
L'Opera Royal de Versailles
Conductor:
Sébstien Rouland
Stage Directors:
Last performance in Saarbrücken
29-05-2025
Aile
ASSZONYI
25-05-2025
Wagner
<Siegfried>
BRÜNNHILDE
Staatstheater Saarbrücken at the
L'Opera Royal de Versailles
Tenor
PETER BERGER
performs for the first time
in the famous
Tonhalle Zürich.
On the program:
Dvorřák`s
<Svatební košile>
The ghost bride, op 39
for soli, choir & orchestra
in which he will sing
THE DEATH
Tonhallen Orchester Zürich
Konzertchor Harmonie Zürich
Conductor:
Peter Kennel
Peter
BERGER
25-05-2026
TONHALLE ZÜRICH DEBÜT
Dvořák
<Svatební košile>
SMRT (The Death)
Tonhallenorchester Zürich
Soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
sings for the first time
Carl Orff's
<Carmina Burana>,
returning to the
Schwarzwald Musikfestival,
where she already was highly celebrated for her interpretation
of songs by Clara Schumann
and by French composers
during the Chamber-Music-Tour
of the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
This special performance of Carmina Burana, with the Choir and children's Choir of the Bayerische Philharmonie,will be accompanied by the Piano-duo & Percussion-Ensemble of the Bayerische Philharmonie and by SPARK,"The classic band".
Conductor: Mark Mast
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
23 & 24 & 25-05-2025
DEBUT
Carl Orff
<Carmina Burana>
Schwarzwald Musikfestival
Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Wildbad
The Austrian Radio ORF
broadcasts at 7:30 MET
Monteverdi's's
<L'Orfeo>
with
countertenor
ERIC JURENAS
as
LA SPERANZA,
named by the press as
"absolute luxury cast for this role"
for the same production at
Semperoper Dresden,
Recording rom the Mozartwoche,
Haus für Mozart Salzburg, Jan 2025
L'Arpeggiata - Christina Pluhar
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Eric
JURENAS
24-05-2026
RADIO BROADCAST / ORF
Monteverdi
<L'Orfeo>
LA SPERANZA
Mozartwoche Salzburg
Countertenor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
will overtake the part of
ORESTE
in
Tommaso Traetta's
1763 in Wien premiered
<Ifigenia in Tauride>
at the
Innsbrucker Festwochen
der Alten Musik,
working for the first time
with
Les Telens Lyriques
Conductor:
Chrsitophe Rousset
Stage Director.
Nicola Raab
Performances:
27-08-25 & 29-08-25
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
NEW COMMITMENT
Tommaso Traetta
<Ifigenia in Tauride>
ORESTE
Innsbrucker Festwochen
der Alten Musik, Summer 2025
Soprano
BARBARA SENATOR
makes her role-debut
as GUTRUNE
in the Revival-Premiere
of Richard Wagner's
<Die Götterdämmerung>
at
Oper Dortmund,
where she currently also performs
SIEGLINDE
in <Das Rheingold>.
Conductor:
Gabriel Feltz
Stage Director:
Peter Konwitschny
Barbara
SENATOR
18-05-2026
DEBUT in REVIVAL PREMIERE
R. Wagner
<Die Götterdämmerung>
GUTRUNE
Oper Dortmund
Baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
&
pianist
EVEGENIA FÖLSCHE
will interpret in the matinée
at Schloß Nymphenburg in München
a challenging program:
2 song-cycles by Robert Schumann:
<Dichterliebe>
&
<Liederkreis, op 39>
and selected songs of
Ralph Vaughan Williams's
<Songs of Travel>
In opera, Benjamin Russell currently
can be seen and heard
as highly
celebrated
CONTE ALMAVIVA
in Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
at Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Benjamin
RUSSELL
18-05-2025
LIED-MATINÉE
Schumann <Dichterliebe>
& <Liederkreis, op. 39>
Vaughan Williams
<Songs of Travel>
Schloß Nymphenburg München
Tenor
RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA,
a member of the ensemble
at Nationaltheater Mannheim,
makes his role-debuts
as RUNUCCIO
in <Gianni Schicchi>
&
VENDITORE di CANZONETTE
in <Il Tabarro>
in Puccini's Triptychon
<Il trittico>
Due to construction works in the
main building of the theatre,
the performances will take place
in the OPAL, Oper am Luisengarten.
Conductor:
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Stage Director:
Michael Lowery
Performances until 29-05-2025
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
18-05-2026
PREMIERE & DEBUTs
Puccini
<Il Trittico>
RINUCCIO
VENDITORE di CANZONETTE...
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Tenor
SUNG MIN SONG,
a member of the ensemble
at Nationaltheater Mannheim,
makes his role-debut
as LUIGI
in
<Il Tabarro>
in Puccini's Triptychon
<Il trittico>
Due to construction works
in themain building of the theatre,
the performances will take place
in the OPAL, Oper am Luisengarten.
Conductor:
Roberto Rizzi Brignoli
Stage Director: Michael Lowery
Performances until 29-05-2025
Sung Min
SONG
18-05-2026
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
Puccini
<Il Trittico>
LUIGI
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Countertenor
RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ
performs
Vivaldi's
<Stabat Mater>
&
<Nisi Dominus>.
in the May-Concert
with
Cappella Viridimontana
in the
Church of Saint Silesian Jadwiga
located in the Polish town
Zielona Góra
Conductor: Jerzy Markiewicz
More Vivaldi
can be heard and seen in July:
<La Senna Festeggiante>
at the
Château de Versrailles Spectacles
with RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
as LA VIRTÚ
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
18-05-2026
CONCERT
Vivaldi
<Stabat Mater> & <Nisi Dominus>
ALTO
Cappella Viridimontana
Bass-Baritone
MIKOŁAJ BOŃKOWSKI
makes his role-debuts
in the premiere of
Kurt Weill's
<A Touch of Venus>
at the
Schleswig-Holsteinisches
Landestheater Flensburg,
where he is a member
of the ensemble since the
current season.
In 25/26, he will embody,
among others,
FIGARO & BARTOLO in
Mozart's <Le Nozze di Figaro>
Conductor: Sergi Roca Bru
Stage Director: Hendrik Müller
10 performances until 10-07-2025
Revival-Premiere in the 25/26 season
Mikołaj
BOŃKOWSKI
17-05-2026
PREMIERE & DEBUTs
Kurt Weill
<Ein Hauch von Venus>
STANELY / POLIZEILEUTNANT
Schl-Hol Landestheater Flensburg
Stage Director & Opera-Director
of the
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg
HENDRIK MÜLLER
stages for the 1st tim
Kurt Weill's
<A Touch of Venus>
Conductor: Sergi Roca Bru
10 performances until 10-07-2025
Revival-Premiere in the 25/26 season
In the 25/26 season,
Hendrik Müller will stage direct
in Flensburg
Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
&
Poulenc's
<Les Dialogues des Carmélites>
and at the Theater Osnabrück
Verdi's <Macbeth>
Hendrik
MÜLLER
17-05-2026
PREMIERE & DEBUT
K. Weill
<Ein Hauch von Venus>
STAGE DIRECTION
Schl-Hol Landestheater Flensburg
Staatstheater Augsburg
has announced the program for its NEW SEASON 25/26,
in which soprano
JIHYUN CECILIA LEE
will remain a member of the ensemble
making her role-debuts as
POPPEA
in Monteverdi's
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
&
as MICAËLA
in Bizet's
<Carmen>
singing again LIU
in Puccini's <Turandot>,
Mozart's <Requiem>
in a Dance-performance
and Brahm's <Ein Deutsches Requiem>
with the choir of the Bavarian Radio,
as well as Brahms-Songs
in a Chamber-Music-Concert.
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Jihyun Cecilia
LEE
Mid May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Augsburg
Ensemble-Member, performing in
Carmen, Turandot, L'Inocoronazione di Poppea
with Mozart & Brahms
the Staatstheater Augsburg
has announced the program for the NEW SEASON 25/26,
in which young countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
will make his
ROLE & HOUSE-DEBUT
in the part of
NERONE
in Monteverdi's
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
at Staatstheater Augsburg.
