SUMMER
VACATION
THEATRE-SEASON's BREAK
ALL YOU NEED pmn
&
all its artists are wishing you
a great summer,
a wonderful vacation-time
&
a relaxing theatre-season's break!
(photo: André Post Photography
<Fines Terrae - El Tablado - La Palma)
Relax .... but don't miss:
RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ's
Role & Festival-Debut
as
ORESTE
in Tommaso Traetta's
<Ifigenia in Tauride>
at the
Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik
Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck
Les Talens Lyriques
Conductor: Christophe Rousset
Direction: Nicola Raab
Photos: FRONT: Finis Terrae El Talblado - La Palma Canarias Tenerife Spain MOUSEOVER: Eibsee and Zugspitze in the light of the early May sun Bavaria, Germany André Post Photography Fine Art Prints
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
09-08-2025 ,
GALA-CONCERT
Masterclass with
Kirsten Schötteldreier
Gut Eibenhof
"Staying still is going bacakwards" The BEST, to whomINA belongs after only 3 seasons in the business, performing in Zürich, Dreden, Bonn, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Meiningen, Basel, etc. and since 24"75 as member of the ensemble in Karlsruhe, know, and therefore, the young soprano starts her theatre-free-time with the Masterclass "The Art of Singing" with the internatinoally renowned coach KIRSTEN SCHÖTTELDREIER
Victora
KUNZE
Aug 2025,
WELCOME
to AYNpmn
New Coloratura Soprano
25/26, a.o. VIOLETTA
We are looking forward to the new collaboration with coloratura soprano VICTORIA KUNZE Currently is a member of the ensemble at Stadttheater Bremerhaven, in the 2025/26 season she will perform, a.o. VIOLETTA VALERY in Verdi's "La Traviata", LINETTA in Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges" & COMTESSE STASI in Kálmán's "Die Csárdásfürstin"
Lena
GEIGER
01-08-2025 ,
DERNIERE
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ROSALINDE
Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim
Young soprano LENA GEIGER bows out as ROSALINDE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at the Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim. For her debut in this demanding part, she received reviews such as: "... Lena Geiger is a Rosalinde whose soprano still shines confidently even in the most awkward registers..." Conductor: Dirk Kaftan
Sung Min
SONG
27-07-2025 ,
<Castle in flames>
Festive opera gala with synchronised fireworks
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Mannheim Palace
Tenor SUNG MIN SONG ends the 2024/25 season together with other soloists and the orchestra of the Nationaltheater Mannheim with a festive opera gala with synchronised fireworks in the colourfully illuminated cour d'honneur of Mannheim Castle. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Brignoli
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
July 2025 ,
The IVC s'Hertogenbosch
International Voice Competition
announced the
11 FINALISTS
of 70 applications
in the category
<Theatre in Song>
Final Rounds: 28. & 29-08-2025
Theater aan de Parade
Young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF & his pianist Pieter Bogaert are more than thrilled to be chosen as one of 11 FINALISTS at the International Voice Competition s'Hertogenbosch. In The category "Theatre in Song" they will perfom their program "A Farewll to Arms " The finals will take place at the Theater aan de Parade s'Hortogenbosch The Netherlands
Lena
GEIGER
24-07-2025 ,
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ROSALINDE
Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim
Young soprano LENA GEIGER is making her debut as ROSALINDE in Johann Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at the Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan Stage Direction: Dominik Wilgenbus As Frosch: famous German actress Katharina Blaschke
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
20-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
G.F. Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
TOLOMEO
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Already Derniere for young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF as TOLOMEO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare"; a production by the Nationaltheater Mannheim, performed in the beautiful baroque-theatre at Schloß Schwetzingen. "...Young Dutch countertenor Gerben van der Werf gave a fulminant Tolomeo with high vocal ability and compelling portrayal..."
Lena
GEIGER
We are thilled to
WELCOME
soprano Lena Geiger
to the ALL YOU NEED pmn-Family!
