However you are sepdning your summer: in the mountains, at the sea, at a lake, on a river, with reading books, watching movies, with or without sports, hiking, biking, swimming, peddeling, bungee-jumping, climbing, with BBQ or vegan - with or without music - may it be marvellous and relaxing and fill your batteries with new energy for the New Season!

Young tenor KATLEHO MOKHOABANE, last season a celebrated TITO in Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" at the Wiener Staatsoper, is very pleased to have been invited as one of the Star-Guests" at "Stars in Gars" with General and ARtistic Director, tenor Clemens Unterreiner, Violinist Lidia Baich, soprani Mariam Battistelli and Hila Fahima, mezzosoprano Annely Peebo and the Austrian Pop-Folk-Singer Chris Steger at Festival Burg Gars; a renowned Austrian Festival. Next to TITO in Vienna, KATLEHO MOKHOABANE also shoe at his "home-theater", The Wiesbaden State Theatre, in parts like FERRANDO in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" or ALFREDO in Verdi's "La Traviata". Conductor in Gars: Michal Juraszek

NEW LOOK - NEW PHOTOS of young soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA, member of the ensemble at Oper Graz, where she in the 26/27 season will make her debuts as MUSETTA in Puccini's "La Bohème", 4. MAGD in R. Strauss "Elektra", and II. ELF in Dvořák's "Rusalka" & again will be the "beautiful voiced, funny and playful acting" DESPINA in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" . Photographer: Dari Valetova See all photos of the photoshooting at her website: www.AYNpmn-Ekaterina-Solunya.blogspot.com

Young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ creates the title-part of ROSE SHOSHANA in the WORLD-PREMIERE of "Rose Shoshanan Kahan - togbukh" at the annual returning Yiddish Summer in Weimar. *Togbukh* by Rose Shoshanan – a Jewish story set in Shanghai. Rose Shoshanan, a celebrated actress, emigrated with her family to Shanghai, the only remaining refuge for Jews; however, she reached it only with her husband, without her three children.... In her new home, she not only built a new life for herself as an actress and trader, but was also a keen and observant chronicler of her ‘new world’. She recorded all her observations and experiences in a diary, from which Dr Diana Matut and Dr Alan Bern have now created a one-woman play. Leila Schütz, not only a singer, but also a studied musicologist ( Sorbonne) and a studied - and often awarded - violinist, will, next to her commitments as a singer, study STAGE DIRECTION in Vienna from Sep. 2026. Musical Direction / Piano / Accordeon: Dr. Alan Bern Musicians: Ilya Gindin, Lisa Hoppe, Mark Kovnatskiy, Nora Thiele Stage Direction: Maximilian Löwenstein Visuals: Mirella Frenzel, Maximilian Stilke, Vanessa Könemund Performances: 02-08-2026 & 06-08-2026

Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA is very pleased about an additional commitment in the 26/27 season: in the role of Tamino in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", he will make not only his Theatre-debut but also his Country-debut at the Jerusalem Opera in Israel. Further commitments for 26/27 include his House-debut as BEPPE in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" at the Darmstadt State Opera, and his residence-contract at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, where he among others will debut as DON RAMIRO in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" and again will emobdy TAMINO and THE SILLY HATTER in Valtinoni's "Alice in Wonderland"

MARTHA EASON is highly pleased to return to one of her favourite parts: SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier", making her House-debut at the Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern in stage director by AYNpmn-Artist Hendrik Müller and under the baton of GMD Daniele Squelo. Sophie already brough Martha Eason to the Natioinal Opera Prague and the Karlsruhe State Theatre, to which she will return in 26/27 for her role-debut as FIAKERMILLI in R. Strauss "Arabella"; as well as for the revivals of AVIS in Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers", SÉMIRE in Rameau's "Les Boréades" and as by the press highly acclaimed BESS in Missy Mazzoli's "Breaking the Waves".