Premiere: 28-03-2026
Conductor:
Sebastiaan van Yperen
Stage Director:
André Bücker
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Gerben
VAN DER WERF
Mid May 2025
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Augsburg
Monteverdi
>L'Incoronazione di Poppea> NERONE
ROLE & HOUSE-DEBUT, 28-03-26
Oper Graz
has announced the program for its NEW SEASON 25/26.
In her 2nd season as
a member of the ensemble,
young soprano
EKATERINY ASOLUNYA
will make his role-debuts as
GILDA
in
Verdi's
<Rigoletto>
&
SEVILLA
in
Mozart's
<Idomeneo>
Currently, she is a highly celebrated
TYTANIA
in Britten's
<A Midsummernights's Dream>
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Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Oper Graz
Ensemble-Member, performing in
Idomeneo,
Rigoletto,
Castor & Pollux
The Staatstheater Karlsruhe
has announced the program for its NEW SEASON 25/26.
In her 2nd season as
a member of the ensemble,
soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
will make his role-debuts as
ALPHISE
in the opening's premiere of
Rameau's <Les Boréades>
SŒUR CONSTANCE
in Poulenc's
<Les Dialogues des Carmélites>
will overtake
SOPHIE
in R. Strauss <Der Rosenkavalier>,
GILDA
in a new production of
Verdi's <Rigoletto>
&
the title part of Händel's ATALANTA
at the
International Händel Festival
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Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Ensemble-Member, performing in
Der Rosenkavalier, Les Boréades,
Les Dialogues des Carmélites, Rigoletto & Atalanta
The Nationaltheater Mannheim
announced its NEW SEASON 25/26.
Tenor
RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA
remains a member of the ensemble,
performing the parts of
BEPPE
in Leoncavallo's <I Pagliacci>
GENNARO
in Donizetti's <Lucrezia Borgia>
ABDALLO
in Verdi's <Nabucco>
CONTE ALMAVIVA
in Rossini's <Barbiere di Siviglia>
TAMINO in Mozart's <Die Zuberflöte>
FERRANDO
in Mozart's <Cosi fan tutte>
DER VERRÜCKTE HUTMACHER
in Valtononi's <Alice in Wonderland>
&
1. SPIRITO & 2. PASTORE
in Monteverdi's <L'Orfeo>
at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival
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Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Nationaltheater Mannheim
Ensemble-Member, performing in
I Pagliacci, L'Orfeo, Lucrezia Borgia
Nabucco, Barbiere di Siviglia,
Zauberflöte, Cosi fan tutte, a.o.
The Nationaltheater Mannheim
announced its program for the
NEW SEASON 25/26,
from which on
SOPRANO ZINZI FROHWEIN
will be a memeber of the ensemble,
performing
ELSA in Wagner's <Lohengrin>
ANNA in Verdi's <Nabucco>
PAMINA in Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte>
BERTA in Rossini's
<Il Barbiere di Siviglia>
MUTTER in Humperdinck's
<Hänsel & Gretel>
the title role of SYLVA VARESCU
in Kálmán's <Die Csárdásfürstin>
&
in Wagner's <Parsifal> and
<Ring an einem Abend>
and at the
Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
in Monteverdi's
<L'Orfeo>
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Zinzi
FROHWEIN
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Nationaltheater Mannheim
NEW Ensemble-Member, a.o. in
Zauberflöte, Lohengrin, Nabucco,
Die Csárdásfürstin, Barbiere di
Siviglia, Ring an einem Abend, a.o.
The Staatsteater Karlsruhe
announced its NEW SEASON 25/26.
baritone
Kammersänger
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
will remain a member of the ensemble
and perform the roles of
BORILLÉE
in Rameau's <Les Boréades>
JAN NYMAN
in Missy Mazzoli's
<Breaking the Waves>
DEMETRIUS
in Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
SILVIO
in Leoncavallo's <I Pagliacci>
HERR von FANINAL
in R. Strauss <Der Rosenkavalier>
PETER BESENBINDER
in Humperdinck's <Hänsel & Gretel>
and in the title role of Cajkovsky's
JEWGENJI ONEGIN
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Tomohiro
TAKADA
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Ensemble-Member, performing in
Les Boréades, Breaking the Waves,
Jewgenij Onegin, Rosenkavalier, Midsummernight's Dream, Pagliacci
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
has announced the program for its NEW SEASON 25/26.
In his 2nd sea
son as
a member of the ensemble,
tenor
BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM
will make his role-debuts as
DON OTTAVIO
in Mozart's <Don Giovanni>
CHEVALIER de la FORCE
in a new production of Poulenc's
<Les Dialogues des Carmélites>
and will again embody
BEPPE
in Leoncavallo's <I Pagliacci>
and
ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER
in R. Strauss <Der Rosenkavalier>
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Beomjin Angelo
KIM
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Ensemble-Member, performing in
I Pagliacci, Der Rosenkavalier
Don Giovanni
Les Dialogues des Carmélites
The Staatsteater Karlsruhe
announced its NEW SEASON 25/26.
Soprano MARTHA EASON
will perform in her 2nd season
as member of the ensemble
SÉMIRE
in Rameau's <Les Boréades>
BESS
in Missy Mazzoli's <Breaking the Waves>
TITANIA
in Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
NEDDA
in Leoncavallo's <I Pagliacci>
&
UNA DONNA
in the revival of Händel's <Rinaldo>
at the
International Händel Festival
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Martha
EASON
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Ensemble-Member, performing in
Les Boréades, Breaking the Waves,
Rinaldo, A Midsummernight's Dream, I Pagliacci
The Nationaltheater Mannheim
announced its program for the
NEW SEASON 25/26-
Tenor
SUNG MIN SONG
remains a member of the ensemble,
embodying
ALFREDO GERMONT
in Verdi's <La Traviata>
ISAMELE
in Verdi's <Nabucco>
GENNARO
in Donizetti's <Lucrezia Borgia>
CANNIO
in Leoncavallo's <I Pagliacci>
&
MICHELIS
in Martinů`s <Greek Passion>
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Sung Min
SONG
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Nationaltheater Mannheim
Ensemble-Member, performing in
I Pagliacci, Greek Passion,
La Traviata, Nabucco
Lucrezia Borgia
Oper Bonn
announced its
NEW SEASON 25/26.
Character-Tenor
RALF RACHBAUER
will remain a member of the ensemble,
performing the parts of
DER BUCKLINGE
in R. Strauss <Die Frau ohne Schatten>
ABDALLO
in Verdi's <Nabucco>
DIENER SALVATORES
in Ronnefeld's <Die Ameise>
&
KILIAN
in Weber's <Der Freischütz>
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Ralf
RACHBAUER
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Oper Bonn
Ensemble, a.o. in
Nabucco, Der Freischütz, Die Ameise, Die Frau ohne Schatten
Soprano
AILE ASSZONYI
returns to
Oper Bonn,
where she was a highly celebrated
ELETKRA,
to make her role-debut in another part
by Richard Strauss:
F'ÄRBERIN
in
<Die Frau ohne Schatten>
which will open Nov 16th,2025
and run until Jan 16th,2026
Conductor:
Dirk Kaftan
Stage Director:
Peter Konwitschny
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Aile
ASSZONYI
May 2026
NEW SEASON 25/26 announced
at Oper Bonn
R. Strauss
<Die Frau ohne Schatten>
DIE FÄRBERIN - Debut
Premiere: 16-11-2025
Today,
Countertenor MEILI LI
ends his small tour
with
The English Concert
performing
NIRENO
in Händel's <Giulio Cesare>,
including performances at the
Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley,
the Opera Omaha,
the Carnegie Hall in NYC
at the
Barbican Center in London
Conductor: Harry Bicket
The next tour is waiting already:
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors>
with Château de Versailles
in June in China
Meli
LI
11-05-2026
The English Concert
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
NIRENO
Barbican Hall London
Young soprano
LEILA SCHÜTZ,
part of the
Kadya Trio,
performs Jewish Songs
such as
Kits, kats, ketsele & Eyns, tsvey, dray
Barelekh
Shtern faln
Di dame mit a hintl
Der yam
or
Falt a regndl arop
at the Filharmonia Kraków
Piano & Accordeon:
Alan Bern
Violine:
Mark Kovnatskiy
Leila
SCHÜTZ
11-05-2026
CONCERT & Philharmony-Debut
Festival of the 4th Tradition
<Jewish Songs>
Kadya Trio
Filharmonia Kraków
Countertnor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
makes his Role & house-Debut
as
OBERON
in the premiere of Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
at
Oper Graz;
in a sensational costume & make-up.