With immediate effect,
the young soprano
is represented with a
World-Wide General Management
by AYNpmn
Studies: Conservaotry of Music Freiburg & Conservatory of Music Sydney. Agathe in Weber's "Der Freischütz" with Schlossfestspiele Ettlingen RITA in Donizetti'ss "Rita" with Rathausoper Konstanz ROSALINDE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" with Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim In conservatory: FIORDILIGI in Mozart's "Così fan tutte", POLLY in Kurt Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper", SUOR GENOVIEFFA in Puccini's "Suor Angelica" 25/26 - AGATHE at Oper Köln (children's version)
Lena
GEIGER
24-07-2025 ,
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
ROSALINDE
Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim
Young soprano LENA GEIGER is making her debut as ROSALINDE in Johann Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at the Junge Oper Schloß Weikersheim. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan Stage Direction: Dominik Wilgenbus As Frosch: famous German actress Katharina Blaschke
Gerben
VAN DER WERF
20-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
G.F. Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
TOLOMEO
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Already Derniere for young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF as TOLOMEO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare"; a production by the Nationaltheater Mannheim, performed in the beautiful baroque-theatre at Schloß Schwetzingen. "...Young Dutch countertenor Gerben van der Werf gave a fulminant Tolomeo with high vocal ability and compelling portrayal..."
Anna
GRYCAN
19-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
J. Strauss
<Die Fledermaus>
PRINZ ORLOFSKY
Schl-Hol. Landestheater
Young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN says sad good bye to PRINCE ORLOFSKY in Johann Strauß's operetta "Die Fledermaus", which she loved to sing and play in many performances at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg, to which she will return in the 25/26 season, a.o. for Poluenc's "Les Dialoges des Carmélites", as already "The Bat", also in stage director by Hendrik Müller
Hendrik
MÜLLER
19-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
J. Strauß
<Die Fledermaus>
STAGE DIRECTION
Schl.-Hol. Landestheater
Derniere of J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" in a highly celebrated stage-direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg, where he hold the position of an Opera-Director, and in the 25/26 season will put on stage Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" & Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmélites"; and at Theater Osnabrück, Verdi's "Macbeth"
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
17-07-2025 ,
START of REHEARSALS
Tommaso Traetta
<Ifigenia in Tauride>
ORESTE
Les Talens Lyriques : Ch, Rousset
Innsbrucker Festwochen
Start of rehearsals for countertenor RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ. who will make his role debut as ORESTE in Tommaso Traetta's "Ifigenia in Tauride". which also marks his Festival-Debut at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik. as well as his debut with Les Talens Lyriques Conductor: Christophe Rousset Stage Director: Nicola Raab Performances: 27-08-2025. & 29-08-2025
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
13-07-2025 ,
CONCERT
Mozart
<Requiem Aeternam>
TENOR
Badische Staatskapelle
Christuskirche Karlsruhe
BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM sings the SOLO-TENOr-PART in Mozart's "Requiem Aeternam", which will be performed in the Christuskirche Karlsruhe, accompanied by the Badische Staatskapelle with the Cantus Juvenum Choir, conducted by Georg Fritzsch and Marcus Raiser at the organ. This concert marks Beomjin A. Kim's last appearance in the current season. In 25/26, he will embody a.o. DON OTTAVIO in Mozart's "Don Giovanni"
Merlin
WAGNER
13-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Diverse
<Von Thalia geküsst>
PETER HERZENBRUCH
Oper Wuppertal
Revival: 13-09-2025