Bass-Bariton MIKOŁAJ BOŃKOWSKI, a member of the ensemble at the Flensburg Theatre, is very pleased about his additional guest-commitment at Augsburg State Theatre, where he will make his house-debut and his role-debut as WURM in Verdi's "Luisa Miller". The 2026/27 season at his Home-Theatre in Flensburg in North- Germany, close to the Danish border, sees his debuts as KASPAR in v. Weber's "Der Freischütz", COLLINE in Puccini's "La Bohéme", STAREK in Janáček's "Jenufa" in stage direction by opera-director, AYNpmn-artist Hendrik Müller and as SIMON STRIKE & SPIDER in Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde".

Young mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA KOßBAU is delighted and proud about her 3rd AWARD at the International Vocal Competition Cloe Elmo at Castello di Copertino / Italy. She was 1 of 10 finalists, who convinced the jury - Enrico Tricarico, Dionigi d'Ostuni, Simona Gubello, Franceso Ruespo, Mila Soldatic, Daniela Schirinzi - among others with CHARLOTTE's aria from "Werther" by Massenet

After a wonderful 25/26, including commitments at the Irish National Opera, his debut with Schubert's "Die Winterreise" and the "Bella Voice-Award" at the Bolko von Hochberg Duo-Song-Competition, the season ends with yet another fabulous piece of news: from 26/27 on, baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL will be a member of the Darmstadt State Theatre, where he will appear as SILVIO in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", PAPAGENO in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte". FALKE in Johann Strauß "Die Fledermaus", as well as in parts in Britten's "Peter Grimes" and Giordano's "Andrea Chénier". Furthermore, with the long awaited (dream-)part of BECKMESSER in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", end of the season, BENJAMIN RUSSELL will make his role & house-debut at the Longborough Opera Festival.

CONGRATULATIONS to our young, Ukrainian soprano EVELINA LIUBONKO for winnig the part of LINDORA in Niccolo Piccini's "Le Donne Vendicate" at the International Singing competition Barocco Europeo with Vivica Genaux as Head of the Jury. The production will be shown ​Sep. 15th & 16th, 2026 in the Teatro Verdi in Gorizia & Sep. 17th 2026 at the Teatro Miela in Trieste, in collaboration with the Società dei Concerti di Trieste; as a part of the Faro della Musica Festival. JURY: Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) Roberto Scaltriti (bass) Riccardo Doni (conductor, Estrovagante Ensemble) Edoardo Bottacin (Teatro Sociale di Rovigo) Marco Seco (Società dei Concerti di Trieste) Donatella Busetto (Competition Organizer) Cesare Scarton (Director) Daniela Goldoni (Music Critic, OperaClick)

CONGRATULATIONS, coloratura-soprano EVELINA LIUBONKO for winning the "Special Jury-Award" at the International SUMI JO Singing Competition in France. JURY: Sumi Jo, Oliver O. Medinger (Président of the jury and in the photo with E. Liubonko), Melanie Allmendinger, Marcelo Alvarez, Jonathan Friend, Paolo Gavazzeni, Alain Lanceron "....Soprano EVELINA LIUBONKO convinced with her soft tone and her vocal brilliance..."

AYNpmn is delighted to welcome the young, Ukrainian coloratura soprano EVELINA LIUBONKO; who already appeard at the Theater Bonn, the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, the Theater Erfurt, the Gluck Festspiele, the Rheingau Musikfestspiele, the Festival Alessandro Stradella or the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar In concerts, she collaborated with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchester, the INSO Lviv Orchester, the Symphony Orchestra of Filharmonie Zielonogórska, the Lemberg Art Orchester, the Symphony Orchestra of the Khmelnytsky Philharmonic, the Ensemble Mare Nostrum, the Thüringer Philharmonie Gotha, the Radio-Symphonieorchester of MDR Leipzig, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin. EVELINA LIUBONKO hold diplomas from the National Music Academy in Lviv and the Music Conservatory Franz Liszt in Weimar. She completed her education at the Opera Academy “Coloratura Opera Lab” at the Lviv National Opera, in the Europa Chor Akademie in Görlitz, at the Académie Baroque du Périgord Noir and the Akademie für Alte Musik in Graz.