Stay tuned...
Conductor: Johannes Braun
Stage Director: Bernd Mottl
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
10-05-2025 ,
ROLE & HOUSE-DEBUT
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
OBERON
Oper Graz
After her huge success with the title-role of Richard Strauss
SALOME,
the winner of the
LIBUŠKA CRITIC'S PRIZE
for the
<Best Production>
at the
Prague Opera Festival,
soprano
LINDA BALLOVÁ
will perform again
CIO-CIO SAN
in Puccini's <Madama Butterfly>
at the SND, the Slovakian National Theatre in Bratislava.
Conductor: Martin Leginus
Director: Martus Bachynec
photo: Marek Olbrzymek
Linda
BALLOVÁ
09-05-2026
REVIVAL-PREMIERE
Puccini
<Madama Butterfly>
CIO-CIO SAN
Národni Divadlo Brno
AYNpmn
proudly welcomes
young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
to the agency,
who, being a former member
of the opera-studio,
from the season 24/25 on,
is a member of the ensemble at
Oper Graz,
performing the parts of
EIN JUNGER HIRT in Wagner's <Tannhäuser>,
CLORINDA in Rossini's <La Cenerentola>
ASCAGNE in Berlioz' <Les Troyens>
DESPINA in Mozart's <Cosi fan tutte>
&
making today her debut
as
TYTANIA
in
Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
! WELCOME to AYNpmn !
Former Opera-studio member,
now in the ensemble at Oper Graz
04-05-2025
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
TYTANIA
Soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
has a rapid growing career.
Only 3 seasons after her Master
at the
Conservatory in Dresden,
she already sang at
OpernhausZürich, Tonhalle Zürich, Oper Frankfurt, Theater Basel,
Oper Bonn, Staatstheater Meiningen, Frauenkirche Dresden, Hoher Dom zu Limburg, Schwarzwald Musikfestival, Mozartfestival Würzburg, Limburger Meisterkonzerte, Studio 2 of BR,
and the Semperoper Dresden;
was a member of the ensemble at
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
&
is currently hired at the
Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
In this time, she has made unbelievable 17 role-debuts!
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Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
May-2026
INTERVIEW at OPERAWIRE
About her fast raising career,
her favourite parts: Gilda, Susanna, Sophie...
her house-debuts in Zürich & Essen
and her first French part:
Œnone in Lemoyne's <Phèdre>
The Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater
Flensburg & Rendsburg
has announced the program for the
NEW SEASON 2025/26,
in which
bass-baritone
MIKOLAJ BONKOWSKI
will remain in the ensemble
making, a.o. his role-debuts
as
BARTOLO & FIGARO
in
Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
Premiere: 04-10-2025
&
CHEVALIER DE LA FORCE
in
Poulenc's
<Dialogues des Carmélites>
Premiere: 28-03-2026
Mikolaj
BOŃKOWSKI
May 2025 ,
NEW SEASAON 2025/26 announced
at
Schl-Hol. Landestheater Flensburg
a.o. in <Dialogues des Carmélites>
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
<Pirates of Penzance>
Mezzoopsoprano
ANNA GRYCAN
will remain with a part-time contract
at the
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheatr Flensburg & Rendsburg,
where she this season was highly celebrated as
HÄNSEL & ORLOFSKY.
She will overtake parts in
among others
Sullivan's <Pirates of Penzance>,
Poulenc's <Dialogues des Carmélites>
and will cover the part of
CHERUBINO
in Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
Anna
GRYCAN
May 2026
NEW SEASON 2025/26 announced
at
Sch-Hol.Landestheater Flensburg
a.o. in <Pirates of Penzance>
<Dialogues des Carmelites>
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
The Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater
Flensburg & Rendsburg
where
HENDRIK MÜLLER
holds the position
of the Opera-Director
has announces the program for the
NEW SEASON 2025/26,
in that Mr. Müller will stage direct
Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
Premiere: 04-10-2025
&
Poulenc's
<Dialogues des Carmélites>
Premiere: 28-03-2026
Both for the first time.
Hendrik
MÜLLER
May 2025 ,
NEW SEASAON 2025/26
at
Schl-Hol. Landestheater Flensburg
a.o. Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
STAGE DIRECTION
Det Kongelige Teater Københanv
has announced the
NEW SEASON 25/26,
in which
Countertenor
MEILI LI
will not only make his house-debut
in Copenhagen
as
NERO
in Monterverdi's
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
but also his Denmark-Country-Debut.
Opening:
26-04-2026
Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Director: Christoph Marthaler
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Meli
LI
May 2026
NEW SEASON 2025/26 announced
at
Det Kongelige Teater København
Monteverdi
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
NERO
Oper Frankfurt
has revealed the program
for its
NEW SEASON 25/26,
in which
countertenor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
will return to perfom
NIRENO
in Händel's
<Giulio Cesare>
which he embodied already
at the
International Händel Festival in Göttingen and the
De Nederlandse Reisopera.
Revival-Premiere in Frankfur
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
06-05-2025 ,
NEW SEASON 2025/26 announced
at
Oper Frankfurt
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
NIRENO
Countertenor
MEILI LI
ends his small USA-tour
with
The English Concert
performing
NIRENO
in Händel's
<Giulio Cesare>
at the famous
Carnegie Hall in NYC.
The very last concert of this production
will take place at the
Barbican Center in London
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Meli
LI
04-05-2026
CONCERT TOUR USA
The English Concert
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
NIRENO
Carnegie Hall NYC
Soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
makes her house-debut
at the
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
as
SOPHIE
in the revival premiere of
Richard Strauss'
<Der Rosenkavalier>,
which she already sang at the
Staatstheater Wiesbaden,
and whi she will emobody
at the
Staatshteater Karlsruhe
in the 2025/26 season
Conductor: Andrea Sanguinetti
& Wolfram-Maria Märtig
Stage Director:
Anselm Weber
Performances until
06-07-2025
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
04-05-2025 ,
HOUSE-DEBUT in Revival-Premiere
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
SOPHIE
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Soprano
ZINZI FROHWEIN
makes her role & house-debut
at the
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
as
DIE FALSCHE ANGÉLE
in
Kurt Weill's
<Der Zar lässt sich photographieren>,
which will be performed together with
Weill's ballet
<Die 7 Todsünden>
Conductor: Oliver Pols
Stage Director & Choreographer:
Martina Veh
Performances until
10-07-2025
Zinzi
FROHWEIN
04-05-2025
PREMIERE & HOUSE-DEBUT
Kur Weill
>Der Zar lässt sich photogra....>
DIE FALSCHE ANGÈLE
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Bass
YASUSHI HIRANO
&
pianist
SAYURI HIRANO,
not only a well-rehearsed coulple
in their private lives,
but also artistically a great match,
will perform songs by
Robert Schumann
&
Gustav Mahler
at the
Ehrbarsaal Wien
Yasushi & Sayuri
HIRANO
03-05-2025 ,
SONG-RECITAL
Robert Schumann
&
Gustav Mahler
Ehrbarsaal Wien
Young Countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
makes his house-debut
at
Stadttheater Bremerhaven
with the parts of
GRINSEKATZE & DER LUFTGEIST
in Jüri Reinvere's
German-speaking World-Premiere
of
<Peer Gynt>
Conductor: Marc Niemann
Stage Director: Johannes Pölzgutter
Performances until 29-05-2025
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
03-05-2025
GERMAN WORLD-PREMIERE
Jüri Reinvere
<Peer Gynt>
GRINSEKATZE & LUFTGEIST
Stadttheater Bremerhaven
Soprano
MORGANE HEYSE
makes her role & house debut
as
GABRIEL & SOPRANO
in
Mike Svoboda's
WORLD-PREMIERE
<Adam & Eva>,
the opening of the
SWR Festspiele
performed at the
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen
Production by Landestheater Linz
Conductor: Mike Svoboda
Director: Andreaa Moses
Morgane
HEYSE
02-05-2025 ,
WORLD-PREMIERE
Mike Svoboda
<Adam & Eva>
GABRIEL & SOPRANO
SWR Festspiele
Schlosstheater Schwetingen
Countertenor
MEILI LI
performs the part of
NIRENO
in Händel's
<Giulio Cesare>
with The English Concert
on a concert tout through the USA
After a highly successful beginning
at the
Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley,
today the performance will take place
at
Opera Omaha,
before it will move on to the
Carnegie Hall in NYC
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Meli
LI
01-05-2026
CONCERT TOUR USA
The English Concert
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
NIRENO
Opera Omaha
April 30th, 2025
Oper Wuppertal
presents the program for the
NEW SEASON 2025/26.