Tenor MERLIN WAGNER bows out as PETER HERZENSPRUNG in "Von Thalia geküßt" - a revue about town Wuppertal, in stage directed by the Artistic Director Rebekah Rota herself; but only for this season. In 25/26 the highly popular production will be back on stage of Oper Wuppertal from 13-09-2025. In addition, Merlin Wagner, member of the ensemble perform a.o. HEXE in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel"
Vera
EGOROVA
13-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Diverse
<Von Thalia geküsst>
FRIEDA RIEMER
Oper Wuppertal
Revival: 13.09.2025
Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA bows out as FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia geküßt" - a revue about the town Wuppertal, in stage directed by the Artistic Director Rebekah Rota herself; but only for this season. In 25/26 the highly popular production will be back on stage of Oper Wuppertal from 13-09-2025. In addition, Vera Egorova part-time member of the ensemble will perform a.o. MUTTER in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel"
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
13-07-2025 ,
CONCERT & DEBUT
Mozart
<Requiem Aeternam>
SOPRANO
Badische Staatskapelle
Christuskirche Karlsruhe
Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA performs for the first time Mozart's "Requiem Aeternam", which will be performed in the Christuskirche Karlsruhe, accompanied by the Badische Staatskapelle with the Cantus Juvenum Choir, conducted by Georg Fritzsch and with Marcus Raiser at the organ. This concert marks Anastasiya Taratorkina's last appearance in the current season; but she already rehearses for her debut as ALPHISE in Rameau's "Les Boréades". Premiere: 04-10-25
Steven
EBEL
11-07-2025 ,
CONCERT
J. Strauß & A. Sullivan
<Die Fledermaus>
<The Mikado>
<Musik in Baden-Baden>
Rathaus Baden-Baden
On occasion of the 200th anniversary of walz-king Johann Strauss, tenor STEVEN EBEL sings ALFRED in "Die Fledermaus" in the City-Council of Baden-Baden, in the series "Music in Baden-Baden", as well as excerpts from A. Sullivan's "The Mikado"
Arminia
FREIEBE
11-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
E. W. Korngold
<Die tote Stadt>
MARIETTA
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE bows out as "spendid" MARIETTA in Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt" at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she is a member of the ensemble and in the 25/26 season will embody MIMI in Puccini's "La Bohème" and DONNA ELVIRA in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", as well as sing in concerts.
Martha
EASON
10-07-2025 ,
SONG-RECITAL
<The Artist’s Way:
Love, Struggle and Creation>
Kleines Haus
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Soprano MARTHA EASON & tenor B. Sprague, with Alison Luz at the piano, are showing in songs by a.o. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, Jake Heggie or Libby Larsen, the consecutive chapters of the (artist's) life: the urge to shape life and work, seeking and finding inspiration in nature, in faith or in love, fighting with and rebel against expectations and structures and yet always have the end of the journey in sight.
Hendrik
MÜLLER
10-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE for 24/25
Kurt Weill
<The Touch of Venus>
STAGE DIRECTION
Landestheater Flensburg
Derniere of Kurt Weill's "The Touch of Venus" in stage direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg. But the highly praised production will be back in the 25/26 season, with performances from 25-10-2025 until end of January 2026.
Zinzi
FROHWEIN
10-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
K. Weill
>Der Zar läßt sich photo....>
DIE FLASCHE ANGÉLE
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
Soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN bows out at Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern as DIE FALSCHE ANGLÉLE in Kurt Weill's "Der Zar lässt sich photographieren", which she embodied with huge success and critically acclaim. From the 25/25 season, Mrs Frohwein will join the ensemble at Nationaltheater Mannheim, singing a.o. SYLVA in Kálmán's "Die Csárdásfürstin", PAMINA & 1. DAME in Mozart's "Zauberflöte" and covering ELSA in Wagner's "Lohengrin".