AYNpmn is thrilled to welcome young German conductor INA STOERTZENBACH, Principal Conductor of the ABACO Orchester München to the agency. INA STOERTZENBACH studied conducting with Marcus Bosch and Georg Fritzsch in Munich and Organ & Sacral-Music in Freiburg. She was recipient of the Humperdinck Fellowship at Theater Neubrandenburg/Neustrelitz, where she conducted many performances and concerts; among others Weber's "Der Fresichütz", Mozart's "Bastien & Bastienne", J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" or Oscar Strauß "Ein Walzertraum". She was Musical Assistent at the OH! Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, the Münchener Biennale, the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, the Kammerphilharmonie Bayreuth and, with Daniel Hope, the Belgrade Chamber Orchestra; assisting among others at Poulenc’s "Dialogues des Carmélites", Verdi’s "Don Carlo" & "Giovanna d’Arco", Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" and "Xochiyaoyotl" von Maximiliano Soto Mayorga. Furthermore, Ina Stoertzenbach was 1 year cantor of the Ev. Ludwigskirche Freibur, leading concerts with the Freiburger Kantorei, the musicians of the SWR Symphonieorchester & the Freiburger Barockorchester, with works such as Haydn’s "Nelson-Messe" or Graun’s "Der Tod Jesu". For 1 year, she also was Musical Assistant the the Akademischer Chor & Orchester at University Stuttgart, leading numerous rehearsals and concerts, among others at an tour in Korea, Taiwan & Hong-Kong. Additionally, she collaborated with themStuttgarter Philharmoniker, the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock and the Orquestra Simfónica de les Illes Balears; and performed in projects with the Bundesschulmusikorchester, Junge Norddeutsche Philharmonie, Junges Ensembles Berlin u.a. Mahler’s I. Symphonie As a versatile artist, INA STOERTZENBACH also was initiator of many projects, including the "Beethovenreihe" with the Ensemble LouisE Freiburg or the Chamberopera-production of Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" with the MikroOrchester München INA STOERTZENBACH was a scholarship-holder of the Frauen-Förder-Stipendium der HfM Freiburg & of the Deutschlandstipendium.

AYNpmn is very pleased to welcome the young Austrian soprano ANNINA WACHTER to the agencie's roster. A member of the ensemble at Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, she recently enchanted as ZERBINETTA in R. Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos", ADELE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" or HERMIONE in Händel's/Ziepert's "Oreste". The 26/27 season ses her Role-Debuts OSCAR in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera", DONNA ANNA in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and FRASQUITA in Bizet's "Carmen". "... ANNINA WACHTER deserves praise for her virtuoso portrayal of Zerbinetta. Far from being a mere ‘chirping machine’, she is a person with heart and charm who, with her rich soprano voice and steady high notes, provided an unparalleled treat for the ears. Her portrayal of the ‘Mighty Princess’ was simply fabulous..."

CD RELEASE of Charpentier's "ACTÉON - Scherzi Musicali" by Label Outhere Music, with coloratura-soprano MORGANE HEYSE, member of the ensemble at Music Theatre Linz, where she appears in parts such as KÖNIGIN DER NACHT in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", NORINA in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale", SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" or GABRIEL in der Svoboda's WORLD-PREMIERE "Adam & Eva". Cembalo & Musical Direction: Nicolas Achten Other artist on the CD: Pierre Derhet, Wei-Lian Huang, Luciana Mancini, Andrea Gavagnin, Emanuel Petracco,Andrés Soler Castraño, Ann Cnop, Shiho Ono, Beniamino Paganini, Matteo Gemolo, Lies Wyers, François Damboise, Linda Sayce