Mezzosoprano
VERA EGOROVA
will remain a member
of the ensemble.
Parts will be announced soon
Vera
EGOROVA
30-04-2025 ,
NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed
Oper Wuppertal
Member of the ensemble
a.o. MUTTER in <Hänsel & Gretel>
&
<Von Thalia geküsst>
April 30th, 2025
Oper Wuppertal
presents the program for the
NEW SEASON 2025/26.
Tenor
MERLIN WAGNER
will remain a member
of the ensemble.
His parts will be announced soon.
Currently,
Merlin Wagner
performs the part of
MONOSTATOS
in Mozart#s <Die Zauberflöte>
at Oper Bonn
Merlin
WANGER
30-04-2025 ,
NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed
Oper Wuppertal
Member of the ensemble
a.o. HEXE in <Hänsel & Gretel>
&
<Von Thalia geküsst>
Oper Wuppertal
has revealed the program for the
NEW SEASON 2025/26.
Countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
will return to the
"Town of the Schwebebahn"
where he made his debut in
Du Yun's <Angel's Bone>
for his role-debut
as
ROBERTO
in Vivaldi's
<Griselda>
Premiere:1 6-01-2026
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
30-04-2025 ,
NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed
Oper Wuppertal
Vivaldi
<Griselda>
ROBERTO
The Staatstheater Cottbus
has revealed its
NEW SEASON 25/26 program
in that
GEORG BOCHOW
will make his role & house debut
as
COUNTERTENOR
in
Helmut Oehring's
2013 at the Staatsoper Berlin
world-premiered opera
<AscheMOND oder The Fairy Queen>,
based on Henry Purcell's music;
with a libretto by Stefanie Wördemann.
Premiere: 23-01-2026
Georg
BOCHOW
April 2025
NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed
Staatstheater Cottbus
Helmut Oehring
<AscheMOND>
COUNTERTENOR
After a highly successful premiere of
Offenbach's <Les Contes d'Hoffmann>,
with overwhelming reviews for
soprano
LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK
as Stella, Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta,
being named "the star of the performance", "the highlight in every aspect" and praised for her singing and acting skills,
today,
she starts with rehearsals as
PAMINA
in Mozart's
<Die Zauberflöte>;
her last production as member of the Staatstheater Saarbrücken.
Premiere: 14-06-2025
Liudmila
LOKAICHUK
29-04-2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
Mozart
<Die Zauberflöte>
PAMINA
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Congratulations to
soprano LINDA BALLOVÁ
in the title-role of R. Strauss
SALOME
&
the whole team of the
Národni Divadlo Brno
for winning the
LIBUŠKA CRITIC's PRIZE
for the
<Best production>
at the
Opera Festival in Prague.
“...Brno’s magnificent production with terrific singing by LINDA BALLOVÁ... Huge success due to the extraordinary talent of LINDA BALLOVÁ
She started with a honeyed-toned lyric soprano
and her performance built steadily through
to the terrible final scene,
with her screaming for the lips of Jochanaan...”
(seenandheardinternationally
photos: Národni Divadlo Brno
Linda
BALLOVÁ
CONGRATULATIONS
LIBUŠKA CRITIC's PRIZE
at Opera Music Festival Prague
R. Strauss
SALOME
Národni Divadlo Brno
The NEW SEASON 25/26
was revealed in 2 theaters,
At the Staatstheater Meiningen,
COUNTERTENOR MEILI LI
will make his role-debut as
ENEA
in D.omenicoSarro's
<Didone abbandonata>
which will open the
200-years-anniversary-season
at 19-09-2025
Conductor: Samuel Bächli
Director: Dietrich W. Hilsdorf
At the Theater Lübeck,
he will perform the part of
NERONE
in Monteverdi's
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
Conductor: Takahiro Nagasaki
Director: Johannes Pölzgutter
Meili
LI
April 2025 ,
NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed
Staatstheater Meiningen
Domenico Sarro
<Didone Abbandonata>
Theater Lübeck
Claudio Monteverdi
<L'Incoronazione di Poppea>
Countertenor
MEILI LI
will perform the part of
NIRENO
in Händel's
<Giulio Cesare>
with The English Concert
in the USA & UK.
Today, the small concert tour,
including the Barbican Hall in London,
the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha
and the Carnegie Hall New York
will be kicked off at the
Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley,
California.
Conductor: Harry Bicket
Meli
LI
27-04-2026
CONCERT TOUR USA & UK
London, New York, Omaha ....
The English Concert
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
NIRENO
Zellberbach Hall Berkeley, USA
Derniere -
after 7 highly successful performances
with
the seldom performed combination
of
Mascagni's <Cavalleria Rusticana>
&
Puccini's
<Gianni Schicchi>,
conductor
ANTHONY BRAMALL
bows out for the current season at
Theater Erfurt.
A regular guest at the
Gärtnerplatztheater
he led in this season performances
of <Werther>, <Hänsel & Gretel>,
<Die Fledermaus> and
<Pirates of Pensance>
in München
Anthony
BRAMALL
27-04-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Mascagni & Puccini
<Cavalleria Rusicana>
<Gianni Schicchi>
Theater Erfurt
"... Die Zeit ist ein sonderbar Ding..."
sings the FELDMARSCHALLIN
in R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>,
and so, after much to short period,
it's time for
soprano
ANAGBIESZKA HAUZER
to say good-Bye to this role,
for which she was highly praised
by the press.
Until end of the season,
she still can be seen and heard at
Oper Kiel
as ROSALINDE
in J. Strauß <Die Fledermaus>
&
1. DAME
in Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte>
photo: Olaf Struck
Agniezska
HAUZER
27-04-2025
DERNIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
FELDMARSCHALLIN
Oper Kiel
In the todays premiere
of
Offenbach's
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
Soprano
LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK
makes her role-debuts
in all 4 women's-parts
OLYMPIA, ANTONIA,
GIULIETTA & STELLA.
This production is her penultimate
at the
Staatstheater Saarbrücken,
which she will leave after her debut as
PAMINA in Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte"
with end of the season,
to work freelance in future.
Conductor: Sébastien Rouland
Stage Director: Kristian Lada
Liudmila
LOKAICHUK
24-04-2025 ,
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUTS
Offenbach
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
OLYMPIA / ANTONIA /
GIULIETTA / STELLA
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Bariton
PETER SCHÖNE
makes his role-debuts as
EGO, LINDORF, COPPELIUS, MIRACLE & DAPPERTUTTO
in Offenbach's
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>.
This production marks the last at the
Staatstheater Saarbrücken.
From the new season, 25/26,
Mr. Schöne will switch
to the ensemble
of the
Staatsoper Hannover.
More information about his roles
after the press-conference,
May 11th, 2025
Conductor: Sébastien Rouland
Stage Director: Kristian Lada
Peter
SCHÖNE
26-04-2025
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUTS
Offenbach
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
EGO/ LINDORF /COPPELIUS/MIRACLE / DAPPERTUTTO
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
overtakes on a short call the part of
CONTE ALMAVIVA
in
Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"
making her house-debut
at
Staatstheater Meiningen.
Currently, Mrs. Russell
performs this part also at the
Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, with performance until Jun 21st, 2025.
Conductor: Kens Lui
Stage Director: Philipp M. Krenn
Benjamin
RUSSELL
24-04-2025 ,
JUMP in on short call
Mozart
<Le nozze di Figaro>
CONTE ALMAVIVA
Staatstheater Meiningen
Mezzosoprano
NATHALIE MITTELBACH
performs as
MALWINE BORK
in
the WORLD-PREMIERE
of
"Wellen"
at
Theater Bremen.