Zinzi
FROHWEIN
09-07-2025 ,
ENCOUNTERS
with new members
of the ensemble
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Foyer OPAL/ Oper am Luisenpark
Meeting of friends and supporters of the NTM. Guest in July is the soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN, who from 25/26 on will be a permanent member of the Nationaltheater Mannheim opera ensemble and sing in seven productions, including SYLVA VARESCU in Kálmán's "Die Csárdásfürstin", PAMINA & 1. DAME in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", GRETEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" & the cover of ELSA in Wagner's "Lohengrin"
Martha
EASON
08-07-2025 ,
Start of Rehearsals
J.-Ph. Rameau
<Les Boréades>
SÉMIRE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Soprano MARTHA EASON starts with rehearsals for Rameau's "Les Boréades", in which she will embody the part of SÉMIRE; a role, she already performed at the Olednburgisches Staatstheater. Premiere: 04-10-2025 8 Performance until 07-03-2026 Stage Direction: Christoph von Bernuth Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
08-07-2025 ,
Start of Rehearsals
J.-Ph. Rameau
<Les Boréades>
ALPHISE
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Soprano ANASTASOYA TARATORKINA starts with rehearsals for her role-debut as ALPHISE in Rameau's "Les Boréades" which , after her overwhelming success as ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phédre" marks her 2nd part in a French baroque opera- Premiere: 04-10-2025 8 Performance until 07-03-2026 Stage Direction: Christoph von Bernuth Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
06-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
D. Cimarosa
<L'impresario in angustie>
GELINDO SCAGLIOZZI
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Lyric tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA bows out as GELINDO SCAGLIOZZI in the highly amusing production of Domenico Cimarosa's L'impresario in angustie" at Nationaltheater Mennheim, where Mr. Helbig-Kostka is a member of the ensemble, and in 2025/26 will embody a.o. TAMINO in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", DON OTTAVIO in "Don Giovanni" and BEPPE in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci"
Merlin
WAGNER
06-07-2025 ,
DERNIERE
Kamala Sankaram
<Thumbprint>
FAIZ/POLIZIST/REPORTER.....
Oper Wuppertal
Young Mezzosoprano, ANNAY GRYCAN currently a member of the ensemble at Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg bows out as JADE BOUCHER in Jake Heggie''s "Dead Man Walking". But until 19-07-2025, she still can be seen and heard as, by the press highly praised, ORLOFSKY in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus"
Today,
soprano
ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA
bows out as
SOPHIE
in Richard Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
at the
Aalto Musiktheater Essen.
But she will be back
in one of her favourite parts,
which she already embodied
at
Staatstheater Wiesbaden,
from 3rd of May 2026
on the stage of the
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe,
in stage direction
by Andreas Homoki.
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
06-07-2025
DERNIERE
R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
SOPHIE
Aalto Musiktheater Essen
In the today's
Song-Matinée
by Opera Collective Ireland
Baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
performs
Dominick Argentos's
<The Andrée Expedition>
&
Vuaghan Wiliams'
<Songs of Travel>
accompanied at the piano
by Gery Beecher
at the
Huge Lane Gallery in Dublin.
Benjamin
RUSSELL
06-06-2025,
SONG-RECITAL / Matinée
<Sundays at Noon>
Opera Collective Ireland
V. Williams & D. Argento
High Lane Gallery Dublin
ZERBINETTA / Ariadne auf Naxos
KATHI / Im WEißen Rössl
MORGANA / Alcina
GERTRUDE / Ophelia (WP)
VIOLETTA / La Traviata
ADELE / Die Fledermaus
NORINA / Don Pasquale
AMANTE / Il Tabarro
SUOR GENOVIEFFA / Suor Angelica
LAURETTA / Gianni Schicchi
ORTLINDE / Walküre
KONSTANZE / Entführung a.d. Serail
JOHANNA BARKER / Sweeney Todd
PAMINA / Die Zauberflöte
&
OLYMPIA, ANTONIA,
GIULIETTA & STELLA
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
From the 25/26 season,
LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK,
than based in Dresden,
will work freelance
Liudmila
LOKAICHUK
06-07-2025
Salut & Good-bye, Saarbrücken!
After 4 seasons, 19 parts,
8 concerts & song-recitals
Mrs Lokaichuk bows out at the
Saarlänidsches Staatstheater
We are thrilled to announce,
that
Netherlands composer
MONIQUE KRUS
signed with
DONEMUS PUBLISHING
A new chapter for the composer,
praised for her The colourfoul compositions,
which encompass opera,
music theatre,
lieder, chambermusic,
works for choir, music for media.
Since her first opera,
saw its premiere, her compositional focus has shifted more towards live music, of which opera and vocal music form the biggest part.
Her last huge success was
Her huge successes include a.o.
<Anne & Zef> & <De Piratenkoningin>
Monique
KRUS
July 2025
CONGRATULATIONS!
