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Künstleragentur Artists Agency Agentur Agency ALL YOU NEED personal management nicolai AYNpmn Jolanta Nicolai Oper Konzert Opera Concert Menu Connecting People in Music & Art HOME ARTISTS NEWS News Archive Contact Close aynpmn@icloud.com Past Events ALL YOU NEED pmn & all its artists are wishing you a great summer and a relaxing holiday time. We are looking forward to seeing you again in the New Season 2025/26! 13-07-2025 Vera EGOROVA Derniere - mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA bows out as FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia geküßt" - a Wuppertal revue", 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 . In addition, Vera Egorova part-time member of the ensemble will perform a.o. MUTTER in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" LINK THEATRE 13-07-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM makes his debut with Mozart's "Requiem Aeternam", accompanied by the Badische Staatskapelle. The concert takes place in the Christuskirche Karlsruhe, 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 makes his debutas as a.o. DON OTTAVIO in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and CHEVALIER de la FORCE in Poulenc's "Dialoges des Carmélites" and embody again ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" and BEPPO in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci". LINK THEATRE 13-07-2025 Anastasiya TARATOÄRKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her debut with Mozart's "Requiem Aeternam", accompanied by the Badische Staatskapelle in the Christuskirche Karlsruhe, Choir: Cantus Juvenum Conductor: Georg Fritzsch with Organ: Marcus Raiser 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 LINK THEATRE 11-07-2025 Steven EBEL 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". LINK THEATRE 11-07-2025 Arminia FRIEBE 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 a.o. MIMI in Puccini's "La Bohème" and DONNA ELVIRA in Mozart's "Don Giovanni", as well as sing in concerts. LINK THEATRE 10-07-2025 Martha EASON SONG-RECITAL "The consecutive chapters of the (artist's) life", with soprano MARTHA EASON & B. Sprague & Alison Luz at the piano; who will be performing works by a.o. Barber, Vaughan Williams, Britten, Jake Heggie or Libby Larsen, "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...." The song-recital takes place in the small theatre of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe LINK THEATRE 10-07-2025 Hendrik MÜLLER Derniere for 24/25 of Kurt Weill's "One 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. LINK THEATRE 10-07-2025 Zinzi FROHWEIN Soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN bows out at the Pfalztheater 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 of the Nationaltheater Mannheim, singing a.o. SYLVA VARESCU in Kálmán's "Die Csárdásfürstin", PAMINA & 1. DAME in Mozart's "Zauberflöte", GRETEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel", BERAT in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", ANNA in Verdi's "Nabucco", and covering ELSA in Wagner's "Lohengrin". LINK THEATRE 09-07-2025 Zinzi FROHWEIN Artists meet the "Friends & supporters" of the Nationaltheater Mannheim. Guest in July is 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", CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" & the cover of ELSA in Wagner's "Lohengrin" LINK THEATRE 08-07-2025 Martha EASON Coloratura-soprano MARTHA EASON starts with rehearsals as SÉMIRE in Rameau's "Les Boréades" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe, which she already embodied highly successfully at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. the production even was on the cover ot magazine Opernwelt. Premiere: 04-10-2025 8 Performance until 07-03-2026 Stage Direction: Christoph von Bernuth Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi LINK THEATRE 08-07-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA starts with rehearsals for her role-debut as ALPHISE in Rameau's "Les Boréades". After her overwhelming success as ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phédre", this production at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe 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 LINK THEATRE 06-07-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA 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". LINK 06-07-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA bows out as SOPHIE in Richard Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Aalto Musiktheater Essen. But she will be back in this part, 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. LINK THEATRE 06-07-2025 Monique KRÜS In the today's Song-Matinée, organised 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 The concert takes place at the Huge Lane Gallery in Dublin. LINK HLG 05-07-2025 Rafał TOMKIEWICZ Countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ returns to the Château de Versailles Spectacles for his debut as LA VIRTÚ in Vivaldi's "La Senna Festeggiante" in the indescribably beautiful Théatre de la Reine, the private theatre of Marie-Antoinette. Earlier in the season, Mr. Tomkiewicz made his debut in Versailles with an acclaimed 2Les 3 contre-ténors". L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles Conductor: Gaëtan Jarry Stage Director: famous Belgian actress Hande Kodja LINK CHÁETAU de VERSAILE SPECTACLES 05-07-2025 Vera EGOROVA OPERA sotto le STELLE with mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA and the Chorphilharmonie. Regensburg. A warm summer evening in the courtyard of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais Regensburg, a little bit feeling of Arena die Verona in the Bavarian Unesco-Heritage town Regensburg. A concert, dedicated to the most beautiful choruses from the world of opera by Verdi & Co. LINK CHOIR July 2025 Monique KRÜS Composer MONIQuE KRÜS signs with DONEMUS, one of the world's leading publishers of Dutch music. With this, a new chapter begins for Monique Krüs, who's work arise praised as "colourfoul music", which encompass opera, music theatre, lieder, chamber-music, works for choir, music for media. Since her first opera, "God’s Videotheque", saw its premiere, her compositional focus has shifted more towards live music, of which opera and vocal music form the biggest part. Her huge success include a.o. "Anne & Zef" & "De Piratenkoningin". LINK DONEMUS 04-07-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM Lyric tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM bows out as ORPHEUS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe" at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where his last appearance for this season will be Mozart's "Requiem". Oprheus & the magic harp is a wonderful opera, not only for children with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Mozart, Offenbach, Händel, a.o. Due to the huge success, the theatre 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. LINK THEATRE 04-07-2025 Martha EASON Coloratura-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. at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Due to the huge success, the theatre 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", before preparing her role-debut as VIOLETTA VALÉRY in Verdi's "La Traviata" in South-Korea. LINK THEATRE 01-07-2025 Vera EGOROVA DERNIERE of Gounod's "Faust" with mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA as MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN at Oper Wuppertal, to which she will return in the 25/26 season as MUTTER GERTRUD in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia geküsst - a Wuppertal Revue". LINK THEATRE Juli 2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA CONGRATULATIONS, young EKATERINA SOLUNYA! From 2025/26 season on, she will join the ensemble at Oper Graz, where she was a member of the opera-studio, performing parts such as DESPINA in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", CLORINDA in Rossini's "La Cenerentola", EIN JUNGER HIRTE in Wagner#s "Tannhäuser" or a highly acclaimed TYTANIA in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream. In 25/26, she will make her debuts as ILA in Mozart's "Idomeneo" and GILDA in Verdi's "Rigoletto.". More soon at: www.AYNpmn-Ekterina-Solunya.blogspot.com LINK THEATRE 01-07-2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF Young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF makes his Role & House-Debut as TOLOMEO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare". The production by Nationaltheater Mannheim will be shown in the beautiful baroque-theatre at Castle Schwetzingen. Conductor: Paul Agnew Stage Director: Lucía Astigarraga 8 Performances: until 20-07-2025 LINK THEATRE 29-06-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA In the Donation-Gala-Concert for the sets of Wagner's "Lohengrin", organised by the Nationaltheater Mannheim and the Richard-Wagner-Verband Mannheim, Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA sings a.o. Ernesto's aria from Donizetti's "Don Pasquale". Due to drastic cuts in subsidies for all German theaters, such actions have unfortunately become necessary. LINK THEATRE 29-06-2025 Peter SCHÖNE LAST appearance in 24/25 for baritone PETER SCHÖNE : Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" in an open-air concert at the Seebühne Frankfenfaldsee the in Bavarian town Lichtensee. He will perfom together with the Hofer Symphoniker under conductor Arn Goerke. From the 25/26 season on, Peter Schöne will switch from the ensemble of the State Theatre Saarbrücken to the bigger State Theatre Hannover . LINK ORCHESTRA 28-06-2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA Servus, good-bye, opera-studio! Today, young soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA not only bows out as TYTANIA in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream" at Oper Graz, for which she was celebrated as "revellation", but also as a member of the opera-studio, where she, among others, embodied highly successfully CLORINDA in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" and DESPINA in Mozart's "Cosí fan tutte" From the 2025/26 season on, she will be a member of the ensemble at Oper Graz, making her debuts as ILIA in Mozart's "Idomeneo" and GILDA in Verdi's "Rigoletto". photo: Werner Kmettisch LINK THEATRE 26-06-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA 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 Mr. Song highly successfully performed the parts of ALFREDO in Verdi's "La Traviata" & PRINCE in Dvořák's "Rusalka". LINK THEATRE 28-06-2025 Gerry HUNGBAUER Premiere - Actor GERRY HUNGBAUER returns to the stage of Theater Lüneburg to make his role debut as FÜRST LEOPOLD MARIA von und zu LIPPERT-WEYLERSHEIM, the part with the probably longest name on all operetta plybills. Gerry Hungbauer is a very known actor in Germany, having served for many years as one of the major roles in the TV series "Red Roses", broadcasted every day on German TV ARD. Stage Direction: Holger Potocki Conductor: Gaudens Bieri Performances: 28-06-2025, and then again from 02-10-2025 LINK THEATRE 26-06-2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA Addio! Today, young soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA bows out as nasty CLORINDA in Rossini's "La Cenerentola" at Oper Graz. Her 2nd last performance as a member of the opera-studio, before she changes to the ensemble with the 26/27 season. photo: Werner Kmettisch LINK THEATRE 26-06-2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA 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. From the 25/26 season on, EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA will be a member of the ensemble at Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, making a.o. her debuts as CHARLOTTE in Massenet's "Werther" & ROSINA in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia". LINK THEATRE 26-06-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA After only 3 performances, baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA already 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 LINK THEATRE 25-06-2025 Morgane HEYSE Derniere - After many performances of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" at Landestheater Linz, coloratura MORGANE HEYSE bows out as KÖNIGIN der NACHT, which she also had performed in numerous other theatres, among others in Tokyo. Morgane Heyse will remain a member of the ensemble in Linz also in the 25/26 season, making her debuts as SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" or NORINA in "Don Pasquale" and appearing as GABRIEL in Mike Svoboda's "Adam & Eva", a part, Morgane Heyse created in the world-premiere at the Schwetzingen SWR Festival in May 2025. LINK THEATRE 21-06-2025 Peter SCHÖNE Derniere & Adieu, Saarland! 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 Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, where he has 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. LINK THEATRE 21-06-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL Derniere of Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, where baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL today bows out as CONTE ALMAVIVA, characterized as Donald Trump, with great critically acclaim for his singing and acting. 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" & GAMEKEEPER in Dvořák's "Rusalka" ; and covering SHARPLESS in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" - all at the Irish National Opera. LINK THEATRE 21-06-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASYIA TARATORKINA has reached the FINALS of the International Hans Gabor Balvedere Singing Comeptition, which this year takes 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 the 70th International ARD Competition in Munich a huge 🍀🍀🍀 LINK COMPETITION 21-06-2025 Arminia FRIEBE 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.o. 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 Squeo Performances until . 