Music by Elmar Lampson
Libretto by Julia Spinola
after Eduard von Keyserling
Conductor: Yoel Gamzou
Stage Director: Philipp Rosendahl
Nathalie
MITTELBACH
24-04-2026
WORLD-PREMIERE
Elmar Lampson
<Wellen>
MALWINE BORK
Theater Bremen
The
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
and its new leading team
with Valentin Schwarz as Director,
has presented the
NEW SEASON 2025/26,
from which on
mezzosoprano
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA
will be a member of the ensemble,
performing among other
CHARLOTTE
in Massenet's "Werther"
and
ROSINA
in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia".
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
April 2025 ,
Program of the NEW SEASON
2025/26 revealed
Nationaltheater Weimar
New ensemble-member
a.o. Charlotte & Rosina
Mezzosoprano
FLORENCE LOSSEAU
overtakes on a short call the part of
CHERUBINO
in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"
making her house-debut
at
Staatstheater Meiningen
for our mezzosoprano
SARA-MARIA SAALMANN,
who won't perform any more
until end of the season
Therefore, Mrs Losseau
also will overtake the performance May 10th, 2025
Conductor: Kens Lui
Stage Director: Philipp M. Krenn
Thank you to Mrs Losseau's
General Management Kühnly for "lendig" this artist.
Florence
LOSSEAU
24-04-2026
JUMP-IN on a short call
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro >
CHERUBINO
Staatstheater Meiningen
In the middle of rehearsals for
Jüri Reinvere's
"Peer Gynt",
which will open May 3rd in Bremerhaven,
young countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
performs once more the
ALTUS
in
J.S. Bach's "Mattäus-Passion"
making his debut with the
Motettenchor der Münsterkantorei Ulm & the Barockorchester Karlsruhe
in the Pauluskirche Ulm.
Conductor:
Münsterkantor
Friedemann Johannes Wieland
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
18-04-2025 ,
CONCERT
J.S. Bach
<Matthäus-Passion>
ALTUS
Pauluskirche Ulm
Soprano
BARBARA SENATOR
overtakes the part of
SIEGLINDE
in Loriot's adaption
of Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen"
DER RING AN EINEM ABEND,
in which the complete Ring-cycle
with a duration of around 16 hours
is performed in only 3:20 hours.
The production by Theater Koblenz
will be shown in the Rhein-Main-Halle,
close to the real river Rhein.
As WOTAN, also 17-04. & 10-05-2025
Nico Wouterse
Conductor: Markus Merkel
Stage Direction: Inga Schulte
Currently, Mrs Senator performs the part also at Theater Dortmund
Barbara
SENATOR
16-04-2026
PREMIERE
Wagner / Loriot
<Der Ring an einem Abend>
SIEGLINDE
Rhein-Mosel Halle Koblenz
Bass-Baritone
as
WOTAN / DER WANDERER
in Loriot's adaption
of Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen"
DER RING AN EINEM ABEND,
in which the complete Ring-cycle
with a duration of around 16 hours
is performed in only 3:20 hours.
The production by Theater Koblenz
will be shown in the Rhein-Main-Halle,
close to the real river Rhein.
As Sieglinde, 16-04-2025:
Barbara Senator
Conductor: Markus Merkel
Stage Direction: Inga Schulte
Nico
WOUTERSE
16 & 17-04 & 10-05-2025 ,
PREMIERE
Wagner / Loriot
<Der Ring an einem Abend>
WOTAN / DER WANDERER
Rhein-Mosel Halle
Due to illness in the ensemble,
the todays derniere of
Lemoyne's "Phèdre" at
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
had to be cancelled.
Read the fantastic reviews about
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA's
interpretation of ŒNONE
at her website.
Sound on all social media channels of AYNpmn:
facebook, instagram, LinkedIn, twitter,
Upcoming commitments:
SOPHIE in R. Strauss
"Der Rosenkavalier" at Aalto Musiktheater Essen,
Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" at the
Schwarzwald Musikfestival
Mozart's "Requiem" with the Badische Staatskapelle at the Christuskirche Karlsruhe.
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
17-04-2025 - Cancellation ,
due to illness in the ensemble
Lemoyne
<Phèdre>
ŒNONE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Mezzosoprano
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA
bows out as
ANGELINA
in Rossini's "La Cenerentola"
at Staatstheater Augsburg,
praised by the press:
"... Ekatrina Aleksandrova is a touching Cenerentola, who goes beyond kitsch and gestures of suffering to weave her dream of a better life believably, both vocally and dramatically...."
"... Her varied acting as well as her
full-bodied, soft mezzo and her effective colouratura were repeatedly honoured by applause from the audience..."
As ANGELINA from Oper Graz, Ekaterina Aleksandrova can be seen and heard in a stream on demand at ORF
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
15-04-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Rossini
<La Cenerentola>
ANGELINA
Staatstheater Augsburg
In the middle of rehearsals for
Jüri Reinvere's
"Peer Gynt",
which will open May 3rd in Bremerhaven,
young countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
performs once more the
ALTUS
in
J.S. Bach's "Mattäus-Passion"
with the Toonhkunst Arnhem,
accompanied by Phion
in the Musis Sacrum Arnhem,
The Netherlands
Conductor:
Bas van den Heuvel
Gerben van der Werf's following Matthäus-Passion will be April 18th
in Ulm, Germany
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
13-04-2025 ,
CONCERT
J.S. Bach
<Matthäus-Passion>
ALTUS
Musis Sacrum Arnhem
The Opera Zürich,
under the new Intendant
Matthias Schulz
announced the program
for the new season 2025/26,
with
countertenor
ERIC JURENAS
making his house-debut
in the Swiss-Premiere
of Olga Neuwirth's
newest opera
<Monster's Paradise>
as
TUCKEY,
a part, he will create in the
WORLD-PREMIERE of this opera at Staatsoper Hamburg.
Premiere Hamburg: 01-02-2026
Premiere Zürich: 08-03-2026
Stage Director: Tobias Kratzer
Conductor: Titus Engel
Eric
JURENAS
April 2025 ,
SEASON 25/26 Announcement
Olga Neuwirth
<Monster's Paradise>
TUCKY
Opernhaus Zürich / House-debut
Swiss Premiere: 08-03-2026
In Dec. 2019,
countertenor ERIC JURENAS
created the part of
GUARDIAN ANGEL
in Olga Neuwirth's <Orlando>
at the Wiener Staatsoper.
In the new production of the opera
at the Komische Oper Berlin,
where he already appeared in several operas by Händel
and Aribert Reimann,
Eric Jurenas will have the chance to discover the part new.
Premiere: 16-05-2026
Due to construction works at the original building of the Komische Oper,
in the Schilldertheater Berlin.
Stage Director: Ewelina Marciniak
Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke
Eric
JURENAS
April 2025 ,
SEASON 25/26 Announcement
Olga Neuwirth
<Orlando>
GUARDIAN ANGEL
Komische Oper Berlin
German Premiere: 16-05-2026
Mezzosoprano
NATHALIE MITTELBACH,
a highly valued member of the
ensemble at Theater Bremen,
makes her role-debut as
EMILIA
in Verdi's "Otello".
Her 2nd Verdi-part after
a highly acclaimed
EBOLI
in "Don Carlo",
which she also performed at
Theater Osnabrück.
Future commitments in Bremen see among others the World-Premiere
"Wellen"
by
Elmar Lampson
Nathalie
MITTELBACH
13-04-2025 ,
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
Verdi
<Otello>
EMILIA
Theater Bremen
Countertenor
ERIC JURENAS
overtakes the
ALTO-PART
in
Pergolesis's "Stabat Mater"
at the
Baroque Holy Week
accompanied by the
Santa Fe Pro Musica
Baroque Ensemble,
with
Stephen Redfield at the violin
and conducting.
The concert takes place at 4:00PM
at the
First Presbyterian Church.