Composer Monique Krus
signs
with
DONEMUS
Countertenor
RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ
returns to the
Château de Versailles Spectacles,
where he made his debut in a
<Les 3 Contre-Ténors> Concert
earlier this season,
to sing for the first time the part of
LA VIRTÚ
in Vivaldi's
<La Senna Festeggiante>
in the indescribably beautiful
Théatre de la Reine,
the private theatre of Marie-Antoinette
L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
de Versailles
Conductor:
Gaëtan Jarry
Stage Director:
famous Belgian actress
Hande Kodja
Rafal
TOMKIEWICZ
05-07 & 06-07-2025
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
Vivaldi
<La Senna Festeggiante>
LA VIRTÚ
Château de Versailles Spectacles
A warm summer evening,
the wonderful atmosphere
in the arcaded courtyard
of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais,
roaring orchestral sounds,
the Chorphilharmonie,
dedicated to the most beautiful choruses from the world of opera
and of course
mezzosoprano
VERA EGOROVA
with known opera-arias
by among others Verdi.
A little Arena di Verona feeling
in the Bavarian Unesco-Town
Regensburg.
After the summer,
Mrs EGOROVA
will perform again at the
Oper Wuppertal,
where she is a part-time-member
of the ensemble
Vera
EGOROVA
05-07-2025
CONCERT
<Opera sotto le stelle>
Italian Opera Arias
Chorphilharmonie Regensburg
Thon-Dittmer-Palais Regensburg
Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM
bows out as
ORPHEUS
in
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>,
a wonderful opera, not only for children with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Mozart, Offenbach, Händel, a.o.
Due to the huge success, the
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
plans, to bring the amusing and also touching production
written by
Stephanie Twiehaus
and Christoph von Bernuth,
who also is responsible
for the stage direction,
back on stage in 25/26 or 26/27.
July 13th, BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM
can be heard the last time
in this season, making his debut
with Mozart's <Requiem>
Beomjin Angelo
KIM
04-07-2025
DERNIERE
Händel, Gluck, Mozart, etc.
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>
ORPHEUS
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
Soprano
MARTHA EASON bows out as nasty
ERIS
in
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>,
a wonderful opera not only for kids with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Mozart, Offenbach, Händel, a.o.
Due to the huge success, the
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
plans, to bring the amusing and also touching production
written by
Stephanie Twiehaus
and Christoph von Bernuth,
who also is responsible for the stage direction,
back on stage in 25/26 or 26/27.
July 10th, MARTHA EASON
will perform the song-recital
<The Artist's Way: Love,
Struggle & Creation>
Martha
EASON
04-07-2025
DERNIERE
Händel, Gluck, Mozart, etc.
<Orpheus & die Zauberharfe>
ERIS
Staatstheater Karlsruhe
In the todays derniere of
Gounod's <Faust>
mezzosoprano
VERA EGOROVA
bows out as
MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN
at
Oper Wuppertal,
to which she will return in the
2025/26 season
to perform among others
MUTTER GERTRUD
in Humperdinck's
<Hänsel & Gretel>
&
FRIEDA RIEMER
in
<Von Thalia geküsst>
a Wuppertal-Revue
Vera
EGOROVA
01-07-2025
DERNIERE
Gounod
<Faust>
MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN
Oper Wuppertal
Young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
says
"Servus, Bye-Bye"
and bows out as a member of the
opera-studioat Oper Graz,
where she performed parts such as
DESPINA in Mozart's <Cosi fan tutte>, CLORINDA in Rossini's
<La Cenerentola> or a highly acclaimed TYTANIA in Britten's
<A Midsummernight's Dream>.
From the 25/26 season,
Ekaterina Solunya will join the
ensemble of Oper Graz,
making her debuts as
ILIA
in Mozart's <Idomeneo, re di Creta>
&
GILDA
in Verdi's <Rigoletto>
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
Juli 2025
Servus! Good-bye,
Opera-Studio!