25th January 2026 LINK THEATRE 20-06-2025 Merlin WAGNER PREMIERE - Tenor MERLIN WAGNER makes his role-debuts as FOLD / POLICEMAN REPORTER / RESIDENT in Kamala Sankaram's chamber-opera "Thmbprint" at Oper Wuppertal. Libretto by Susan Yankowitz, based on the true story by Mukhtar Mai Conductor: Bonnie Wagner Stage Director: Katharina Kastinger LINK THEATRE 19-06-2025 Martha EASON Derniere of R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with coloratura soprano MARTHA EASON as SOPHIE, who today also bows out for this season. The highly acclaimed production will be back in 25/26, but then, Anastasiya Taratorkina will overtake the part of Sophie. LINK THEATRE 19-06-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM Derniere of R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM as ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER, but only for this season, because the highly acclaimed production will be back in 25/26. Beomjin Angelo Kim's last appeareance in Karlsruhe in this season will be with Mozart#s "Requiem". LINK THEATRE 19-06-2025 Kathleo MOKHOABANE 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. Conductor: Le McFall Stage Director: Franziska Angerer. And in 25/26, he will make his role-debut in the title-part of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" at the Staatsoper Wien. LINK THEATRE 18-06-2025 Agnieszka HAUZER With the today's DERNIERE of Johann Strauß "Die Fledermaus", soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER bows out as ROSASLINDE and also for the 24/25 season at Theater Kiel. Next season, she will make her role-debut as GIORGETTA & NELLA in Puccini's "IL Trittico" and perform ELISABETH in Wagner's "Tannhäuser". LINK THEATRE 18-06-2025 Nathalie MITTELBACH Today, mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITELBACH bows out as MALWINE BORK in the new piece "Waves" by Elmar Lampson at Theater Bremen. This marks her last performance of the season. In the following, she will embody SUZUKI in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". MARCHESA MELIBEA in Rossini's "Il Viaggio a Reims", FOTUNE TELLER & ABBESS in Prokofiev's "The Fairy Angel". LINK THEATRE 17-06-2025 Nathalie MITTELBACH Derniere for mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH as EMILIA in Verdi's "Don Carlo" at Theater Bremer, where she is a member of the ensemble. Stage Direction: Frank Hilbrich Conductor: Sasha Yankevytch LINK THEATRE 14-06-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA Derniere for TOMOHIRO TAKADA in the title-part of Cajkovsky's JEWGENJI ONEGIN at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. After, he will head to Japan to make his debut in the title-role of Wagner's DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the GC Center Hyogo. Jewgenji Onegin will be back in Karlsruhe from 08-02-2026. LINK THEATRE 07-06-2025 Meili LI After a highy successfull concert-tour in China, including venues in in Guangmin, Guangzou, Yiamen, Wuhan, Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai , countertenor MELIL LI and the L'Orchéstre de l'Opéra royal de Versailles ends the tour in Beijing. Meili Li / Filippo Minecchia / Samuel Mariño Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 14-06-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ 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 songs 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. LINK FESTIVAL 14-06-2025 R. TOMKIEWICZ E. SOLUNYA Due to the cruel run amok in Graz, Opera 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 and soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA as TYTANIA. Our deepest sympathoes to all involved in this tragedy 2 last performances will take place : 27-06-2025 & 29-06-2025 LINK THEATRE 13-06-2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA Due to the cruel run 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. Our deepest condolences to all in the tragedy involved. LINK THEATRE 07-06-2025 Meili LI After highy successfull concerts in Guangmin, Guangzou and Yiamen, Countertnor MEILI LI & the L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal de Versailles contunes their Château-de-Versailles-en-tour concert-tour in China. Next stops: Wuhan, Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai Meili Li / Filippo Minecchia / Samuel Mariño Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 14-06-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ 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, celebrated as simply brilliant". Other parts during her time in Rostock were AMOR in Gluck's "Orfeo & Euridice", SAND & TAUMANN in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" , KATHARINA CAVALIERI in Shaffer's "Amadeus" and INGE SCHOLL & 1st FRIEND in "Gerade sein und Mensch werden - Sophie Scholl". In addition, she sang in numerous concerts ,also geustin at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. LINK THEATRE 13-06-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL 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 LINK CHOIR 09-06-2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA Mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA performs her last premiere as member of the ensemble at Volkstheater Rostock. which also marks her 1st operetta-role: 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". LINK THEATRE 07-06-2025 Meili LI After highy successfull concerts in Guangmin, Guangzou and Yiamen, Countertnor MEILI LI & the L'Orchestre d l'Opéra Royal de Versailles contunes their Château-de-Versailles-en-tour concert-tour in China. Next stops: Wuhan, Beijing, Xi'an & Shanghai Meili Li / Filippo Minecchia / Samuel Mariño Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 09-06-2025 Anastasiya & Beomjin TARATORKINA & KiM 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 a bouquet of known melodies, like SUSANNA's aria from "Le Nozze di Figaro", Italian songs by TOSTI, Verdi's "Libiamo" from La Traviata or the famous Quartett from "Rigoletto"; sang by soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA & tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM. LINK THEATRE 07 / 08 / 09-62025 Georg BOCHOW 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, with whom he is working regularly. The performances will take place in the beautiful baroque- theatre, Goethe-Theater in Bad Lauchstädt. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner Stage Director: Tilman Hecker LINK THEATRE 01-06-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Due to the huge success and demand by the public - ADDITION PERFORMANCES of "I got rhythm, I got music" by tenor RAFAEL HELBIG KOSTKA, with music from the Golden Era from Germany and American movies; 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. LINK THEATRE 01-06-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM performs songs by Donizetti & Tosti in the Song-Recital "Longing for Italy" in the Small House of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe At the piano: Wolfgang Wichert LINK THEATRE 01-06-2025 until 14-06-2025 Meili LI 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, Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 29-05-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA, KS 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 Rameau's "Les Boréades", HEERRUFER in Wagner's "Lohengrin" JAN NYMAN in M. Mazzolin's Breaking the Waves", DEMETRIUS in Britten's A Midsummernight's Dream"; and perform again SILVIO in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci", HERR von FANINAL in R. Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" and PETER BESENBINDER in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel". Stage Director: Olivia Fuchs Conductor: Johannes Willig LINK THEATRE MAY 2025 Anna STEPANETS WELCOME BACK ON STAGE , young mezzosoprano ANNA STEPANETS! After a longer absence from singing, caused by undiscovered mould in an apartment close to the sea, we are beyond happy to see and hear this wonderful artist healthy and well and back on stage again, rehearsing for her debut as CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg, where she in 25/26 also will appear in Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmélites" & in Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance". LISTEN ... 24-05-2025 Gerben VAN der WERF 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 Castle Schwetzingen Performnaces: 01-07-2025 - 20-07-2025 Conductor: Paul Agnew Stage Director: Lucía Astigarraga LINK THEATRE 25-05-2025 Aile ASSZONYI Dramatic Soprano AILE ASSZONYI performs BRÜNNHILDE in R. Wagner's "Siegfried" in a production by the Saarländisches Staatstheater at the beautiful L'Opera Royal de Versailles Conductor: Sébstien Rouland Stage Directors: Alexandra Szemerédy & Magdolna Parditka Last performance of "Siegfried" in Saarbrücken 29-05-2025; and in 2025/26 Mrs Asszonyi will appear in the last part of "Der Ring des Nibelungen", the GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG. LINK THEATRE 25-05-2025 Peter BERGER 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 LINK THEATRE 23-05 / 24-05 / 25-05-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA 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 f 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 LINK FESTIVAL 25-05-2025 Eric JURENAS 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: "an absolute luxury cast for this role" for the same production at Semperoper Dresden, Recording from the Mozartwoche Salzburg. Haus für Mozart Salzburg, Jan 2025. L'Arpeggiata - Christina Pluhar Philharmonia Chor Wien LINK ORF MAY 2025 Rafal TOMKIEWICZ NEW COMMITMENT - Countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ will overtake the part of ORESTE in T.Traetta's 1763 in Wien premiered opera "Ifigenia in Tauride"at the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik, working for the first time with Les Telens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset. Stage Director. Nicola Raab Performances: 27-08-25 & 29-08-25 LINK THEATRE 18-05-2025 Barbara SENATOR 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 SIEGLINDEin "Das Rheingold". Conductor: Gabriel Feltz Stage Director: Peter Konwitschny LINK THEATRE 18-05-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL & pianist EVEGENIA FÖLSCHE will interpret in the matinée at Schloß Nymphenburg München a challenging program: 2 song-cycles by Robert Schumann's "Dichterliebe" & "Liederkreis, op 39" as well as selected songs from 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 LINK THEATRE 18-05-2025 Rafael HELBGI-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA, an ensemble-member at Nationaltheater Mannheim, makes his debut as RINUCCIO in "Gianni Schicchi" 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 Mannheim. Conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Stage Director: Michael Lowery Performances until 29-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 18-05-2025 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG, a member of the ensemble at Nationaltheater Mannheim, makes his debut as LUIGI 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 Mannheim. Conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Stage Director: Michael Lowery Performances until 29-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 17-05-2025 Hendrik MÜLLER DEBUT for Stage Director & Opera-Director of the SH Landestheater Flensburg with Kurt Weill's "A Touch of Venus" Conductor: Sergi Roca Bru 10 performances until 10-07-2025 Revival-Premiere in the 25/26 season LINK THEATRE May 2025 Martha EASON NEW SEASON 25/26 released at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe: Soprano MARTHA EASON, member of the ensemble, will make her debuts as TYTANIA in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream" & BESS in M. Mazzoli's "Breaking the Waves", and will perform as NEDDA in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" and UNA DONNA in Händel's "Rinaldo". furthermore, she will debut as VIOLETTA VALÉRY in Verdi's "La Traviata" in the Daegu Opera House, the partner-theatre of State Theatre Karlsruhe. LINK THEATRE May 2025 Tomohiro TAKADA NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe: Baritone TOMOHRIO TAKADA, a velued member of the ensemble, will remain in Karlsruhe, performing the title-part of Caijkovsky's JEWGENJI ONEGIN, HERR VON FANINAL in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier", VATER BESENBINDER in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and SILVIO in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" & he will make his role-debuts as JAN NYMAN in M. Mazzoli's "Breaking the Waves", HEERRUFER des KÖNIGS in Wagner's "Lohengrin", DEMETRIUS in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream" and as BORILÉE in the opening's-premiere with Rameau's "Les Boréades". LINK THEATRE May 2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA in her 2nd season as member of the ensemble will make her role-debuts as SÉMIRE in the opening's premiere with Rameau's "Les Boréades" and as SŒUR CONSTANCE in Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmélites", and perform SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier", which already led her to the Staatstheater Wiesbaden and the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, as well as GILDA in her already 3rd production - in her only 4th season of her career - of Verdi's masterpiece "Rigoletto", which she sang in Wiesbadne and at the Oper Bonn. LINK THEATRE May 2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM NEW SEASON 25/26 released at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM remains an ensemble-member and will make his debuts as DON OTTAVIO in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" & as CHEVALIER in Poluenc#s "Dialogues des Carmélites", and embody again the ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" and BEPPE in Leoncavallo#s "Pagliacci". And in Korea, he will debut in the title-role of Donizetti's ROBERTO DEVEREUX. LINK THEATRE May 2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF NEW SEASON 25/26 released at Staatstheater Augsburg, where young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF will make his role & house-debut as NERONE in Monteverdi's "L'Inocornazione di Poppea". Conductor: Sebastiaan van Yperen Stage Director: André Bücker Premiere: 28-03-2025 LINK THEATRE May 2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Graz: New ensemble-member young soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA will make her debuts as GILDA in Verdi's "Rigoletto", ILIA in Mozart's "Idomeneo, Re di Creta" and UNE SUIVANTE d'HÉBÉ in Rameau's "Castor & Pollux". Ekaterina Solunya currently is a member of the opera-studio, performing TYTANIA, DESPINA, CLORINDA & EIN JUNGER HIRTE, and beyond happy, to contunue her work in Graz as a member of the ensemble. LINK THEATRE May 2025 Zinzi FROHWEIN NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Nationaltheater Mannheim: soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN will join the ensemble, performing 9 parts: SYLVA VARESCU in Kálmán's "Csárdásfürstin", BERTA in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", SIÄEGLINDE & GUTRUNE in Wagner's/Loriot's "Der Ring an einem Abend", ANNA in Verdi's "Nabucco", GRETEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel", PAMINA & 1. DAME in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" & DESPINIO in Martinu's "The Greek Passion". What an exciting first season! LINK THEATRE May 2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA NEW SEASON 25/26 released at Nationaltheater Mannheim: tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA remains in the ensemble and will perform CONTE ALMAVIVA in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", TAMINO in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" & DON OTTAVIO in "Don Giovanni", BEPPE in Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" & IL PASTORE in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo", which will open the SWR Festspiele at Castle Schwetzingen. LINK THEATRE 11-05-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ Young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ, part of the Kadya Trio, makes her debut at the Filharmonia Kraków (Poland) perfomring 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" Piano & Accordeon: Alan Bern Violine: Mark Kovnatskiy Currently, LEILA SCHÜTZ is a member of the opera-studio at Volkstheater Rostock. LINK FILHARMONIA 09-05-2025 Linda BALLOVÁ Back on stage as CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". After her huge success with the title-role of Richard Strauss SALOME, the winner of theLIBUŠKA CRITIC'S