Eric
JURENAS
12 & 13-04-2025 ,
OVERTAKING on a short call
Pergolesi
<Stabat Mater>
ALTUS
Santa Fe Baroque Holy Week
Baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
returns to the
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
to embody CONTE ALMAVIVA
in Mozart's
"Le Nozze di Figaro"
in a production, in which he also already sang FIGARO.
His last part in Wiesbaden was SNOWMAN in
S. N. Eichberg's "Oryx & Crake",
that was nominated as "Best World-Premiere" at the International Opera Awards.
His future commitments include,
next to concerts and art-song-recitals,
his return to the
Irish National Opera
for 2 debuts in works by Slavian composers.
More information after the press confrerence of INO.
Benjamin
RUSSELL
12-04-2025 ,
REVIVAL-PREMIERE
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
CONTE ALMAVIVA
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Mezzosoprano
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA
makes her roe-debut as
MARIA
at Volkstheater Rostock
in "Der Steppenwolf",
an opera with music by Viktor Åslund
and a libretto by Rainer Lewandowski,
which was world-premiered at 08.05.2026 at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg.
Performances until 08-05-2025
Conductor: Eduardo Browne Salinas
Director: Vera Nemirova
April 17th, the composer himself will conduct his work.
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
12-04-2025 ,
PREMIERE
Viktor Åslund/Rainer Lewandowski
<Der Steppenwolf>
MARIA
Volkstheater Rostock
Soprano
MARTHA EASON
overtakes in the B-PREMIERE
of R. Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier"
at Staatstheater Karlsruhe
the part of
SOPHIE,
which she has performed in the
production by Andreas Homoki already at the
National Opera in Prague.
Conductor: GMD Georg Fritzsch
Martha
EASON
12-04-2025 ,
B-PREMIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
SOPHIE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Young tenor
KATLEHO MOKHOABANE,
a new member of the ensemble at
Staatstheater Wiesbaden,
where he already performed TAMINO in Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte>,
today will add a new Mozart-part
to his repertoire:
DON BASILIO
in <Le Nozze di Figaro>
Conductor:
Le McFall
Stage Director:
Uwe Eric Laufenberg
As Conte Almaviva,
as guest:
Benjamin Russell
Katleho
MOKHOABANE
12-04-2025
REVIVAL PREMIERE / DEBUT
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
DON BASILIO
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
During the rehearsals for his
Role & House-Debut
as
OBERON
in Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
at Oper Graz,
countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
headed back to Poland
to perform 2 compositions of
<Stabat Mater>;
by Vivaldi & Pergolesi,
in the Silesian Philharmony in Bytom.
Conductor: Yaroslav Shemet
Opening with Britten in Graz:
10-05-2025
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
11-04-2025
Pergolesi & Vivaldi
<Stabat Mater>
ALTUS
Śląska Orkiestra Kameralna
Filharmonia Sląska. Bytom. PL
Austiran TV-channel
ORF II.
will broadcast
Monteverdi's
<L'Orfeo>
from the Mozartwoche 2025
performed in the Haus für Mozart
with
countertenor
ERIC JURENAS
as
LA SPERANZA,
which he performed in this production already at the Semperoper Dresden.
With Rolando Villazón as Orfeo.
L'Arpeggiata
Christina Pluhar
Stage Director: Nikolaus Habjan
Eric
JURENAS
SAVE THE DATE - 24-05-25
Monteverdi
<L'Orfeo>
LA SPERANZA
Mozartwoche Salzburg
TV Broadcast, ORF II.
Soprano
ELENA BEZGODKOVA
again overtakes on a short call
the part of
LISA
in Caikovsky's
"Pikowaja Dama",
at Theater Freiburg,
South Germany,
where she already helped before
saving performances.
Condcutor: Ektoras Tartanis
Stage Director: Peter Carp
Elena
BEZGODKOVA
11-04-2025 ,
JUMP-IN on SHORT CALL
Cajkovsky
<Pikowaja Dama>
LISA
Theater Freiburg
Soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
bows out as stunning, in terms of singing and acting,
ADELE
in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus"
"... Anastasiya Taratorkina made her
mark with her carefree joy of playing
and her vocal brilliance..."
The next Derniere in Karlsruhe will be
April 17th, bowing out as ŒNONE
in Lemoyne's "Phèdre".
And 04-05-2025, she will make her house-debut at the
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
as SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier"
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
10-04-2025 ,
Derniere
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ADELE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Baritone
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
starts with rehearsals for the
title role of Caikovsky's
JEWGENJI ONEGIN,
which he sang 10 years ago
at Theater Kiel together with
Agnieszka Hauzer as Tatyana.
Premiere at the
Staatstheater Karlsruhe:
24-05-2025
Conductor: Johannes Willig
Director: Olivia Fuchs
Tomohiro
TAKADA
April 2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
Caikovsky
<Jewgenji Onegin>
ONEGIN
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tenor
RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA
bows out as
ALFRED
in
Johann STrauß "Die Fledermaus",
for which he was praised by the press as
"beautiful singing and
excellently acting".
At the Nationaltheater Mannheim,
where he is a memebr of the ensemble, his future commitments include, among others, his debuts as RINUCCIO
& UN VENDITORE di CANZONETTE
in Puccini's "Il Trittico",
which will open May 18th,2025
in the OPAL, Oper am Luisenpark
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
08-04-2025 ,
Derniere
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ALFRED
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade"
with
countertenor MELIL LI
in the part of LICIDA,
performed at the
Royal Opera House
in a production by the
Irish National Opera
was nominated as
"Best new production".
Unfortunately, the production
was not chosen for the award,
but it was already a great honour
to have been nominated.
Congratulations to the production
"Festen" by the Royal Opera House.
Meili Li's upcomming commitments
will lead him, among others,
with Monteverdi to the
Opera Copenhagen,
and with Händel on a tour with the English Concert to the USA, including the Carnegie Hall,
Meili
LI
06-04-2025 ,
OLIVIER AWARD Ceremony
Nomination <Best New Production>
Vivaldi <L'Olimpiade>
LICIDA
Royal Opera House / INO
Soprano
JIHYUN CECILIA LEE
bows out as LARA LECHNER
in Eggert's
"The last conspiracy".
At Staatshteater Augsburg,
where she at the moment
is a highly celebrated FIODILIGI
in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte"
Press about her Lara Lechner:
"... With seductive soprano attack Jihyun Cecilia Lee as Lara Lechner..."
"....This time, Jihyun Cecilia Lee
explores the more dramatic side
of her lyrically grounded soprano,
and together with (...) makes a combative swashbuckling duo..."
bows
Jihyun Cecilia
LEE
06-04-2025 ,
Derniere
M. Eggert
<Die letzte Verschwörung>
LARA LECHNER
Staatstheater Augsburg
Tenor
SUNG MIN SONG,
who performed
Beethoven's IX. SYMPHONIE
already many times,
is looking forward to the concert with
the NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska
and the
Chór Filharmonii im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Krakowie
in the Concert-Hall of
Polska Filharmonia Narodowa
in Warsaw,
conducted by
Christoph Eschenbach.
Sung Ming SONG's next opera commitment will be
LUIGI in Puccini "Il Trittico"
at Nationaltheater Mannheim,
where he is a member of the ensemble
Sung Min
SONG
06-04-2025 ,
ORCHESTRA & HALL-DEBUT
Beethoven
<IX. Symphonie>
TENOR
Filharmonia Narodowa Warszawa
coloratura MARTHA EASON
overtakes today the part of
ADELE
in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus"
at the Badisches
Staatshteater
Karlsruhe,
instead of the planed
Anastasiya Taratorkina,
who will perform the Derniner, April 10th.
Currently Martha Eason
also is the bithcy and funny ERIS
in"Oprheus & die Zauberharfe",
an enchating opera for children with music by Monteverdi, Mozart, Gluck, Haydn, Händel, Offenbach, a.o.
From April 12th on, she also will perform SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier", hwich she already sang in Prague this season.
Martha
EASON
05-04-2025 ,
instead of A. Taratorkina
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ADELE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Today,
bariton
KS TOMOHIRO TAKADA
bows out as
Dr. FALKE
in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus"
at the Badisches Staatshteater
Karlsruhe, where he urrently also
is a highly celebrated
HERR von FANINAL
in R, Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier",
And 24-05-2025, he will make his
role-debut in the TITLE-ROLE
of Caikovsky's
JEWGENJI ONEGIN
KS Tomohiro
TAKADA
05-04-2025 ,
For the last time
j. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
Dr. FALKE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Radio-Broadcast with
Countertenor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
as
FARNACE
in Mozart's
"Mitridate, Re di Ponto"
on Polskie Radio 2.