From 25/26 on
member of the ensemble at
Oper Graz
Young countertenor
GERBEN VAN DER WERF
makes his
Role & House-Debut
as
TOLOMEO
in Händel's
<Giulio Cesare>
in a production by the
Nationaltheater Mannheim
in the beautiful baroque-theatre
of
Schloß Schwetzingen
Conductor:
Paul Agnew
Stage Director:
Lucía Astigarraga
8 Performances:
01-07-2025 until 20-07-2025
Gerben
VAN der WERF
01-07-2025
PREMIERE & Role & House DEBUT
Händel
<Giulio Cesare>
TOLOMEO
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Tenor
RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA
sings a.o.
Ernesto's aria
from Donizetti's <Don Pasquale>
in the GALA-CONCERT
of the
Nationaltheater Mannheim,
featuring the choir of the theatre
and several soloists.
The Donation-Gala,
organised in cooperation with the
Wagner Society,
will collect money for the sets of
<Lohengrin>,
which will be shown in the 25726 season
and which urgently needs money after
the dramatic cuts of subsidies
in all German theatres
Rafael
HELBIG-KOSTKA
29-06-2025
SUMMER-CONCERT
Donations-Gala in cooperation
with the Wagner Society
Chorus & Soloists of the
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Tenor
SUNG MING SONG,
currently an ensemble-member at the
Nationaltheater Mannheim,
sings in the
Farewell-Gala-Concert
for GMD Andreas Hotz
a.o. works by Verdi and Dvořák.
at
Theater Osnabrück,
where Mrs Song
highly successfully
performed the parts of
ALFREDO
in Verdi's
<La Traviata>
&
PRINCE
in Dvořák's
<Rusalka>
Sung Min
SONG
28-06-2025
FAREWELL CONCERT
for
GMD Andreas Hotz
Verdi, Dvořák, etc.
Theater Osnabrück
After baritone
PETER SCHÖNE
already bowed out as a member
of the ensemble at the
Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken,
today,
he ends 2024/25 with his last appearance in the current season
with
Carl Orff's
<Carmina Burana>
in an open-air concert
at the Seebühne Frankfenfaldsee
in Bavarian Lichtensee
Hofer Symphoniker
Conductor:
Arn Goerke
From the 25/26 season on,
Mr. Schöne will join the
ensemble of Staatsoper Hannover
Peter
SCHÖNE
29-06-2025
CONCERT
Carl Orff
<Carmina Burana>
Hofer Symphoniker
Seebühne am Frankfenfaldsee
Today, young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
bows out in the part of
TYTANIA
in Britten's
<A Midsummernith's Dream>
for which she was celebrated
by the press as
"brilliant - a revelation"
etc.
From the 25/26 season,
Mrs Solunya
will switch from the opera-studio
to the ENSEMBLE at OPER GRAZ,
making her debuts as
GILDA
in Verdi's <Rigoletto>
&
ILIA
in Mozart's <Idomeneo>
photo: Werner Kmettisch
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
28-06-2025
DERNIERE
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
TYTANIA
Oper Graz
Today, countertenor
RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ
bows out in the part of
OBERON
in Britten's
<A Midsummernith's Dream>
for which he was celebrated
by the press as
"outstandin - with never too sharp voice - with vocal and acting top performance"
etc.
Mr. Tomkiewicz ends his 24/25 season
with his role-debut as
LA VIRTÚ
in Vivaldi's <La Senna Festeggiante>
with L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles
at
Théâtre de la Reine
de Châteu de Versailles
photo: Werner Kmettisch
Rafał
TOMKIEWICZ
28-06-2025
DERNIERE
Britten
<A Midsummernight's Dream>
OBERON
Oper Graz
Tenor
SUNG MING SONG,
currently an ensemble-member at the
Nationaltheater Mannheim,
sings in the
Farewell-Gala-Concert
for GMD Andreas Hotz
a.o. works by Verdi and Dvořák.
at
Theater Osnabrück,
where Mrs Song
highly successfully
performed the parts of
ALFREDO
in Verdi's
<La Traviata>
&
PRINCE
in Dvořák's
<Rusalka>
Sung Min
SONG
28-06-2025
FAREWELL CONCERT
for
GMD Andreas Hotz
Verdi, Dvořák, etc.