LEILA SCHÜTZ - a multi-talented artist on many fields: a studied SINGER (Wien, Rostock, Dresden), a studied MUSICOLOGIST (Sorbonne Paris), a studied - and many times awarded - VIOLINIST, from autumn 2026 on, she will start her 4th field of studies: STAGE DIRECTION at the University in Vienna ; parallel to her commitments as a singer for opera, operetta, in Song-Recitals with mainly French works and Klezmer Music. Her talent as Stage Director, LEILA SCHÜTZ already has shown with directing Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte for children" at the MuTh Wien, where she also sang the part of the KÖNIGIN DER NACHT.

mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN enjoed the time as a young mother very much, but now she is also looking very much forward to return to the stage of Meiningen State Thatre, where she, as a member of the ensemble will debut as SESTO in Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito", WELLGUNDE in Wagner's "Das Rheingold", MEG PAGE in Verdi's "Falstaff", VITIGE in Händel's "Flavio" and COSIMA in the WORLD-PREMIERE "Der Herzog & ich" by Christoph Zirngibl with texts by Titus Hoffmann. Furthermore, she will again embody PHÉBE in Rameau's "Castor & Pollux"; ap art, she was highly celebrated for by the press: ".... With passion and, at the same time, a beautiful vocal line, SARA-MARIA SAALMANN portrays Phébé, who is unhappily in love with Pollux..." ".... SARA-MARIA SAAALMANN as Phébé, delivering a brilliant vocal performance..."

Coloratura-Soprano MARTHA EASON, since 2 seasons member of the Karlsruhe State Theatre is overwhelmed receiving "The Golden Fan", the AUDIENCE AWARD of the public at Badisches Staatstheater, reached out by the Art- & Theatre-Society Karlsruhe. Even more, because 3 also very loved singers were nominated with Martha. The Awards-Cceremony took place in the New Foyer of the Staatstheater, attended by General and Artistic Director Christian Firmbach, Opera Director Christoph von Bernuth, and representatives of the Karlsruhe City and Karlsruhe’s theatre and arts community. In his laudatio, Opera Director Christoph von Bernuth praised Martha Eason for always being professional, quick, flexible, always perfectly prepared, charismatic and consistently performing at a high standard both vocally and as an actress. And - we agree! From the 26/27 season, MARTHA EASON will work freelance, but return to Karlsruhe for several revival-runs as well as for her Role-Debut as FIAKERMILLI in R. Strauss "Arabella".

Congratulations to baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL, a sought after interpreter of opera-parts, oratoria and songs, for receiving the "BELLA VOCE AWARD" at the International Bolko von Hochberg Song-Duo-Competition with René Pape as President of the Jury. Further members: Ewa Biegas - soprano, Alexander Schmalcz - accompanist Grzegorz Biegas - pianist, Bartosz Żurakowski - conductor, Romy Donath - soprano, Eleni Müller - soprano Reinhard Seeliger - conductor /organist. To mark the 100th anniversary of Bolko von Hochberg’s death, the final concert took place, exceptionally, not in Görlitz but at the Ludomir Różycki Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra ,where he presented among others songy from Schubert's "Die Wintereise" and Irish Folk Songs; which also can be heared at his CD "Cushendall -Irish Song Cycles", from critics praised for his "beyond beautiful voice and his refined interpretations" Label: SOMM Recordings

Finally on digital CD: D. Dennehy's and E. Walsh's at the Irish National Opera WORLD-PREMIERED opera "The First Child" with countertenor ERIC JURENAS as highly praised MAN: "To call ERIC JURENAS a revelation is to understate it considerably; not so much singing as challenging angels..." What pity, this fabulous production was "only" released as CD, because ERIC JURENAS also - as in every production so far - was praised for his acting skills. "... At various intervals, a demon-like voice in the form of countertenor ERIC JURENAS swoops in on proceedings. In its staged version, his character is a nameless MAN who struts about the stage and seems to relish Karen’s downfall. The spectacular glissandi in his aria ‘Could the moon decide to leave me there’ are a vocal tour de force, brilliantly executed on this recording..." Listen to the Digital CD at among others: Spotify Presto Music