PRIZE for the "Best Production" at the Prague Opera Festival, soprano LINDA BALLOVÁ will perform again the title-role in Puccini#s master-work at the SND, the Slovakian National Theatre in Bratislava. Conductor: Martin Leginus Director: Martus Bachynec photo: Marek Olbrzymek LINK THEATRE May -2025 Ekaterina SOLUNYA WELCOME to AYNpmn! Young soprano EKATERINA SOLUNYA, From next season on, Mrs. Solunya will join the ensemble of Oper Graz, making her debuts as ILIA in Mozart's "Idomeneo" and GILDA in Verdi's "Rigoletto". Currently a member of the opera-studio, Mrs Solunya performs DESPINA in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", EIN JUNGER HIRT in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" and CLORINDA in Rossini's "La Cenernetola", which also was broadcasted on Austrian television, ORF II. And 10-05-2025, she will debut as TYTANIA in Britten's "A Midsummernight's Dream". LINKTHEATRE 04-05-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA INTERVIEWS OPERAWIRE Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA bout her rapid rise: Operhaus Zürich, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Frankfurt, Oper Bonn, Aalto Musiktheater Essen, Staatstheater Meiningen, Theater Basel, Tonhalle Zürich, Frauenkirche Dresden, Schwarzwald Musik-Festival, Casino Basel, Casino Wiesbaden, Homburger Meisterkonzerte, Mozartfest Würzburg, Studio 2 des BR, etc... 2 seasons as member of the ensemble at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, from 25/26 member of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. In only 3 seasons after her Master's Degree at the Music Conservatory in Dresden, Mrs Taratorkina sang 17 role-debuts. For each highly praised by the press. To name only a few: SUSANNA, GILDA, GRETEL or SOPHIE in "Der Rosenkavalier" LINK OPERAWIRE May 2025 Anna STEPANETS NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater, where mezzsoprano ANNA STEPANETS remains a member of the ensemble, making her debuts as, among others, CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", MÉRE MARIE in Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmélites", KATE or EDITH in Sondheim's "The Pirates of Penzance" LINK THEATRE May 2025 Anna GRYCAN NEW SESSON 25/26 released at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg, where mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN currently shines as HÄNSEL & PRINZ ORLOFSKY, and where she in 25/26 will perform in Poulenc's "Les Dialogues des Carmélites" & in Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance"; and study the part of CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" LINK THEATRE May 2025 Sung Min SONG NEW SEASON 25/26 released at Nationaltheater Mannheim, where tenor SUNG MIN SONG will remain in the ensemble, performing a.o. GENNARO in Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia", ISMAELE in Verdi's "Nabucco", 1. GEHARNISCHTER in Mozert'S "Die Zauberflöte" or MANOLIOS in Martinů`s "The Greek Passion". LINK THEATRE May 2025 Ralf RACHBAUER NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Bonn. Tenor RALF RACHBAUER will remain in the ensemble, performing the parts of DER BUCKLIGE 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". LINK THEATRE May 2025 Aile ASSZONYI NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Bonn, to which soprano AILE ASSZONYI will return for her debut as FÄRBERIN in R Strauss "Frau ohne Schatten"; After her overwhelming success as ELEKTRA, her 2nd Richard-Strauss-part, she debuts with at Oper Bonn. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan Stage Director: Peter Konwitschny Premiere: 16-11-25 Performances until: 16-01-26 LINK THEATRE 11-05-2025 Meili LI Countertenor MEILI LI ends his tour with The English Concert as NIRENO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare" through the USA and UK in the Barbican Center London. Preformances brought him a.o. to the Opera Omaha, the Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley and the Carnegie Hall in New York City. The next tour is awaiting MEILI LI already: in June, he will perform in "Les 3 Contre-Ténors" with the L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles in China. 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: with Château de Versailles in June in China LINK CONCERT HALL May 2025 Hendrik MÜLLER NEW SEASON 225/26 revealed at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flesnburg & Rensburg. Opera-Director HENDRIK MÜLLER will stage direct Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" & Poulenc's "Les Dialogeus des Carmélites". Another production will lead him to the Theater Osnabrück. The title will be given after the press conference. Stay tuned.... LINK THEATRE 06-05-2025 Meili LI NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Det Kongelige Opera København. With countertenor MEILI LI as NERONE in Monteverdi's "L'Incornazione di Poppea". This revival-production marks not only his theatre-debut, but also his country debut in Denmark. Opening-Night: 26-04-2026 Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen Director: Christoph Marthaler LINK THEATRE 04-05-2025 Meili LI Countertenor MEILI LI ends his small USA-tour with The English Concert with his debut at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, where he will perform NIRENO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare" under the baton of Harry Bicket. A last concert with this famous work will bring him to the Royal Barbican Hall in London, May 11th, 2025. LINK CARNEGIE HALL 04-05-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her HOUSE-DEBUT at Aalto Musiktheater Essen in the part of SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier", which she performed already at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and which she will overtake at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the 25/26 season. LINK THEATRE 04-05-2025 Zinzi FROHWEIN Premiere, Debut & house-Debut for soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN as DIE FALSCHE ANGÉLE in Kurt Weill's "Der Zar läasst sich photographieren" at Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern. Du to a double anniversary of the composer, the theatre will perform 2 works by him: "Der Zar lässt sich photographieren" & "Die 7 Todsünden" Conductor: Olivier Pols Stage Director & Choreographer: Martina Veh Performances until 10-07-2025 LINK THEATRE 03-05-2025 Yasushi & Sayuri HIRANO Bass YASUSHI HIRANO & pianist SAYURI HIRANO, not only a well-rehearsed couple in their private life, but also artistically a great match, will perform songs by Robert Schumann & Gustav Mahler at the Ehrbarsaal in Wien. LINK THEATRE 03-05-2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF WORLD-PREMIERE of Jüri Reinvere's "Peer Gynt" in German translation by the composer himself with young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF in the parts of GRINSEKATZE & LUFTGEIST, 2 parts with enormous range and really high high-notes, at Stadttheater Bremerhaven, where Gerben van der Werf also makes his house-debut. Conductor: Marc Niemann Stage Director: Johannes Pölzgutter Performances until 29-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 01-05-2025 Morgane HEYSE WORLD-PREMIERE with Mike Svoboda's "Adam & Eva" at the SWR Festspiele in Schwetzingen, featuring coloratura soprano MORGANE HEYSE as Gabriel; an angel, who, due to a broken leg of the singer, will have to use crutches. But the experienced performer will make it look as by purpose, with help of stage director Andrea Moses. Conductor: Mike Svoboda himself. In the 25/26 season, this opera also will be shown at the Landestheater Linz, where Morgane Hease is a new member of the ensemble, performing a.o. Königin der Nacht in Mozart#s "Die Zauberflöte". LINK THEATRE 27-04-2025 Meili LI NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Wuppertal, Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA will remain at the theatre with a part-time-contract, and embody again MUTTER GERTRUD in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia gesküsst - eine Wuppertaler Revue" LINK THEATRE 30-04-2025 Merlin WAGNER NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Wuppertal, Tenor MERLIN WAGNER will remain a member of the ensemble, and embody again a.o. HEXE in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel". Further parts will be published soon. LINK THEATRE 30-04-2025 Gerben VAN DER WER NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Oper Wuppertal: young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF returns to the theatre to make his role debut as ROLANDO in Vivaldi's "Griselda". Premiere: 16-01-2026 Stage Direction: Mathilda du Tillieul McNicol Conductor: NN LINK THEATRE April 2025 Georg BOCHOW NEW SEASON 25/26 released at Staatstheater Cottbus. Countertenor GEORG BOCHOW will make his role & house-debut in Helmut Oehring's 2013 in Berlin world-premiered opera "AscheMOND oder The Fairy Queen", based on Henry Purcell's music, with libretto by Stefanie Wördemann. Premiere: 23-01-2026 Stage Direction: Sebastian Baumgarten Conductor: GMD Alexander Mierzyn LINK THEATRE April 2025 Linda BALLOVÁ CONGRATULATIONS! R. Strauss SALOME by Brno Opera, with soprano LINDA BALLOVÁ in the title-role received the LIBUŠKA CRITIC's PRIZE for the "Best production" at the Opera Festival in Prague. LINK THEATRE April 2025 Meili LI NEW SEASON released at Theater Lübeck: countertenor MEILI LI makes his debut as NERONE in Monteverdi's "L'Incoronazione di Poppea", which also will lead him for his house-debut to the Det Kongelige Opera in Copenhagen. Conductor: Takahiro Nagasaki Director: Johannes Pölzgutter LINK THEATRE April 2025 Meili LI NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Staatstheater Meiningen: countertenor MEILI LI returns to Turinga for his debut as ENEA in Domenico Sarro`s "Didone Abbandonata", which will open the 200-years-anniversary-season. Premiere: 19-09-2025 Conductor: Samuel Bächli Director: Dietrich W. Hilsdorf LINK THEATRE 27-04-2025 Meili LI Concert-Tour in the USA & UK with the English Concert. Countertenor MEILI LI performing Nireno in Händel's "Giulio Cesare", a.o. at Carnegie Hall New York, Zellerbach Hall Berkeley, Opera Omaha & Royal Albert Hall. LINK ORCHESTRA 27-04-2025 Anthony BRAMALL Derniere for conductor ANTHONY BRAMALL at Theater Erfurt with the rare combination of Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" & Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi", praised by the press for his perfect Italian style. LINK CHURCH 27-04-2025 Agnieszka HAUZER Derniere of R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at Theater Kiel, with Agnieszka Hauzer as highly praised FELDMARSCHALLIN. Until end of the season, he still can be seen and heard as ROSALINDE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" & 1. DAME in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" photo: Olaf Struck LINK THEATRE 26-04-2025 Peter SCHÖNE The last Premiere for baritone PETER SCHÖNE at Staatstheater Saarbrücken holds 4 role-debuts for him: EGO, LINDORF, COPPELIUS, MIRACLE & DAPPERTUTTO in Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". Next season, he will change to the ensemble at Staatstheater Hannover. Stay tuned about his parts... Conductor: Sébastien Rouland Stage Director: Krystian Lada LINK THEATRE 24-04-2025 Nathalie MITTELBACH Premiere & Debut for mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH in the WORLD-PREMIERE of "Wellen" at Theater Bremen; with music by Elmar Lampson and a libretto by Julia Spinola after Eduard von Keyserling. Conductor: Yoel Gamzou Stage Director: Philipp Rosendahl LINK THEATRE 24-04-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL JUMP-IN on a short call, Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL overtakes Conte Almaviva in Mozart's at Staatstheater Meiningen, where already Anastasiya Taratorkina jumped-in as Susanna, with whom Benjamin Russell performed Figaro at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden; in both parts, Figaro & Conte Almaviva. Benjamin is looking forward to the demanding stage direction by Philipp M. Krenn. Toi, Toi, Toi!!! LINK THEATRE April 2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA DEUTSCHES NATIONALTHEATER WEIMAR has released its program for 25/26: mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA will join the ensemble, switching from the Volkstheater Rostock; making her debuts as CHARLOTTE in Massenet's "Werther" and ROSINA in Rossini's "Il Barbiere did Siviglia". LINK THEATRE 24-04-2025 Florence LOSSEAU Jump-In on short call. Mezzosoprano FLORANCE LOSSEAU overtakes the part of CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Staatstheater Meiningen for our wonderful mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN, who isn't allowed to perform any more due to pregnancy. Our warmest congratulations to Sara & toi, toi, toi to Florance, with thanks to her agency. LINK THEATRE 18-04-2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF Easter-Time, Passion-Time for young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF, who makes his debut with Bach's "Matthäus-Passion" at the Pauluskirche in Ulm (Germany), together with the Motettenchor der Münsterkantorei Ulm & accompanied by the Barockorchester Karlsruhe. Conductor: Münsterkantor Friedemann Johannes Wieland LINK CHURCH 16-04-2025 Barbara SENATOR Jump-In on short call. Soprano BARBARA SENATOR overtakes the part of Sieglinde in Wagner's / Loriot's "Der Ring an einem Abend" at Theater Koblenz. A part, she currently also performs at Theater Dortmund. LINK THEATRE 16-04 & 17-04-2025 Nico WOUTERSE Bass-Baritone makes his debut in Wagner's / Loriot's "Der Ring an einem Abend", which shows the complete "Ring des Niblungen" in only 2 hours, in the part of Wotan. The performances by Theater Koblenz will be shown in the Rhei-Mosel-Halle. Conductor: Markus Merkel Stage Director: Inga Schulte LINK THEATRE 17-04-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA CANCELLATION of the performance due to illness in the ensemble. Unfortunately, this should have been the last performance with ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as by the press celebrated Œnone in Lemoyne's "Phèdre" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. But there will be another part in a French-Baroque-Opera in 25/26. Stay tuned.... LINK THEATRE 15-04-2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA Derniere for young mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSNADROVA in the title-role of Rossini's LA CENERENTOLA at Staatstheater Augsburg. A sad "addio" to one of her favourite parts, for which she was highly praised by the press a "ideal cast in singing and acting", for her "velvet timbre" and her "splendid coloratura". But the next Rossini-part is awaiting her already: in the 25/26 season, she will debut as Rosina in "Il Barbiere die Siviglia" at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar. LINK THEATRE 13-04-2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF While in opera-rehearsals in Germany, young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF jumps over for Bach's "Matthäus-Passion" in the Musis Sacrum Arnem (the Netherlands), where he will perfom the Altus-Part with the Toonhkunst Arnhem, accompanied by Ensemble Phion Conductor: Bas van den Heuvel Gerben van der Werf's following Matthäus-Passion will be April 18th in Ulm (Germany). LINK Concert-Hall April 2025 Eric JURENAS KOMISCHER OPER BERLIN announced its New Season 25/26: countertenor ERIC JURENAS returns to Berlin to perform the GURADIAN ANGEL in "Orlando" by Olga Neuwirth. A part, he created at the world-premiere at the Wiener Staatsoper. Du to construction works, the performances will take place in the Schillertheater Berlin. Premiere: 16-05-2025 Stage Director: Ewelina Marciniak Conductor: Johannes Kalitzke LINK THEATRE April-2025 Eric JURENAS OPER ZÜRICH announces its New Season 2025/26: Countertenor ERIC JURENAS will make his house-debut as Tuckey in Olga Neuwrith's newest opera "Monster's Paradise". A role, Eric Jurenas will create at the world-premiere on 01-02-2026 at Staatsoper Hamburg. After "Orlando" at the Wiener Staatsoper, this will be Eric's 3rd production in a Neuwirth-work. Stage Director: Tobias Kratzer Conductor: Titus Engel LINK THEATRE 13-04-2025 Nathalie MITTELBACH Premiere & Role-Debut for mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH as Emilia in Verdi's "Otello" at Theater Bremen, where she is a highly valued member of the ensemble since many seasons, and where she developed from a lyric to a dramatic mezzo. After her successful EBOLI in "Don Carlo", which she also performed at Theater Osnabrück, this production marks her 2nd Verdi-part. Conductor: Sasha Yankevych Stage Director: Frank Hilbrich LINK THEATRE 12-04 & 13-04-2025 Eric JURENAS Jump-In on short call. 