Theater Osnabrück
Actor
GERRY HUNGBAUER
returns to the stage of
Theater Lüneburg
to make his role debut as
FÜRST LEOPOLD MARIA
von und zu LIPPERT-WEYLERSHEIM.
Gerry Hungbauer is a very known actor in Germany, having severd for many years as one of the major roles
in the TV series "Red Roses",
broadcasted every day on ARD.
Stage Direction:
Holger Potocki
Conductor:
Gaudens Bieri
Performances:
28-06-2025,
and then again from
02-10-2025
Gerry
HUNGBAUER
28-06-2025
PREMIERE & ROLE-DEBUT
Kálmán
<Die Csárdásfürstin>
FÜRST LEOPOLD
Theater Lüneburg
Today, young soprano
EKATERINA SOLUNYA
bows out in the part of
the nasty sister
CLORINDA
in Rossini's <La Cenerentola>
at Oper Graz,
where she is a member of the
Opera-Studio.
From the 25/26 season,
she will be a full member
of the ensemble,
making her debuts as
GILDA
in Verdi's <Rigoletto>
&
ILIA
in Mozart's <Idomeneo>
photo: Werner Kmettisch
Ekaterina
SOLUNYA
26-06-2025
DERNIERE
Rossini
<La Cenerentola>
CLORINDA
Oper Graz
After a highly successful jump-in
as
ANGELINA
in Rossini's
<La Cenerentola>
earlier in the season,
making her house-debut at
Oper Graz,
mezzosoprano
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA,
who can be seen in this production
also on Austrian TV ORF II.,
today again overtakes one of her favourite parts
in the beautiful Opera Graz.
From the 25/26 season on,
EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA
will be a member of the ensemble
at
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar,
performing CHARLOTTE in <Werther>
&
ROSINA in <Il Barbiere di Siviglia>
Ekaterina
ALEKSANDROVA
26-06-2025
JUM-IN on SHORT CALL
Rossini
<La Cenerentola>
ANGELINA
Oper Graz
After only 3 performances,
baritone
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
allready bows out in the
title-part of Wagner's
<Der Fliegende Holländer>
in the 20th anniversary performance
at the
Hyogo Arts Center
Conductor:
Yutaka Sado
Stage Director:
Michael Temme
Last performance with
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe
07-07-2025
JEWGENiJ ONEGIN
KS Tomohiro
TAKADA
26-06-2025
DERNIERE /
R. Wagner
<Der fliegende Holländer>
HOLLÄNDER
Hyogo Performing Arts Center
After many performances
of
Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte>
at
Landestheater Linz,
tonight, soprano MORGANE HEYSE
bows out as
KÖNIGIN der NACHT,
which she also has performed in noumerous other theatres,
among others in Tokyo.
Also in the 25/26 season,
Morgane Heyse will remain a member of the ensemble in Linz,
performing among others
SOPHIE in R. Strauss
<Der Rosenkavalier>
and
GABRIEL in Mike Svoboda's
<Adam & Eva>
which Morgane Heyse created in the world-premiere
at the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
in May 2025
Morgane
HEYSE
25-06-2025
DERNIERE
Mozart
<Die Zauberflöte>
KÖNIGIN DER NACHT
Landestheater Linz
Today, baritone
PETER SCHÖNE
not only bows out in the parts of the
4 VAILLAINS
in Offenbach's
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>,
- for which he was hailed
by the press as
"brilliant", "intense"
and
"never heard before like this from
a singer in the 21st century" -
but also as a member of the ensemble
at
Staatstheater Saarbrücken,
where he spent 8 highly successful seasons with thrilling parts in operas, operettas and even musicals.
From the 25/26 season on,
he will switch to the
Staatstheater Hannover.