The concert was recorded at the
Festival Opera Rara Kraków,
Feb 8th, 2025.
The Capella Crakoviensis was conducted by
Philippe Jaroussky
Rafal
TOMKIEWICZ
05-04-2025 ,
RADIO BROADCAST
Mozart
<Mitridate, Re di Ponto>
FARNACE
Festival Opera Rara
Jihyun Cecilia
LEE
05-03-2025 ,
REVIVAL PREMIERE
Gluck
<Orpheus & Euridice>
EURIDICE
Staatstheater Augsburg
The highly acclaimed production of Gluck's "Orpheus & Euridice" at Staatstheater Augsburg, a digital-innovative project, that even was subject in the New York Times is back on stage again. Soprano JIHYUN CECILIA LEE, who at the moment also performs a fabulous FIORDILIGI in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", again will embody EURIDICE. Conductor: Ivan Demidov Director: André Bücker photo: Jan-Pieter Fuhr
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
04-04-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Mozart
<Cosi fan tutte>
FERRANDO
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM bows out as fabulous FERRANDO in the great production of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where Beomjin A. Kim will make another Mozart-debut in 2025/26. More information after the press conference, May 9th. Stay tuned... and in the meantime enjoy Beomjin A. Kim as ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in "Der Rosenkavalier" and soon as ALFREDO in "La Traviata"
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
02-04-2025 ,
REVIVAL-PREMIERE
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ALFRED
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA returns to stage as ALFRED in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus", called by the press "a tenor with a beautiful voice and very funny" in a production by the Nationaltheater Mannheim. This time, the performances will take place in the OPAL the new replacement theatre during the construction work at the main building. photo: Christian Kleiner
Linda
BALLOVA
03-04-2025 ,
REVIVAL-PREMIERE
R. Strauss
<Salome>
SALOME
Nárdoni Dívadlo Brno
Soprano LINDA BALLOVA returns to stage in the title part of Richard Strauss' SALOME at the National theatre Brno, for which she was highly praised in the press as: " the ideal representative of the 'sixteen-year-old princess SALOME with the voice of Isolde". Conductor: Marko Ivanović, Ondrej Olos Director: David Radok photos: Marek Olbrzymek
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
April 2025 ,
CD RELEASE / NAXOS
Händel
<La Resurrezione>
CLEOFE
Intern. Händel Festspiele Halle
NAXOS released the 2nd CD recorded during the International Händel Festival 2023: Händel's "La Resurrezione" with countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ as CLEOFE Festspielorchester der Händelfstspiele Halle Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi
Tomohiro
TAKADA
30-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
FANINAL
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA makes his roledebut as FANINAL in the new production of R. Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he is a valued member of the ensemble, and where he also will embody the title part of ONEGIN. Performances (double casted) until 19-06-2025 Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Andreas Homoki
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
30-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER
Staatsstheater Karlsruhe
Tenor BEOMJIN KIM performs once more the part of ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER, wich he already sang with huge success at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, in the new production of R. Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he is a new member of the ensemble, Performances (double casted) until 19-06-2025 Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Andreas Homoki
LiangLiang
ZHAO
30-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUTs
R, Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
NOTAR & KOMMISAR
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Young Bass LIANGLIANG ZHAO makes his debuts as NOTAR & KOMISSAR in the new production of R. Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he is a member of the ensemble, and also performing in Nabucco, Aida and the kid's opera "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe". LiangLiang Zhao is single casted. Performances until 19-06-2025 Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Andreas Homoki
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
29-03-2025 ,
JUMP-IN on SHORT CALL
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
SUSANNA
Semperoper Dresden
Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA is thrilled to overtake on a short call one of the favourite parts, SUSANNA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Semperoper Dresden. Having studied in Dresden, Mrs. Taratorkina has a special connection to Dresden and to the Semperoper, where she made her house-debut alongside Rolando Villazon as Euridice in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" last season. SUSANNA also brought her to the Oper Frankfurt and the Staatstheaters in Wiesbaden & Meiningen
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
March 2025 ,
Bursary Recipient
of the
International
OPERA AWARDS
"nquisitive and intelligent artist"
Countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF is an inquisitive and intelligent artist, who made his operatic debut at the tender age of 12 years as 1. KNABE in Mozart’s "Zauberflöte". Since then, he sang numerous concerts, and performed at the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, the Oper Wuppertal and the Nationaltheater Weimar & often at TV AVRATROS. In 2024 his 1st Solo-CD was released. Upcoming: "Peer Gynt" by Jüri Renvere at Stadttheater Bremerhaven, and TOLOMEO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare" at Nationaltheater Mannheim.
Sara-Maria
SAALMANN
27-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Ballet with live music
<ZORBAS>
Co-production of Theater Erfurt
& Landestheater Eisenach
Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN sings as only soloist at the ballet-premiere "Zorbas", a co-production of Theater Erfrut and the Landestheater Eisenach. 4 Performances until 25-05-25 Conductor: Markus Huber Choreography: Jorge Pérez Martínez
Mikołaj
BOŃKOWSKI
29-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Jake Heggie
<Dead Man Walking>
GEORGE BENTON / GUARD I,
Landestheater Flesnburg
Bass-Baritone MIKOŁAJ BOŃKOWSKI. makes her role-debuts as GEROGE BENTON & PRISON GURAD I. in the premiere of Jake Heggie''s "Dead Man Walking" at the Schleswgi-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg, wehre he is a member of the ensemble. 9 Performances until 08-07-25 Conductor: Martynas Stakionis & Avishay Shalom Director: Felix Seiler
Anna
GRYCAN
29-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Jack Heggie
<Dead Man Walking>
JADE BOUCHER
Landestheater Flensburg
Young Mezzosoprano, ANNAY GRYCAN currently a member of the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg makes her role-debut as JADE BOUCHER in the today's premiere of Jake Heggie''s "Dead Man Walking". 9 Performances until 08-07-25 Conductor: Martynas Stakionis & Avishay Shalom Director: Felix Seiler
Leila
SCHÜTZ
27-03-2025 ,
SALON-CONCERT
French Compoeser
<Song-Recital>
Paino: Bella Schütz
Semaine Orphée Musique Paris
During the Semaine Orph[ee Musicale in PAris. painist Bella Schótz will perform every evening a concert, Solo. with Chamber Music. and one of them will be a Song-Recival with works by French composers with her sister. Soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ; currently a member at the opera-studio at Volkstheater Rotock
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
26-03-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Lehár
<Die Lustige Witwe>
VALENCIENNE
Opernhaus Zürich
After a highly successful run, called by the press "lively and hilarious", soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA bows out as VALENCIENNE in Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe" at the Opera Zürich. Her next hous-debut leads her to the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, where she will embody SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" Premiere: 04-05-2025
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
25-03-2025 ,
Start of Rehearsals / Debut
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
OBERON
Oper Graz
Countertenor RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ begins with rehearsals for this first ever part in an opera by Benjamin Britten: OBERON in "A Midsummernight's Dream", making his house-debut at Oper Graz Premiere: 10-05-2025
Zinzi
FROHWEIN
24-03-2025 ,
Start of Rehearsals / House Debut
Kurt Weill
<Der Zar läßt sich photografieren>
DIE FALSCHE ANGELE
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN rehearses as DIE FALSCHE ANGÈLE in Kurt Weill's "Der Zar lässt sich photographieren", which will be shown together with "Die sieben Todsünden", in a cross-genre production at Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern. Premiere & House-Debut: 04-05-2025
Elena
BEZGODKOVA
24-03-2025 ,
Start of Rehearsals
Offenbach
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
ANTONIA
Staatstheater Oldenburg
Soprano ELENA BEZGODKOVA begins with rehearsals as ANTONIA in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Staatstheater Oldenburg, where she will make her house-debut in stage direction by Angela Denoke Premiere: 26-04-2025
Barbara
SENATOR
23-03-2025 ,
DEBUT in REVIVAL PREMIERE
Wagner
<Die Walküre>
SIEGLINDE
Theater Dortmund
Soprano BARBARA SENATOR makes her role-debut as SIEGLINDE in the revival of Wagner's "Die Walküre" at Theater Dortmund, where she already was a celebrated RACHEL in "La Juive". From 18-05-2025, she will perform in Dortmund als GUTRUNE in Wagner's "Die Götterdämmerung"
Sara-Maria
SAALMANN
22-03-2025 ,
REVIVAL PREMIERE
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
CHERUBINO
Staatstheater Meiningen
Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN returns to stage as ively, charming, adorable CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Staatstheater Meiningen, where she is a highly valued member of the ensemble, and currently also in "Castor & Pollux" and "Jekyll & Hyde", to name only a few.