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 concerts takes place at 4:00PM at the First Presbyterian Church. LINK ENSEMBLE 12-04-2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA Premiere & Debut for young mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALESKANDROVA as MARIA in "Der Steppenwolf" at the Volkstheater Rostock. The opera with music by Viktor Åslund and a libretto by Rainer Lewandowski was world-premiered on 08.05.2026 at the Mainfrankentheater Würzburg. On 17th April, the composer will conduct his opera himself. Performances until 08-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 12-04-2025 Martha EASON Premiere of R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier at Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with soprano MARTHA EASON as SOPHIE, which she already had performed in the same production at the State Theatre Prague. Stage Director: Andreas Homoki Counductor: Georg Fritzsch LINK THEATRE 12-04-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL return to the stage of Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden to perfom again his highly celebrated CONTE ALMAVIVA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro". Benjamin Russell is very familiar with this production, performing it already for several seasons, and not only as Conte, but also as Figaro. Conductor: Albert Horne Stage Direction: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 12-04-2025 Katelho MOKHOABANE After his huge success as TAMINO in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden,young tenor KATLEHO MOKHOBANAE makes his role-debut as Don Basilio in "Le Nozze di Figaro". Toi, Toi, Toi !!! LINK THEATRE April-2025 Eric JURENAS SAVE THE DATE - for the ORF broadcast of Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" from the Mozartwoche Salzburg with countertenor ERIC JURENAS as La Speranza, for which he, in the same production at Semperoper Dresden, was called a "luxury cast". 25-05-2025, Austrian Television, ORF II. LINK ORF II. 10-04-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Derniere of J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe with ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as "vocally brilliant", "joyful acting" Adele. april 19th, she will bow out as - even more praised - Œnone in Lemoyne's "Phèdre", before moving on to her house-debut at Aalto Musiktheater Essen, performing Sophie in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier". LINK THEATRE 03-04-2025 Linda BALLOVÁ Baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA starts rehearsals for his debut in the title-role of Cajkovsky's JEWGENJI ONEGIN, which will open 24-05-2025 at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Conductor: Johannes Willig Stage Director: Olivia Fuchs LINK THEATRE 08-04-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Derniere of J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" with RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA as "beautifully singing" Alfred at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, in the OPAL, Oper am Luisengarten Mannheim. photo: Christian Kleiner LINK THEATRE 06-04-2025 Meili LI Olivier Awards Nomination as "Best New Opera Production": Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" with countertenor MELIL LI as Licida at the Royal Opera House , a co-production with the Irish National Opera. Meili Li's upcomming commitment will lead him as NIRENO in Händel 's "Giuliio Cesare" on a tour with the English Concert to the USA, including Opera Omaha, Berekely Hall and the Carnegie Hall. LINK CD 06-04-2025 Sung Min SONG SUNG MIN SONG makes his debut at the Polska Filharmonia Narodowa in Warsaw, singing the Tenor-Solo-Part in Beethoven's IX. Symphonie under Christoph Eschenbach, which he performed already many times. Orchestra: NFM Filharmonia Wrocławska Choir: Chór Filharmonii im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Krakowie LINK ORCHESTRA 05-04-2025 Martha EASON MARTHA EASON as Adele instead Anastasiya Taratorkina J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Anastasiya Taratorkina will perform the Derniere at 10th April. Currently, Martha Eason also is the nasty and funny ERIS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe",an opera (not only) 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", a role, she already embodied in Prague this season. LINK THEATRE 05-04-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA Bariton TOMOHIRO TAKADA bows out as Dr. FALKE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at Staatshteater Karlsruhe, where he currently 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. And in summer, he will debut as DER FLIEGENDER HOLLÄNDER in Japan. LINK THEATRE 04-04-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM Derniere of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte> at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe for tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM as FERRANDO. In 25/26, he will make another debut in a Mozart-part. Which? Stay tuned until the press conference, May 9th. And if you are around, enjoy Beomjin A. Kim as ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" LINK RADIO 03-04-2025 Linda BALLOVÁ Revival-Premiere of R. Strauss SALOME with LINDA BALLOVÁ in the title part at Národni Divaldo Brno, named by the press "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 LINK THEATRE 02-04-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Revival-Premiere of J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" with RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA as "beautifully singing" Alfred at the Nationaltheater Mannheim. Due to construction works at the main theatre building, the performances take place in the OPAL, Oper am Luisengarten Mannheim. photo: Christian Kleiner LINK THEATRE April 2025 Rafał TOMKIEWICZ Händel's "Lotario> with R. Tomkiewicz as IDELBERTO released on NAXOS. It's the 2nd CD, recorded during the International Händel Festival 2023, in which Mr Tomkiewicz took part. Festspielorchester der Händelfstspiele Halle Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi LINK CD 30-03-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM Premiere of R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe with tenor BEOMJIN KIM performing ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER, wich he already sang with huge success at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Performances (double casted) of the co-production with Komische Oper Berlin and the State Theatre Prague will be shown until 19-06-2025 Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Andreas Homoki LINK THEATRE 29-03-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Jump-in on short call at Semperoper Dresden - Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA is thrilled to overtake SUSANNA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro". One of her favourite parts, which she already embodied at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the Oper Frankfurt and the Staatsoper Meiningen. Haaving studied in Dresden, Mrs. Taratorkina has a special connection to this town and also to the Semperoper, where she made her house-debut alongside Rolando Villazon as Euridice in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" last season. LINK THEATRE March 2025 Gerben VAN der WERF Bursary Recipient of the INTERNATIONAL OPERA AWARDS: " GERBEN VAN DER WERF is an inquisitive and intelligent artist". GERBEN VAN DER WERD made his operatic debut at the tender age of 12 years as 1. KNABE in Mozart’s "Die 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 commitments include "Peer Gynt" by Jüri Renvere at the Stadttheater Bremerhaven and TOLOMEO in Händel's "Giulio Cesare" at Nationaltheater Mannheim. Both Role & House-Debuts. LINK OPERA AWARDS 29-03-2025 Anna GRYCAN The young Mezzosoprano makes her role-debut as JADE BOUCHER in the today's premiere of Jake Heggie''s "Dead Man Walking" at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg & Rendsburg, where she is a member of the ensemble, adn performing highly successfully ORLOFSKY in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" and HÄNSEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" The will be a run of 9 performances until 08-07-25 Conductor: Martynas Stakionis & Avishay Shalom Director: Felix Seiler LINK RADIO 27-03-2025 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN sings as only soloist at the ballet-premiere "Zorbas", a co-production of Theater Erfrut and the Landestheater Eisenach. There will be 4 performances until 25-05-25. Conductor: Markus Huber Choreography: Jorge Pérez Martínez LINK THEATRE 27-03-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ The young Soprano performs French Songs in a Salon-Concert during the Semaine Orpée Musicale in Paris, accompanied by her sister, pianist Bella Schütz, who during the week will perform every evening a concert, Solo. with Chamber Music and the song-recital with her sister LEILA SCHÜTZ, currently a member at the opera-studio of Volkstheater Rostock. What a talented family! LINK THEATRE 26-03-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA After a highly successful run of Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe", called for her VALENCIENNE by the press "lively and hilarious", ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA bows out at Zürich Opera. Her next hous-debut leads her to the Aalto Musiktheater Essen, to embody SOPHIE in R. Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" Premiere: 04-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 24-03-2025 Zinzi FROHWEIN Start of rehearsals as DIE FALSCHE ANGÈLE in Kurt Weill's "Der Zar lässt sich photographieren" at Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern for soprano ZINZI FROHWEIN, an expert in Kurt Weill Music, Premiere & House-Debut: 04-05-2025 LINK THEATRE 30-03-2025 Barbara SENATOR Role-debut as SIEGLINDE in the revival of Wagner's "Die Walküre" at Theater Dortmund, where BARBARA SENATOR already was a celebrated RACHEL in "La Juive". From 18-05-2025, she will perform in Dortmund also GUTRUNE in Wagner's "Die Götterdämmerung". LINK THEATRE 22-03-2025 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN again as "charming, adorable, vively, great singing" CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Staatstheater Meiningen, where she is a highly valued member of the ensemble, and currently also enchants public and press in aong others "Castor & Pollux" and "Jekyll & Hyde". LINK RADIO 21-03-2025 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON is looking forward to perform again the nasty ERIS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe", an opera (not only) for children with music by Monteverdi, Gluck, Telemann, Graun, Haydn, Mozart, Händel, Offenbach, a.o., which he sang in the world-premiere at Staatstheater Oldenburg. The opera with libretto by Stephanie Twiehaus will be shown in the Studio of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe; conducted by Giuseppe Barile and stage directed by Christoph von Bernuth. photo: Felix Grünschloß LINK THEATRE 21-03-2025 Beomjin Angelo KIM 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, Mozart, Händel, Offenbach, a.o. The opera with libretto by Stephanie Twiehaus will be shown in the Studio of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe; conducted by Giuseppe Barile and stage directed by Christoph von Bernuth. photo: Felix Grünschloß LINK THEATRE 18-03-2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF Start of rehearsals for the German-language world-premiere of Jüri Reinvere's "Peer Gynt" at Stadttheater Bremerhaven, where young Countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF will make his house May 3rd, 2025 LINK THEATRE 17-02-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Start of rehearsals for ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as SOPHIE in Richard Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at Aalto Musiktheater Essen. Sie is looking forward to perform one of her favourite parts, which she already sang at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and will sing at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the 25/26 season. Revival Premiere in Essen: 04-05-2025, conducted by GMD Andrea Sanguinette. Stage Direction by Anselm Weber. LINK THEATRE 16-03-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL makes his debut in the annual returning spring-festival "Festival der Stimmen" in Liechtenstein, accompanied at the piano by Evgenia Fölsche. LINK FESTIVAL 16-03-2025 Arminia FRIEBE After the yesterday's huge success, ARMINIA FRIEBE will perform a 2nd concert of Verdi's "Messa da Requiem", again accompanied by the Orchestra of the Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern under its GMD Daniele Squeo. LINK THEATRE 15-03-2025 Arminia FRIEBE ARMINIA FRIEBE makes her debüt with Verdi's "Messa da Requiem", accompanied by the Orchestra of the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern under its GMD Daniele Squeo. What a fantastic Verdi-interpreter she is, Arminia Friebe showed already in his "Don Carlo" in stage direction by Hendrik Müller. LINK RADIO 13-03-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ 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 special pleasure for the young singer is to perform together with her sister, pianist Bella Schütz. She plays Chopin's Piano Concerto 1 in e-minor. What a highly talented family! LINK THEATRE March 2025 Meili LI OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATION - Best New Production. Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" with countertenor MEILI LI as LICIDA. A co-production of the Royal Opera House London & the Irish National Opera. In 2022, Vivaldi's "Tamerlano" by the same producers with countertenor ERIC JURENAS won the "Outstanding Achievement in Opera-Award". Now we are holding fingers cross for L'Olympiade! The Award ceremony takes place April 6th, 2025 in the iconic Royal Albert Hall. LINK THEATRE March 2025 Eric JURENAS NEW SEASON 25/26 revealed at Staatsoper Hamburg. Eric will create the part of TUCKEY in Olga Neuwirths's newest opera "Monster's Paradise", which will be world-premiered Feb 1st, 2026 in stage direction by Tobias Kratzer and under the baton of Titus Engel in Hamburg, before moving on to the Opera Zürich. Tuckey will mark Eric's second part in an Olga Neuwirth opera, after having created already the GUARDIAN ANGEL at the Wiener Staatsoper, which in the following season also will bring him to the Komische Oper Berlin. LINK THEATRE 07-03-2025 Peter SCHÖNE Saving the performances of Paul Abraham's "Roxy und ihr Wunderteam" at Landestheater Flensburg in the never before sang part of Goalkeeper JANI HATSCHEK. An experienced Prima-Vista-Reader and also experienced in overtaking parts on a short call, Peter Schöne takes the challenge to sing the part from the side, but wearing a football-outfit. This performance marks his debut at the theatre, conducted by GMD Harish Shankar. LINK THEATRE 28-02-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Tonight, the long awaited "real" house-debut for ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA at Opera Zürich. After she already jumped in last season the part of VALENCIENNE in Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe" literally overnight, today she makes her ‘real’ house debut at this prestigious opera-house. As Valencienne, which marked her 1st operetta-part, she already was highly celebrated at Staatstheater Wiesbaden Condcutor: Ben Glassberg / Patrick Hahn Stage Director: Barrie Kosky LINK THEATRE 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀 ADIEU DANIEL LIPTON We are mourning the death of DANIEL LIPTON, a stunning conductor and exceptional musician and very good friend, who left the world on Feb 18th 2025 in Tampa, Florida, where he lived during the last years. Born in Paris, raised in NYC, he has conducted the most important orchestras and in the most important opera houses, like Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Toronto, München, etc. etc. Condolences to his family, his wife and his 2 children Laura and Lucca from his 2nd wife, primaballeria Sandra Lipton. 27-02-2025 Anna-MAria DUR JUMP-IN on SHORT CALL. Mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA DUR overtakes the parts of ZIA PRINCIPESSA & ZITA in Puccini's "Il Trittico" at the Landestheater Coburg; parts, for which she already was highly celebrated with at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck and the Nationaltheater Weimar, where she also embodies FUGOLA. We are wishing her a huge Toi, Toi, Toi for tonight! Conductor: Daniel Carter Stage Director: Neil Barry Moss LINK RADIO 27-02-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA performs the part of ŒNONE in Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne's "Phèdre" during the Intern. Händel Festival Karlsruhe, making her debut at this prestigeous festival. Press / Premiere: "Clear, fresh soprano - outstanding acting performance impressing presentation of the complexity of the character..." Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi Director: Christoph von Bernuth Further performances in the repertoire until 17-04-2025 photo: Felix Grünschloß LINK THEATRE 23-02-2025 Vera EGOROVA In the today's premiere of Gounod's "Faust", Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA makes her role-debut as MARTHE at Oper Wuppertal, where she is a new member of the ensemble. Conductor: Johannes Witt Stage Director: Matthew Ferraro Performances until 01-07-2025 LINK THEATRE 22-02-2025 Merlin WAGNER Tenor MERLIN WAGNER makes his house-debut at the Theater Bonn, performing MONOSTATOS in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte". At Oper Wuppertal, where he is a member of the ensemble, he performs among others in "Von Thalia geküsst - eine Wuppertaler Revue". Conductor: Hermes Helfricht Director: Jürgen Rose LINK THEATRE 22-02-2025 Armina FRIEBE In the today's PREMIERE, soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE debuts in the title-role of CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". The production at Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern,where she is a member of the ensemble and where she was highly celebrated for her Elisabeth in Verdi's "Don Carlo", will be conducted by Daniele Squeo and directed by Jacopo Spirei. Performances until 31-03-2025 LINK THEATRE 22-02-2025 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS returns to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe to perform a "Les 3 Contre-Ténors" Concert with the L'Orchestre de L'Opéra Royal de Versailles, with which he has sang already at the Château de Versailles Specatacles. Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 21-02-2025 Sergei NIKOLAEV In the today's premiere of Verdi's "Macbeth", young tenor SERGEI NIKOLAEV, in his 1s seasonas ensemble-member at Staatstheater Nürnberg, where he was a celebrated TAMINO and LENSKI, debuts as MALCOLM Conductor: Roland Böer Director: Kateryna Sokolova Performances until 31-03-2025 LINK THEATRE 21-02-2025 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN makes her role-debut as PHÉBÉ in the today's premiere of Rameau's "Castor & Pollux" at Staatstheater Meiningen, with sets by famous artist Sir Tony Cragg. The baroque-specialist Christopher Moulds will conduct, the stage direction lays in the hand of famous actress and writer Adriana Altaras. Performances until 03-07-2025 LINK NAXOS 21-02-2025 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON makes her debut at the prestigious International Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, performing UNA DONNA in Händel's "Rinaldo"; the opening-premiere of the Festival 2025. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini Stage Director: Johannes Pölzgutter LINK RADIO 21-02-2025 Elena BEZGODKOVA Soprano ELENA BEZGODKOVA overtakes on a short call LIZA in Caikovsky's "Pikowaja Dama" at Theater Freiburg. After her successful jump-in as TATYANA in "Jewgenji Onegin" at Theater Hagen, this is her 2nd jump-in in a role by Cajkovsky in a short period. We are wishing her Toi, Toi, Toi for tonight! Conductor: Ektoras Tartanis Stage Director. Peter Carp LINK THEATRE 20-02-2025 Peter BERGER Tenor PETER BERGER makes his house-debut at Opera Dubai in the part of LENSKI in Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin" in a production by the Národni Divadlo Brno Conductor: Robert Kružík Director: Martin Glaser LINK THEATRE 20-02-2025 Linda BALLOVÁ Soprano LINDA BALLOVÁ makes his house-debut at Opera Dubai in the part of TATYANA in Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin" in a production by the Národni Divadlo Brno Conductor: Robert Kružík Director: Martin Glaser LINK THEATRE 10-02-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Start of rehearsals for soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as VALENCIENNE in Lehár's operetta "Die Lustige Witwe" at Opera Zürich. where she already overtook the part on a very short call in the demanding stage-direction by Barrie Kosky and choreography by Kim Dudddy during the last season. Her "real" house-debut at this prestigious opera-house will take place March 4th,2025. LINK THEATRE 09-02-2025 Nathalie MITTELBACH Today, mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH makes her role-debut as URSULE in the new production of Hector Berlioz's "Béatrice & Bénédict" at Theater Bremen, where she is a highly valued member of the ensemble, and where she soon also will embody EMILIA in Verdi's "Otello". LINK THEATRE 09-02-2025 Linda BALLOVÁ Soprano LINDA BÁLLOVÁ makes her debut in the title-role of Puccini's MANON LESCAUT at the Národni Divadlo Brno, where she is a regular guest. With this company, she also will perform Manon Lescaut and TATYANA in Cakovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin" in Dubai. LINK NAXOS Feb. 2025 Gerben VAN DER WERF Congratulations to young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF with his DEBUT-SOLO-CD published by AVOTROS Klassiek, aTV & Radio Station in the Netherlands, which helps young singers with first steps at their career ladder. Gerben next commitments include his house debuts at Theater Bremerhaven in 2 roles in "Peer Gynt" by Jüri Reinvere and his role & house-debut as Tolomeo in Händel's "Giulio Cesare" at Nationaltheater Mannheim. LINK RADIO 08-02-2025 Hendrik MÜLLER Stage Director HENDRIK MÜLLER stages for the 1st time Johann Strauß famous operetta "Die Fledermaus". The production under the baton of Harish Shankar will take place at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg, where Mr. Müller also holds the position of the opera-director. Performances, with young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN as ORLOFSKY until 19-07-2025 in the theatres in Flensburg & Rendsburg. LINK THEATRE 08-02-2025 Anna GRYCAN In the today's PREMIERE of Johann Strauß "Die Fledermaus", young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN makes her role-debut as PRINZ ORLOFSKY at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg, where she is a new member of the ensemble. the famous operetta will be stage directed by AYNpmn artist Hendrik Müller and conducted by Harish Shankar. Performances until 19-07-2025 LINK THEATRE 07-02-2025 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA In the today's PREMIERE of Cimarosa's "L'impresario in angustie", tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA makes his role-debut as GELINDO SCAGLIOZZI / Maestro di Capella at Nationaltheater Mannheim witch, due to construction works at the main building performs in the OPAL, Oper am Luisenpark. Stage Director: Annika Nitsch Conductor: Anton Legkii Performances until 06- 07 - 2025 LINK THEATRE 02-02-2025 Agnieszka HAUZER JUMP-IN as SENTA in Wagner's "Der fliegende Holländer" at Teatr Wielki Lódz / PL. After a performance as ROSALINDE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus" at Oper Kiel yesterday evening, today, soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER overtakes on a very short call the part of SENTA at the Opera in Polish Lódz. A part, she also already has performed at Theater Kiel, the State Theatre Wiesbaden, the Theatre Bremen and the Theatre Bremerhaven. We are happy, that Agnieszka is such a great and passionate car-driver, and wish her Toi, Toi, Toi for the jump-in! LINK THEATRE 01-02-2025 Anthony BRAMALL In the today's premiere, conductor ANTHONY BRAMALL makes his house-debut at the Theater Erfurt with a rather rare combination of 2 operas: Mascagnis's "Cavalleria Rusticana" & Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi". The run includes 7 performances until 27-04-2025 Stage direction: Markus Dietz LINK THEATRE 31-01 2025 Eric JURENAS The Mozartwoche Salzburg comes to its end, and so countertenor ERIC JURENAS today bows out as LA SPERANZA in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo", accompanied by Ensemble L'Apreggiata under Christina Pluhar. His next commitment brings ERIC JURENAS back to the International Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, where he will interpret arias and ensembles in the "Les 3 Contre-Ténors" concert with L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles. L'Orfeo will be broadcasted soon on ORF II radio. Stay tuned for the date LINK THEATRE 28-01-2025 Martha EASON In the today's B-Premiere, soprano MARTHA EASON makes her role-debut as ŒNONE in Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne's "Phèdre". The highly celebrated production at Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she is a member of the ensemble since the current season, in stage direction by Christoph von Bernuth and under the baton of Attilio Cremonsi already was highly celebrated by the press. In her new theatre, Martha Eason also performs / will perform a.o. ADELE in "Die Fledermaus" and SOPHIE in "Der Rosenkavalier", which also led her to the State Theatre Prague. LINK THEATRE 25-01-2025 Katleho MOKHOABANE In the today's revival premiere of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", young tenor KATLEHO MOKHPABANE will make his debut as TAMINO. The production at Hessisches Staatstheatr Wiesbaden, where Katelho Mokhoabane is a new member of the ensemble, will be performed between 25-01-2025 and 21-03-2025 Another revival will take place in the 25/26 season: From 12-10-1025 Conductor: Holger Reinhardt / Albert Horn Stage Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 24-01-2025 Anastasiya TARATORKINA In the todays premiere, soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her role-debut as ŒNONE in Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne's "Phèdre", which hasen't been performed during the last 200 years. The production at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe will be conducted by Attilio Cremonesi, the stage direction lays in the hands of opera-director Christoph von Bernuth. Performances: 24-01-2025 - 17-04-2025 LINK THEATRE 24-01-2025 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS makes his house-debut at the Mozartwoche Salzburg, performing the part of LA SPERANZA in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo", for which he already received great reviews at the Semperoper Dresden, like "a luxury cast". As Orfeo, as already in Dresden: Rolando Villazón. In the pit of the Haus für Mozart in Salzburg: L'Arpeggiata under Christina Pluhar. Director: Nicolaus Habjan LINK THEATRE January 2025 Rafał TOMKIEWICZ CD Release on NAXOS of Händel's opera "Lotario" with countertenor RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ as IDELBERTO, which he performed at the International Händel Festival in Halle alongside Anna Bonitatibus. Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi LINK NAXOS 19-01 2025 Peter SCHÖNE After a highly successful run of Lucia Ronchetti's "Der Doppelgänger" at the SWR Festival and the Theater Luzern, baritone PETER SCHÖNE today bows out as JAKOB PETROWITSCH GOLJADKIN LINK THEATRE 19-01-2025 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE performs the Belgium Premiere of Thomas Adés "Brahms" with the Belium National Orchestra at the Bozar Bruxells. Conductor: Anthony Hermus. A member of the Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Peter Schöne's next production there will be Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann". LINK THEATRE 18-01-2025 Sung Min SONG In the today's premiere of Dvorak's "Rusalka"at Theater Osnabrück, tenor SUNG MIN SONG performs the part of the PRINC, which he sang already at the Komische Oper Berlin. Conductor: Andreas Hotz Director: Christian von Götz LINK THEATRE 18-01-2025 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA In the today's premiere of Shaffer's "Amadeus" at Volkstheater Rostock, young mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA will make her debuts as LA FURIA & VENTICELLO MEZZOSPRANO. Conductor: E. Browne Salinas Director: Daniel Pfluger LINK THEATRE 18-01-2025 Leila SCHÜTZ Young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ performs the part of KATHARINA CAVALIERI in Shaffer's play "Amadeus" at Volkstheater Rostock, where she is a member of the opera-studio. Among others, Leila will sing the aria of BLONDCHEN with some breakneck coloratura and ornamentation far beyond the high E. Conductor: E. Browne Salinas Director: Daniel Pfluger LINK THEATRE 18-01-2025 Georg BOCHOW Countertenor GEORG BOCHOW performs the most famous arias by Händel with the Ensemble Musica Sequenza & Burak Özdemir at the Borusan Sanat Concert Hall in Istanbul. The passionate emotions: joy, pain, envy, hate, and sorrow are brilliantly portrayed between the characters; a bassoonist and a countertenor as ‘the uncontrollable love affair’. LINK THEATRE 17-01-2025 Merlin WAGNER Tenor MERLIN WAGNER, new member at the Oper Wuppertal will perform the part of PETER HERZENBRUCH in "Von Thalia geküßt - eine Wuppertaler Revue" with music by Lehár, Künnecke, Benatzky and others. Conductor: Jan M. Horstmann Director: Rebekah Rota LINK THEATRE 17-01-2025 Vera EGOROVA Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA, usually known for the interpretation of dramatic parts such as Amneris, today will perform in a revue, showing a total other side as FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia geküßt - eine Wuppertaler Revue" with music by Lehár, Künnecke, Benatzky and others. Conductor: Jan M. Horstmann Director: Rebekah Rota LINK THEATRE 17-01-2025 Tomohiro TAKADA Today, baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA bows out as SILVIO in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci" at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he also will perform the title-part of Caikovsky's JEWGENJI ONEGIN and FANINAL in Richard STrauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" Conductor: Johannes Willig Director. Dietrich W. Hilsdorf photo: Felix Grünschloß, with Ina Schliengensiepen LINK THEATRE January 202 Sergei NIKOLAEV The BR has chosen the best productions in Bavaria in 2024. One of them: Mozart's "Zauberflöte" with tenor SERGEI NIKOLAEV as TAMINO at Staatstheater Nürnberg. LINK THEATRE 08-01-2025 Adam KIM Dramatic baritone ADAM KIM overtakes on a short call the part of WOLFRAM in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" at Oper Graz, which he has performed at the Seoul Arts Center. Mr Kim is a member of the ensemble at Landestheater Linz, performing there among others the title role of Rossini's GUILLAUME TELL or SHAPRLESS in Puccini's "Madama butterfly". LINK THEATRE 05-01-2025 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG sings at the Kölner Philharmonie Beethoven's IX. Symphonie with the WDR Rundfunkchor and accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester Aachen. Condcutor: Christopher Ward LINK THEATRE 05-01-2025 Beomjin KIM Tenor BEOMJIN KIM overtakes the part of FERRANDO in the revival-run of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. A part, he performed the last time during his studies. The revival-run includes only 4 performances. Conductor: Johannes Willig Director: Ninufar Münzing LINK THEATRE ALL YOU NEED pmn & all artists wishing you an awesome, healthy, successful, interesting, inspiring, positive surprising, cheerful and colorcolourful NEW YEAR 2025! We are looking forward to many pleasant encounters with all of you! 31-12-2024 Last Day in 2024 At the New Year's Eve, many ALL YOU NEED pmn artists are performing all over the world: countertenor ERIC JURENAS in "A Baroque New Year's Eve at the opera" in the Herbst Theatre San Francisco; mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SALMANN as LISA CAREW in "Jekyll & Hyde" at Staatstheater Meiningen; soprani ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA (evening) & MARTHA EASON (afternoon) as Adele, tenor BEOMJIN KIM (afternoon) as ALFRED & baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA (evening) in Strauß' "Die Fledermaus" at Staatstheater Meiningen; tenor SUNG MIN SONG as ALFREDO in "La Traviata" at Nationaltheater Mannheim; mezzosoprano ELATERINA ALEKSANDROVA as CENERENTOLA at Staatstheater Augsurg; baritone PETER SCHÖNE as SWEENEY TODD at Staatstheater Saarbrücken; soprano AGNEISZKA HAUZER as ROSLINDE in "Fledermaus" at Oper Kiel; tenor RALF RACHBAUER in the concert "Italian Night at the Opera" at Theater Bonn; soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE in the title-role of Kálmán's GRÄFIN MARTIZA; soubrettee LAURA SCHERWITZL as ADELE in "Fledermaus" at the Theater Neubrandenburg 24-12-2024 MERRY X-MAS! ALL YOU NEED personal management nicolai & all artists are wishing you a wonderful Christmas Time! Enjoy wonderful and relaxing days! 21-12-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASiYA TARATORKINA is happy to overtake once more the part of SUSANNA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Oper Frankfurt, with which she already enchanted the public and the theatre at ther first jump-in. Conductor: Alen Gatt Director: Tilmann Köhler LINK THEATRE 20-12-2024 Meili LI HAPPY BIRTHDAY to countertenor MEILI LI, who today, quasi as a birthday-present received a new contract for 2025/26, returning the Staatstheater Meiningen to perfom a part in a re-discovered baroque-opera. Title and part will be given after the press-conference in spring 2025. In Meiningen, Mr. Li already was a highly celebrated DARADANO in Händel#s "Amdigi di Gaula", alongside mezzo SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as Oriana and counter RAFAL TOKIEWICZ in the title-part LINK CHOIR 20-12-2024 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA Mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA conquers 1100 kilometers, to overtake on a short call at the Oper Graz the part of ANGELINA in Rossini's "La Cenerenta". The 1st jump-in for the young singer ever! We wish a huge TOi, TOI, TOI!!! LINK THEATRE 20-12 & 21-12-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF Young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF performs again Händel's "Messiah". This time with the LutherseLthers Bach Ensemble & the Luthers Bach Accademie. 20.12. in the Martinikerk in Groningen, 21.12 in the Nicolaikerk in Appingedam Both The Netherlands LINK THEATRE 19/20/21-12-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL Irish Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL today makes his country-debut in Brazil, performing Frank Martin's "In Terra Pax" with the OSESP in São Paulo. A short-call-commitment, which surprised Benjamin during his concerts at the National Concert Hall Dublin. the concert also will be streamed and available on youtube. Conductor: Thierry Fischer LINK THEATRE 14-12 & 15-12-2024 Meili LI Countertenor MEILI LI performs Händel's "Messiah" with the Chœr & L'Orchestre de l'Opera Royal de Versailles in the Théatre de Poissy and the Parisien Salle de Gaveau. Condcutor: Gaëtan Jarry With the same orchestra, but under the baton of Stefan Plewniak, MEILI LI also will sing "Les 3 Contre-Ténors" Concerts on a tour through China. LINK THEATRE 14-12-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN Today, dramatic soprano KIRSTIN SHARPIN bows out as ISOLDE in Wagner's masterpiece at the Theater Regensburg, for which she was hailed by the press as "perfect cast", "impressing in singing and acting", etc... Conductor: Stefan Veselka Director: LINK THEATRE 14-12-2024 Vera EGOROVA Today, mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA makes her role-debut as MUTTER GERTRUD in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and her house-debut at Oper Wupperta, wehre she is a new member of the ensemble since Dec. 2024. LINK THEATRE 14-12-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE makes her role-debut in the title-part of Kálmán's operetta GRÄFIN MARIZA at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she is a member of the ensemble, and this season also will make her debuts as CIO-CIO SAN in Pucini#s "Madama Butterfly" and MARIETTA in Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt. LINK THEATRE 14-12-2024 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA In the todays revival-premiere of Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" at Volkstheater Rostock, mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA will be HÄNSEL again, for which she was celebrated by the public and press in the first edition. Conductor: E. Browne Salinas Director: Daniel Pfluger LINK THEATRE 14-12-2024 Leila SCHüTZ In the today's Revival-Premiere, youong soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ will overtake again the parts of SANDMANN & TAUMANN in Händel's "Hänsel & Gretel", as member of the opera-studio at Volkstheater Rostock. LINK THEATRE 13-12-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF Young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF sings the ALTUS in Bach's "Weihnachtsoratorium" with Ensemble Florilegium Musicum and the Concertkoor Gloria Deo in the De Flambeau / Surhuisterveen, The Netherlands. Conductor: Jeroen Helder LINK CHOIR 13-12-2024 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS performs with the American Bach Soloists in the Grace Cathedral San Francisco the Alto-Part in Händel's "Messiah". Condcutor: Jeffrey Thomas" LINK THEATRE 12-12-2024 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS performs in the concert "A Baroque X-Mas" together with the American Bach Soloists parts of Bach's "Weihnachtsoratorium" and Händel's "Messiah" in the Grace Cathedral San Francisco. Conductor: Jeffrey Thomas LINK THEATRE 12-12-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA In the today's B-Premiere of J. Strauß' "Die Fledermaus", soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her role-debut as ADELE, and finally also her house-debut in her new theatre, the Badisches Staatstheater KArlsruhe, wehre she also will perform FRETEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and sing her debut as ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phèdre". Conductor: Leo Siberski Director: Tobias Ribitzki LINK THEATRE 12-12-2024 Tomohiro TAKADA WELCOME to AYNpmn, baritone TOMOHIRO TAKADA , member of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he today will debut as FALKE in the B-Premiere of J. Strauß' "Die Fledermaus". His further parts include a.o. FANINAL in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" and the title role of Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin". LINK THEATRE 12-12-2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM In the today's B-Premiere of Johann Strauß' "Die Fledermaus", tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM will make his debut as incredibly funny ALFRED at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Conductor: Leo Siberski Director: Tobias Ribitzki LINK THEATRE 12-12-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL will perform at the National Concert Hall Dublin parts of Bach's "Weihnachtsoratorium", as well as Christmas-Carols with the Goethe Choir and the Goethe Ensemble. LINK THEATRE 10-12-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSKTA will perform works by Mozart at "Ein Tusch für Carl Theodor" - a concert on the occasion of the 300the birthday celebration for Kurfürst Carl Theodor der Pfalz, who was extremely imporatant for the art in his time. LINK THEATRE 08-12-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA New guest-commitment for soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA in the 2024/25 season: SOPHIE in R. Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Aalto Musiktheater Essen; one of her favourite parts, which she performed with huge success at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and which she will also embody at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the 25/26 season. Revival-Premiere: 04-05-2025 Condcutor: Andrea Sanguinetti Director: Anselm Weber LINK THEATRE 08-12-2024 Ralf RACHBAUER In the todays revival-premiere of Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, tenor RALF RACHBAUER again overtrakes the KNUSPERHEXE, which he embodied already during his ensemble-time in Wiesbaden. Since the current season, Mr. Rachbauer is a member of th ensemble at Oper Bonn. Conductor: Holger Reinhardt Director: Beka Savič LINK THEATRE 02-12-2024 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON makes her role-debut as ADELE in the premiere of Johann Strauß' "Die Fledermaus" at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with lots of Appalachian's girl temperament. Conductor: Leo Siberski Director: Tobias Ribitzki LINK THEATRE 07-12-2024 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE, today makes his debut in the title-role of Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd" at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, which he will leave after this season to be a part of the ensemble at Staatsoper Hannover. LINK THEATRE 07 & 08-12-2024 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS is looking forward to perform Händel's "Messiah" with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the UMC Choral Society in the Hill Auditorio / UMC. Conductor: Scott Hanoian Upcoming: Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" with L'Arpeggiata at the Mozartwoche Salzburg LINK THEATRE 04-12-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN makes her role-debut as LISA CAREW in Wildhorn's musical "Jekyll & Hyde" at Staatstheater Meiningen, where she is a highly valued member of the ensemble, performing in equal high quality opera, operetta and musical parts, such as CHERUBINO or GHITA. LINK THEATRE 04-12-2024 Elena BEZGOTKOVA With the today's Jump-In as LIZA in Caikovsky's "Pikowaja Dama", soprano ELENA BEZGOTKOVA makes her house-debut at the Theater Freiburg. Conductor: Ektoras Tartanis Director: Peter Carpp LINK NDR 04-12-2024 Leila SCHÜTZ Derniere for the current season of L. Landymore's the "Wizzard of Oz" with young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ, praised as "brilliant" and "outstanding" for all 4 parts in this piece: GLINDA, WITCH OF THE WEST, AUNT EM, KEEPER. Due to the huge success, there will be a revival in 2024/25. LINK THEATRE From December 2024 Vera EGOROVA From Dec. 2025 on, mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA will be a member of the ensemble at Oper Wuppertal, performing the parts of MUTTER GERTRUD in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel", MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN in Gounod's "Faust" and FRIEDA RIEMER in "Von Thalia geküsst" - a Wuppertal Revue. LINK THEATRE 01-12-2024 Leila SCHÜTZ Young Soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ sings arias by Monteverdi, Händel, Gluck & Belliini in the concert "Le Donne di Casa Manzoni"with Lira d'Orfeo at the ORFEO WEEK in Lodi. A member of the opera-studio at Volkstheater Rostock, she will soon make her debut as KATHARINA CAVALLIERI in Shaffers "Amadeus". Furthermore, she will sing at the Laeizhalle Hamburg during the famous movie "Three Nuts for Cinderella", accompanied by the Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock. LINK FESTIVAL 22-11-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF Countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF singing the part of DI KÖNIGIN in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Elias" with the KCZB and the Nederlands Begleidingsokrest in the Emmaüskerk in Barneveld, The Netherlands. LINK CHOIR 30-11-2024 Vera EGOROVA Today, Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA bows out as SUZUKI in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Den Jyske Opera in the Musikhuset Aarhus. From Dec on, Mrs Egorova will join the ensemble of Oper Wuppertal, where she will make her debut as GERTRUD in Humerdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel", and perform MARTHE SCHWERTLEIN in Goundo's "Faust", as well sing in "Von Thalia geküsst", a Wuppertal Revue LINK THEATRE 29-11-2024 Anna-Maria DUR In the today's derniere, Mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA DUR bows out in her 3 parts in Puccini's "Il Trittico" at Nationaltheater Weimar, LA FRUGOLA, ZIA PINZIPESSA and ZITA DETTA LA VECCHIA, for which she received great reviews: ‘...As the cold-hearted aunt, Zia Principessa,ANNA-MARIA DUR - brilliant in every aspect!...’ ‘... The wonderfully comedic ANNA-MARIA DUR leads as Zita ...’ ‘... With vocal precision ... and ANNA-MARIA DUR...’ ‘... above all ANNA-MARIA DUR, who in all three operas, evil or gossipy women in all three operas - a great, indeed sumptuous operatic pleasure...’ (From Concerti, MDR, Thüringer Allgemeine) LINK THEATRE 27-11-2024 Morgane HEYSE Coloratura Soprano MORGANE HEYSE overtakes on a short call the part of KÖNIGIN DER NACHT in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte", in a sensational production by stage diretor Goyo Montero, making her house-debut at the Staatstheater Nürnberg. At the Landestheater Linz, where Mrs Heyse is a member of the ensemble since the 2024/25 season, she also performs this part with huge success. LINK THEATRE November 2024 Registrations open INTERNATIONAL HANS GABOR BELVEDERE SINGING COMPETITION 2025, in which Jolanta Nicolai again will be jury in the preliminary rounds. As since many years, in Stuttgart, and this time also in Kassel. LINK COMPETITION 14-10-2024 Anna GRYCAN Mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN performs in the revival-premiere of Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" the part of HÄNSEL, which she sang already in the opera-studio of Oper Chemnitz. A new member of the ensemble at the Schleswig Holsteinisches Landestheater, she will play the part alongside her husband, Mikolaj Bonkowksi, who, also a member of the ensemble in Flensburg, sings Peter Besenbinder, her father. Stories, only the theatre can write.... Conductor: Avishay Shalom Director: Tristan Braun LINK THEATRE 24-11-2024 Sung Min SONG While Tenor SUNG MIN SONG is singing Dvorak's "Stabat Mater" in Leipzig, Radio NDR Kultur will transmit Puccini's "Messa di Gloria" with him at 5PM. A concert with the Gächinger Cantorey, the Dresdner Kammerchor & the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker. Conductor: H.-Ch. Rademann LINK NDR November 2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MING SONG performs Dvořák`s "Stabat Mater" with the MDR Sinfonieorchester & the MDR Rundfunkchor at the Gewandhaus Leipzig. The concert will be transmitted life at Radio NDR Kultur. Conductor: Denniss Russell Davies LINK MDR November 2024 Sung Min SONG REALEASE of the CD with Dvorak's "Stabat Mater" with tenor SUNG MIN SONG, who sang the piece with the Chorwerk Ruhr, accompanied by the Bochumer Symphoniker in concerts. Conductor: LINK THEATRE 23-11-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her House-Debut at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she is a new member of the ensemble since the current season, performing GRETEL in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel". A part, she already embodied highly successfully at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. In Karlsruhe, Mrs Taratorkina also will make her role-debuts as ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phaédre" and as ADELE in J. Strauß "Die Fledermaus", and will be guesting as VALENCIENNE in Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe" at the Opernhaus Zürich. Conductor: Johannes Willig Director: Achim Thorwald LINK THEATRE 22-11-2024 Laura SCHERWITZL Soprano LAURA SCHERWITZL performs the part of BÜBCHEN in the children's opera "Bübchen's Weihnachtstraum" by Engenbert Humperdinck, who composed so much more than only his famous "Hänsel & Gretel". The perfmances will take place in the Theatr Neubrandenbburg, wehre Mrs SCherwitzl at the moment is a highly celebrated JENNY in Weill's "Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny". Conductor & concept: J. Feigl Choreography. José Caba LINK THEATRE 22-11-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF Young countertenor todayy performs the part of DIE KÖNIGIN in Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Elias" with the KCZB Choir Society, accompanied by the Nederlands Begleidigorkest. LINK THEATRE 16-11-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF Young countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF performs the ALTO-PART in Bach's "Hohe Messe" with the Arise Koor Kampen, accompanied by the Nederlands Symphoniksch Kamerorkest in the Buitenkerk van onze Lieve Vrouwenkerk in Kampe, The Netherland. Conductor: S. van den Houten LINK THEATRE 16-11-2024 Morgane HEYSE Coloratura Soprano MORGANE HEYSE sings songs by Poulenc, Fauré and other French composers in "Planetarium", a stars and cancellight-concert in the Kunstenplek de Graaf in Belgian Gent. Piano: Heng Che LINK THEATRE 14-10-2024 Georg BOCHOW Countertenor GEORG BOCHOW returns to the Festival Wien Modern to perform in the WORLD-PREMIERE of "O! A Biography", an opera-ballet with music by Matthias Kanebitter and choreography by Eva-Maria-Schaller in the Museumsquartier Wien. LINK THEATRE 14-11-2024 Steven EBEL Tenor STEVEN EBEL overtakes on a very short call the part of TALLAN in Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers", which he has learned in only a few days, at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he was a member of the ensemble after his studies. Conductor: Georg Friztsch Director: Keith Warner LINK THEATRE 10-11-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN perfoms in the solo-concert "Siete Canciones Españoles Populares & mas" at Staatstheater Meiningen not only the cycle by Manuel de Falla, but also works by Federico Garcia Lorca, Fernando Obradors, a.o. Piano: Christopher Vazan LINK THEATRE November 2024 Eric JURENAS The International Händel Festival Karlsruhe has revealed the rest of the program for 2025: countertenor ERIC JURENAS will perform in the "Les 3 Contre-Ténors" Concert, together with the L'Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal de Versailles at the main stage of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, wehre he also embodied FIDI in Avner Dorman's "Wahnfried". Conductor: Stefan Plewniak LINK THEATRE 09-11-2024 Sung Min SONG In the todays premiere of Verdi's "La Traviata", tenor SUNG MIN SONG perform the part of ALFREDO, making his first appearance as new member of the Nationaltheater Mannheim. dud to construction works, the performance takes place in the new built OPAL Mannheim. Conductor: R. Rizzi Brignoli Director: Luise Kautz LINK THEATRE 09-11-2024 Anastasiya TARAToRK Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA returns to the Staatstheater Wiesbaden to overtake on a short call the part of MARZELLINE in Beethoven's "Fidelio"; one of the 13 parts, whe performed during her residential-contract at the Hessisches Staatstheater, before switching to the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. LINK THEATRE 09-11-2024 Agnieszka HAUZER Soprano AGNEISZKA HUAZER embodies the part of ROSALINDE in the todays premiere of Johann Strauß's "Die Fledermaus" at Oper Kiel, where she in a previous production already was highly praised by the press for her stage presence, temperament and fantastic singing, also of the by all soprani frightened Csárdás. Conductor: Chenglin Li Director: Daniel Karasek LINK THEATRE 05-11-2024 Morgane HEYSE Coloratura soprano MORGANE HEYSE makes her debut as MINNIE in Pierre-Louis Dieztsch's "Le Vaisseau Fantôme" in the Black Box Lounge of Landestheater Linz, wehre she at the moment also is a highly celebrated KÖNIGIN der NACHT. Piano: Eunjung Lee Moderation, concept & dramaturgy: Christoph Blitt LINK THEATRE 04-11-2024 Vera EGOROVA Today and tomorrow, Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" production by the Den Jyske Opera Århus with mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA guests in Copenhagen, at the Gamble Scenen, the old theatre of Det Koneglige Teater København. The last performances of the Denmark-wide-tour will be 26-30. Nov. 2025 in Århus. Conductor: Ch. Lichtenstein Director: Dr. Ulrich Peters LINK SWR 03-11-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA performs music from the Golden Era of American and German Movies in the concert "I got rythm, I got Musik, Musik, Musik" at OPAL, the new theatre of NAtionaltheater Mannheim during the construction works at the main building. Piano: Mark Johnston Violine: Ph. von Piechowski Trumpet: Rüdiger Kurz Bass: Frank Ringleb Drums: Jens Knoop LINK TRAILER 02-11-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Today, tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA bows out as DON OTTAVIO on Mozart#s "Don Giovanni" at the beautiful baroque-theatre at Caslte Schwetzingen, where the Nationaltheater Mannheim always performes works of Mozart and the baroque-periode. Praised as a perfect Mozart Voice, Mr. Helbig-Kostka is looking very much forward to his following Mozart-parts, such as.... stay tuned... LINK THEATRE 30-10-2024 Peter SCHÖNE In the todays derniere of Verdi's "Aida" at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, baritone PETER SCHÖNE bows out as AMONASTRO, his first Verdi part, and one of his last in Saarbrückenr, before he will switch to the ensemble at the Staatsoper Hannover Conductor: Stefan Neubert Director: Manuel Schmitt LINK THEATRE 30-10-2024 Angelos SAMARTZIS In the todays derniere if Verdi's "Aida" at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, tenor ANGELOS SAMARTZIS bows out as RADAMES, for which he was highly praised by the press. Conductor: Stefana Neubert Director: Manuel Schmitt LINK THEATRE 27-10-2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MING SONG today covers the TENOR-PARTS in Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" under the baton of Maestro Kent Nagano. The concert with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks will take place in the Dom zu Passau. A frequently asked singer for concerts with the most important orchestras in famous vanues like the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Mrs Song has performed the Verdi-Requiem already numerous times. LINK THEATRE 26-10-2024 Anna GRYCAN Young Mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN makes her house-debut at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg, where she is a new member of the ensemble in "STARK - a concert for Ethel Smyth". LINK THEATRE 27-10-2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM Tenor BEOMJIN KIM, new member of the at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, today makes his role-debut as BEPPE in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci", in a production, that was already shown with huge success at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, where he performed NEMORINO, RINUCCIO and ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in Rosenkavalie,r which also expects him in Karlsruhe. LINK THEATRE 26-10-2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG performs Bruckner`ss "Te Deum" and Dvořák`s "Mša Glagolinskaia" with members of the Elbphilharmonie-Orchester in the St. Michaelis Kirche Hamburg, the famous so called "Michel". LINK THEATRE 25-10-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN makes her role-debut as SOPHIE (in the original JACK) in "Die Strandräuber", a German version of Ethel Smyth "The Wreckers" at Staatstheater Meiningen. Conductor: Killian Farrell Director: Jochen Biganzoli LINK THEATRE 25-10-2024 World OPERA DAY Thank you to all, who keep opera alive! Especially to our wonderful artsits and to all theatres and organisors, we are working with to bring opera to as many people as possible; in the whole world. LINK THEATRE 20-10-2024 Agnieszka HAUZER In the todays revival-premiere of Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz at Theater Kiel, soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER will again overtake the part of AGATHE, for which she was praised by the press. Further parts in this season will be FELDMARSCHALLIN in Richard Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" Conductor: Daniel Carlberg Director: Jean Romain Vesperini LINK SWR Ocotber 2024 Anna GRYCAN Young Mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN overtakes the season the residence-contract of the ill colleague at Theater Flensburg, where she will perform HÄNSEL in "Hänsel & Gretel", ORLOFKSY in "Die Fledermaus" and JADE BOUVHER in Heggie's "Dead Man Walking", and appear in concerts like "Rausch". LINK THEATRE 17-10-2024 Leila SCHÜTZ In the todays premiere of Karola Obermüller's "Gerade Sein und Mensch werden - Sophie Scholl", young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ, member of the opera-studio, overtakes the parts of INGE SCHOLL and 1. Freundin at Volkstheater Rostock. Conductor: H.-Ch. Borck Director: Stephan Knies LINK THEATRE 17-10-2024 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA In the todays premiere of Karola Obermüller's "Gerade Sein und Mensch werden - Sophie Scholl", mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA overtakes the part of LINDA SCHOLL & 2. FREUNDIN. the opera with a libretto by Ulrike Schumann will be performed at the Volkstheater Rostock. Conductor: H.