Peter
SCHÖNE
21-06-2025
DERNIERE & FAREWELL
Offenbach
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
4 VILLAINS
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Soprano
LIUDMILA LoKAICHUK
singing for the last time
OLYMPIA, ANTONIA,
GIULIETTA & STELLA
in Offenbach's
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
- for which she as hailed by the press as "highlight", "star of the performance",
"outstanding" and "brilliant" -
at the
Staatstheater Saarbrücken,
where she still can be heard as PAMINA
in Mozart's <Die Zauberflöte>
until end of the season.
From 25/26 on, Mrs Lokaichuk
will live in Dresden
and work freelance,
performing among others
VIOLETTA VALERY
in Verdi's <La Taviata>
at Theater Osnabrück
Liudmila
LOKAICHUK
22-06-2025
DERNIERE
Offenbach
<Les Contes d'Hoffmann>
OLYMPIA/ANTONIA/GIULETTA.....
Staatstheater Saarbrücken
Baritone
BENJAMIN RUSSELL
bows out as
CONTE ALMAVIVA
in Mozart's
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
at the
Hessisches Staatstheater
Wiesbaden,
where he enjoyed performing
this part, based on Donald Trump,
for several seasons.
In 25/26, he mainly will be heard and seen in Ireland, singing concerts in a.o. Wexford, making his role-debuts as FORRESTER in Janáček's <The cunning little vixen>
& KEEPER in Dvořák's "Rusalka"
and covering SHARPLESS in Puccini's <Madama Butterfly>
all at the Irish National Opera
Benjamin
RUSSELL
21-06-2025
DERNIERE
Mozart
<Le Nozze di Figaro>
CONTE ALMAVIVA
Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Soprano
ANASTASYIA TARATORKINA
has reached the
FINALS
of the International Hans Gabor Balvedere Singing Comeptition,
which this years will take place at
THEATRE BERN
Applications: 773
Contestants in the finale rounds
in Switzerland: 136
Finalists: 13
We are holding fingers cross
&
wishing Anastasiya,
the winner of the 1. Prize and the
Public-Award at 70th International
ARD Competition in Munich
a huge
🍀🍀🍀
Anastasiya
TARATORKINA
21-06-2025
FINALS
of the
International Hans Gabor
Belvedere Singing Competition
Bühnen Bern
Soprano
ARMINIA FRIEBE
makes her role-debut
in the part of
MARIETTA
in Korngold's
<Die tote Stadt>
at
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern,
where she is a member of the ensemble and celebrated already huge successes as a.m. CIO-CIO SAN
in Puccini's <Madama Butterfly>, ELISABETH in Wagner's <Tannhäuser> and ELISABETH in Verdi's <Don Carlo>
Stage Direction:
Tomo Sugao
Conductor:
Daniele Squelo
Performances until .
25th January 2026
Arminia
FRIEBE
21-06-2025
PREMIERE & DEBUT
W. Korngold
<Die tote Stadt>
HOLLÄNDER
MARIETTA
Tenor
MERLIN WAGNER
makes his role-debuts
as
FOLD / POLICEMAN
REPORTER / RESIDENT
in
Kamala Sankaram's
chamber-opera
<Thmbprint>
Libretto by Susan Yankowitz
based on the true story
by Mukhtar Mai
Conductor:
Bonnie Wagner
Stage Director:
Katharina Kastinger
Performances until
06-07-2025
Merlin
WAGNER
20-06-2025
FINALS
of the
<Thumbbprint>
FALZ,/POLICEMAN/REPORTER...
Oper Wuppertal
Baritone
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
will make his role-debut
in the title-part of Wagner's
<Der Fliegende Holländer>
in the 20th anniversary performance
of the
Hyogo Arts Center
The performance takes place
in the
KOBELCO Grand Hall
Conductor:
Yutaka Sado
Stage Director:
Michael Temme
Last performance with
TOMOHIRO TAKADA
at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe
07-07-2025
JEWGENiJ ONEGIN
KS Tomohiro
TAKADA
20/23/26-06-2025
DEBUT / 20th ANNIVERSARY GCH
R. Wagner
<Der fliegende Holländer>
HOLLÄNDER
Hyogo Performing Arts Center
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
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
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