Jihyun Cecilia
LEE
22-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Mozart
<Cosi fan tutte>
FIORDILIGI
Staatstheater Augsburg
SopranoJIHYUN CECILIA LEE is making her long awaited r ole-debut as FIORDILIGI in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" at the Staatstheater Augsburg, where she is am ember of the ensemble, also performing Gluck's EURIDICE, ROMILDA in Händel's "Serse" and parts in contemporary operas by Moritz Eggert and Augusti Charles.
Soprano MARTHA EASON performs the part of ERIS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe", an opera for children and adults, who still wear a child in themselves, with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Telemann, Graun, Haydn, a.o., which she already emboedied at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. Conductor: Giuseppe Barile Director: Ch. von Bernuth Libretto: Staphenie Twiehaus photo: Felix Grünschloß
Martha
EASON
21-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE
Monteverdi, Gluck, Telemann, etc.
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>
ERIS
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
21-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Gluck, Monteverdi, Graun, etc.
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>
ORPHEUS
Staatsstheater Karlsruhe
Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM makes his debut as beautiful singing ORPHEUS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe", an opera for children and adults, who still wear a child in themselves, with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Telemann, Graun, Haydn, a.o. Conductor: Giuseppe Barile Director: Ch. von Bernuth Libretto: Staphenie Twiehaus photo: Felix Grünschloß
LiangLiang
ZHAO
21-03-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Gluck, Monteverdi, Hadyn, etc.
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>
PLUTO
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Young Bass LIANGLIANG ZHAO makes his debut as powerful-voiced and terrifying God of the underworld PLUTO in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe", an opera for children and adults, who still wear a child in themselves, with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Telemann, Graun, Haydn, a.o. Conductor: Giuseppe Barile Director: Ch. von Bernuth Libretto: Staphenie Twiehaus photo: Felix Grünschloß
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
20-03-2025 ,
CONCERT
Händel
<Belshazzar>
CYRUS
Capella Cracoviensis / Ch, Pluhar
Countertenor RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ works again with Capella Cracovienis. where he recently was a celebrated FARNACE in Mozart's "Mitridate" with Ph. Jaroussky conducting; and with Christina Pluhar, with whom he performed Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo". With CYRUS in Händel's "Balshazzar", Mr Tomkiewicz is adding a new piece to his repertoire.
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
18-03-2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
Jüri Reinvere
<Peer Gynt>
GRINSEKATZE & LUFTGEIST
Stadttheater Bremerhaven
Young contertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF starts with rehearsals for the German-speaking world-premiere of Jüri Reinvere's "Peer Gynt" at Stadttheater Bremerhaven, where he will make his house May 3rd, 2025
Benjamin
RUSSELL
17-03-2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
CONTE ALMAVIVA
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL returns to the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, to perfom again the part of CONTE ALMAVIVA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", in a production, in which he also sang the part of FIGARO during the last season. Revival-Premiere: 12-04-2025
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
17-03-2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
SOPHIE
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA starts rehearsals as SOPHIE in R. Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" at Aalto Musiktheater Essen, where she will make her house-debut May 4th, 2025. As Sophie, she already enchanted the public at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where she overtook the never before sang, long and challenging, part with only 2 weeks rehearsals.
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
16-03-2025 ,
TV - ORF - ERLEBNIS BÜHNE
Rossini
<La Cenerentola>
ANGELINA
Oper Graz
Young Mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA today as ANGELINA in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" at Austrian TV ORF III. A performance at Oper Graz, where Ekaterina overtook the part in her 1st jump-in ever, over night, managing also a trip of 1100 km from Rostock to Graz at the day of the performance. What an achievement! But more - her perfect singing and acting in the unknown production
Benjamin
RUSSELL
16-03-2025 ,
CONCERT & DEBUT
<Song-Recital>
Vaugn Williams
Robert Schumann
Festival der Stimmen
Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL performs excerpts from Vaughn Williman's "Songs of Travels", Robert Schumann's "Liederkreis, op. 39" and his "Dichterliebe, op. 48" at the in spring annual recurring Festival der Stimmen Liechtenstein. The concert, accompanied by Evgenia Fölsche at the piano, takes place in the Guido-Feger-Saal in Triesen.
Arminia
FRIEBE
15-03 & 16-03-2025 ,
CONCERT & DEBUT
Verdi
<Messa da Requiem>
SOPRANO SOLO
Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern
Sooprano ARMINIA FRIEBE sings for the first time the challenging SOPRANO-PART in Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" at the Pfakztheater Kaiserslautern, where she at the moment also is a celebrated CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". Both under the baton of Daniele Squeo.
Leila
SCHÜTZ
13-03-2025 ,
CONCERT & DEBUT
<Culori Sonore>
Mozart
Konzertarien
Filarmonica de Stat Oradea
Young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ, currently a member of the Volkstheater Rostock, is making her debut t the Filharmonica de Stat Oradea, performing Mozart Concert-Arias in the Concert "Culori Sonore". A speciala pleasure for the young singer is, that her sister, pianist Bella SChütz in the same concert performs Chopin's Piano Concerto nu.1 in e-mol. What a highly talented family!
Meili
LI
OLIVIER AWARDS NOMINATION
<L'Olimpiade>
LICIDA
Co-production by ROH London
Irish National Opera
Irish Baroque Orchestra
06-04-2025, Royal Albert Hall
Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" with countertenor MEILI LI, a co-production of the Royal Opera House London & the Irish National Opera are nominated at the OLIVIER AWARDS as "Best New Opera Production". In 2022, Vivaldi's "Tamerlano" by the same producers with countertenor ERIC JURENAS won the "Outstanding Achievement in Opera-Award". The Award ceremony takes place april 6th, 2025 in the iconic Royal Albert Hall. Fingers crossed!!!
Eric
JURENAS
Staatsoper Hamburg
2025/26 season revealed
HOUSE-DEBUT
Olga Neuwirth
WORLD-PREMIERE
<Monster's Paradise>
TUCKEY
01-02-2026
After having created already the part of GUARDIAN ANGEL in Olga Neuwirth's "Orlando" at the Wiener Staatsoper, in the 25/26 season, countertenor ERIC JURENAS will not only add a new part to his wide repertoire, TUCKY, but also make his House-Debut at the Staatsoper Hamburg in the newest Neuwirth-opera, "Monster's Paradise". Premiere: 01-02-2026 Director: Tobias Kratzer Conductor: Titus Engel
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
08-02-2025 ,
PREMIERE & DEBUT
Schrecker
<Der Schmid von Gent>
EIN KNAPPE & TENOR-SOLO
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSKTA makes his role-debuts as EIN KNAPPE & TENOR-SOLO in the today's premiere of Franz Schrecker's "Der Schmied von Gent", which will be played in the OPAL, the rpelacement theatre of National theater Mannheim during the rebuilding. DConductor: Jānis Liepiņš Stage Director: Ersan Mondtag
Peter
SCHÖNE
07-03-2025 ,
JUMP-IN on short call
P. Abraham
<Roxy & ihr Wunderteam>
TORMANN JANI HATSCHEK
Landestheater Flensburg
Baritone PETER SCHÖNE, experienced in Priva-Vista-Reading and in overtaking parts on a short call, today saves the performance of Paul Abraham's "Roxy und ihr Wunderteam" at Landestheater Flensburg as Goalkeeper JANI HATSCHEK. This performance makrs his debut at the theatre, conduted by GMD Harish Shankar