-Ch. Borck Director: Stefan Knies LINK THEATRE 12-10-2024 Vera EGOROVA Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA overtakes ON A SHORT CALL the part of FATA MORGANA in Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges", making her house-debut at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg. Conductor: Harish Shankar Director: Hendrik Müller, with whom Mrs Egorova already worked several times at Theater Regensburg, a.o. as CARMEN and in Jüri Reinvere's World-Premiere "Minonoa" LINK THEATRE 12-10-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA performing in "Crèation(s) - the great history of creation, with music by Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, Beethoven, Händel, Karukas, Dellacher, Haydn, Schubert, Mahler, Ligeti, Rossini, Rameau, Donizetti, Tschaikowski, Puccini, R. Strauss, J. Strauß, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Bizet, Korngold, Leoncavallo, Rachmaninow, Scarlatti, Janáček, Sullivan, Holst, de Abreu. During the constrution-works of the theatre, from now on, all performances of the Nationaltheater Mannheim will take place in the OPAL, the Oper am Luisenpark Mannheim. Conductor: Clemenz Heil Director: Lorenzo Fioroni LINK THEATRE 13-10-2024 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON makes her role-debut as AVIS in Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers", the openings-premiere of the new intendancy at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Direcor: Keith Warner LINK THEATRE 12-10-2024 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON makes her house-debut at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she is a new member of the ensemble, in the part of NORINA in Donizetti's "Don Paquale". It's a new stage for Martha, but she is familiar with the production, which she has performed already at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. Conductor: Johannes Willig Director: Christoph von Bernuth LINK THEATRE 12-10-2024 Peter SCHÖNE On occasion of Gustav Holst's 150-birthday-anniversy, Staatshteater Saarbrücken brings Gustav Holst's "Sita" with baritone PETER SCHÖNE as RAMA to its WORLD-PREMIERE; long overdue. Condcutor: Stefan Neuberg Director: J. Peters-Messer LINK THEATRE 12-10-2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM performing ERNESTO in Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where he is a new member of the ensemble since the 24/25 season, and where he already appeareappeared as ERNESTO in a previous production with huge success. In the current production, he has performed already at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Conductor: Johannes Willig director: Christoph von Bernuth LINK THEATRE 05-10-2024 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON sings her last SOPHIE in Richard Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Nárdoni Divadlo Praha, for which she already was highly praised at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. The soprano also will embody this part at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she is a new member of the ensemble. LINK THEATRE October 2024 Benjamin RUSSELL Fantastic reviews for baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL, who will present parts of the CD at a recital at Stanford Festival, Oct 12th: "Russell provides an energetic, jaunty rendition and captures the emotions of the day, while in “The Chapel on the Hill,” he successfully takes on the role of an old man reflecting on his fond childhood memories of the local chapel. In “The West Wind,” Russell shows off his interpretative skills to good effect as he conjures up a picture of the wind’s path across Wicklow. Reflecting the calm of the previous evening, his voice quickly gathers pace and urgency as the gale awakens, and his neatly placed accenting causes the vocal line to become turbulent and excited as the wind races across the Lough, then slows slightly before eventually picking up pace again. Eventually, he calls out in a state of agitation and desperation for the wind to relent. It is an exciting and detailed journey in which the listener is able to feel and imagine the full effect of the wind on the landscape. (Opera Wire) Baritone Benajim Russell is a remarkable presence. His gorgeous and bright timbre, impecable and Cristal-clear diction, and wealth characterisation are the work of am star Lied artist. (Fanfare) LINK THEATRE 06-10-2024 Nathalie MITTELBACH In the todays revival premiere of Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges,mezzosoprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH will perform again CLARISSA & LINETTA & EXCENTRIC WOMAN at the Theater Bremen. Conductor: Sasha Yankevych Director: Frank Hilbrich LINK THEATRE 05-10-2024 Monique KRUS Composer MONIQUE KRUS's new family-opera "De Piratenkoningin" will be world-premiered at the Nederlandse Reisopera. After the premiere, the production will be shown on a tour through the Neterhlands. Libretto: Sandra Knebel and Daniel van Klaveren, who also is responsible for the stage direction. Conductors: Kent Moussault and Ann Tali. LINK THEATRE 05-10-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Stage director HENDRIK MÜLLER, new Opera-Director at the Schleswgi-Holsteinisches Landestheater, today opens with Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges", in his usual humorous way looking on such crazy pieces. Conductor: Harish Shankar Sets & Costumes: Marc Weeger LINK THEATRE 05-10-2024 Gerry HUNGBAUER Actor and musical-singer GERRY HUNGBAUER will return to the Aalto Musiktheater Essen to embody again prof. HENRY HIGGINS in Loewe's "My Fair Lady". photo: as Eliza: Mercy Malieloa Conductor: Tomaso Turchetta Director: Ilaria Lanzino LINK THEATRE 04-10-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Verdi's "Rigoletto" in stage direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER will celebrate its 2nd revival at Oper Frankfurt. The highly celebrated production from 2017, will be shown until November 8th. Another revival started last week: Puccini's "Madam Butterfly" in the not less by the press celeberated direction by Hendrik Müller at Staatstheater Meiningen LINK THEATRE 04-10-2024 Vera EGOROVA Mezzosoprano VERA EGOROVA makes her house-debut at Den Jyske Opera Århus as SUZUKI in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly". The premiere takes place at the Theatre in Sønderborg; performances will be shown on a tour through Denmark, including a.o. the Opera Copenhagen. Conductor: Ch. Lichtenstein Director: Ulrich Peters LINK THEATRE Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Check out the complete program for the NEW SEASON 2024/25 at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with not only Martha Eason, LiangLiang Zhao, but also Beomjin Kim, Anastasiya Taratorkina; also new members of the ensemble. LINK THEATRE 03-10-2024 Martha EASON Soprano MARTHA EASON, a new member of the ensemble, is presenting herself for the first time to the public of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe with her debut as AVIS in Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers". This season, Mrs Eason also will appear as VIOLETTA, Rosenkavalier-SOPHIE, ADELE, a.o. Stage direction: Keith Warner Martha, who at the moment performs LINK SWR Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe Check out the complete program for the NEW SEASON 2024/25 at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, with not only Martha Eason, LiangLiang Zhao, but also Anastasiya Taratorkina and Beomjin Kim; also new members of the ensemble. LINK TRAILER 28-09-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN Dramatic Soprano KIRSTIN SHARPIN makes her house-debut at Theater Regensburg as ISOLDE in Wagner's masterpiece "Tristan und Isolde", which she already performed highly successfully in 2 productions, among others at Oper Wuppertal. Conductor: Stefan Veselka Director: Denis Krauß LINK THEATRE 29-09-2024 Barbara SENATOR Soprano BARBARA SENATOR makes her role & house debut as CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Oper Halle, where she perform for the first time. The performances will run until mid of January. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon Director: Patrick Seibert LINK THEATRE 26-09-2024 Anna-Maria DUR Revival-Premiere of Puccini's "Il Trittico" with mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA DUR as FURGOLA, ZIA PRINCIPESSA and ZITA; 3 roles, for which she was highly praised by the press as "outstanding". the production by Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar will be performed until November. LINK THEATRE 19-09-2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG, a new member at the Nationaltheter Mannheim, will make his Role-debut as TURIDDU in Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana". Due to construction works at the theatre, the performances will take place in the new OPAL, Oper am Luisenpark. Conductor: Jānis Liepiņš Director: Roland Velde. LINK THEATRE 15-09-2024 Merlin WAGNER Tenor MERLIN WAGNER starts his new season 24/25 as member of the ensemble at Oper Wuppertal in the part of 1. JUDE in Richard Strauss "Salome". Furthermore, he will appear at his new theatre among others as HEXE in Humperdinck's "Hänsel & Gretel" and in the revue "Von Thalia geküsst - eine Wuppertaler Revue", in stage directiony by General and Artistic Director Rebekah Rota. LINK THEATRE 14-09-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA In the revival premiere, lyric tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA, praised for his "perfect Mozart voice" will perform again the part of DON OTTAVIO in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with the Nationaltheter Mannheim at the beautiful baroque theatre at Castle Schwetzingen. LINK THEATRE 09-09-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN After her huge success as GHITA in "Una Cosa Rara" last season, mezzo SARA-MARIA SAALMANN also in 24/25 will appear in Martin y Solér's rarely performed opera at the Staatstheater Meiningen, Conductor: Christopher Vazan Director: Andreas Baeselr LINK THEATRE 07 & 08-09-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE begins her season 24/25 with Richard Strauss "Vier letzte Lieder", accompanied by the Pfalzphilharmonie Kaiserslautern under the baton of Olivier Pols at the SWR Studio Kaiserslautern. Furthermore, Mrs Friebe, member of the ensemble at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she was a celebrated ELISABETH de VALOIS in Hendrik Müller's production of "Don Carlo", in 24/25 will perform the parts of a.o. CIO-CIO SAN in Puccini's "Madam Butterfly" and of MARIE/MARIETTA in Korngold's "Die Tote Stadt". LINK THEATRE 07-09-2024 Peter SCHÖNE After his huge success with Lucia Ronchetti's "Der Doppelgänger" at the Schwetzinger SWR Festival, bariton PETER SCHÖNE makes his house debut in the Swiss Premiere of the piece at the Luzerner Theater. LINK THEATRE 06-09-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN The new season 24/25 begins for mezzosropano SARA-MARIA SALMANN with her role-debut as THIBAULT in the French version of Giuseppe Verdi's "Don Carlo" at Staatstheater Meiningen, where she is a member of the ensemble. Stage direction, costumes & sets: famous artist Achim Freyer, Conductor: Killian Farrell LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Gerry HUNGBAUER Famous German actor GERRY HUNGBAUER, known intternationally from "Rote Rosen", embodies the part of MEPHISTO in J.W. von Goethe's "Faust".in an open-air-production at Schloßpark Bückeburg. In 2024/25, he again will perform Prof. Henry. Higgins at the Aalto Musiktheater in Essen. LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Alicja BANY Young mezzosoprano ALICJA BANY, who just obtained her Master's Degree at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, will perform in Open-Air-Concerts with the Elbphilharmonie Sachsen. LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM s making his role-debut as CASSIO in Verdi's "Otello" at the Seoul Arts Center, where he already performed several times. From the 24/25 season on, he will be a new member of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, performing parts such as Ferrando, Alfredo, Beppe, Itlaineischer Sänger in "Der Rosenkavalier" or Alfred in "Die Fledermaus". Conductor: Carlo Rizzi Director: Keith Warner LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Stage Director & new Casting-Director at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg was honoured with an own "Piazza"at the Oper im Steinbruch Festival in St. Margarethen, where he was a member of the Artistic Board of Directors for several seasons, and which he also in future will consult. LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Hendrik MÜLLER S.-M. SAALMANN DER OPERNFREUND - Top Experiences in 23/24: "Best Production" & "Best Direction": Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" in direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER's at Staatstheater Meiningen with Sara-Maria Saalmann as KATE PINKERTON. LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN DER OPERNFREUND - Top Experiences in 23/24: "Discovery of the Year": "Gespenster" with SARA-MARIA SAALMANN at Staatstheater Meiningen. Composer: T. Aargaard-Nilsen Conductor: Philippe Bach Director: Ansgar Haag LINK MAGAZINE Summer 2024 Leonor AMARAL CD Release of Mozart's "Der Stein der Weisen" with soprano LEONOR AMARAL as NADINE by the Hofkapelle München. All singers were highly praised by the press for their exceptional good singing, as well as for their perfect diction. Conductor: Rüdiger Lotter with Michael Schade LINK ORCHESTRA 03-09-2024 Meili LI After his huge success with Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" at the Royal Opera House London, MEILI LI joins the Dunedin Consortto perform works by Caldara, Händel, Scarlatti and Vivaldi at the St. Cecilia's Concert Hall & Music Museum in Edinburgh. LINK THEATRE 29-08-2024 Rafał TOMKIEWICZ MEZZO-TV shows Händel's "Saul" from the Theater an der Wien with countertenor RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ as WITCH OF ENDOR. The production was recorded in April 2021. Conductor: Christopher Moulds Stage Director: Claus Guth LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Romina BOSCOLO DER OPERNFREUND - Top experiences in 23/24: contralto ROMINA BOSCOLO as MRS QUICKLY in Verdi's Falstaff "Best interpreter in a supporting part" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Susanne SERFLING DER OPERNFREUND - Top experiences in 23/24: "Best Performer in a main part" SUSANNE SERFLIING as Richard Strauss SALOME at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen LINK MAGAZINE Summer 2024 Kirstin SHARPIN Dramatic Soprano KIRSTIN SHARPIN will cover the part of ISOLDE at the Glyndebourne Festival, before performing it from September on in her 3rd "Tristan & Isolde" production at Theater Regensburg. LINK THEATRE Summer 2024 Morgane HEYSE For the 1st time, Coloratura Soprano MORGANE HEYSE will be a member of the jury at the Singing Competition at University of Fine Arts in Singapore, where she also will give a concert. LINK THEATRE 27-07-2024 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE debuts at the Salzburger Festspiele, performing the part of MICHAEL in Georg Friedrich Haas' "Koma"; in a production by Klangforum Wien. Venue: Stiftung Mozarteum Conductor: Bas Wiegers LINK TRAILER 21-07-2024 Morgane HEYSE Coloratura Soprano MORGANE HEYSE performs DIANE in Charpentier's "Actéon" with the Ensemble Scherzi Musicali during the Festival Valloire Baroque in the Eglise de Valloire Baroque. LINK THEATRE 20-07-2024 Steven EBEL Another Jump-In on a short call for STEVEN EBEL, who again will overtake the part of TONG in Zemlinsky's "Der Kreidekreis" at the Badisches Staatstheater Karsruhe LINK THEATRE 19-07-2024 Merlin WAGNER In the todays performance of Puccini's "Tosca", MERLIN WAGNER not only bows our as Spoletta, but also as member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. From 24/25 on, he will switch to the Oper Wuppertal, performing among others in "Salome", "Faust" and the Revue "Von Thalia geküsst" LINK THEATRE 18-07-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Derniere of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA as DON OTTAVIO. The production by Nationaltheater Mannheim, performed at the Schloßtheater Schwetzingen will return on the schedule in 24/25. Conductor: Anton Legkii Director: Alexander Mørk-Eidem LINK THEATRE 13-07-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Derniere of Sondheim's horror-musical "Sweeney Todd" at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg in stage direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER, who next season will overtake the postiion of the Opera-Director in the theatre, putting on stage L'Amour des Trois Oranges, Die Fledermaus and A Touch of Venus. LINK THEATRE 13-07-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Derniere of Verdi's "Don Carlo" at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, in stage direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER, The press wrote, among others: "‘Festival atmosphere in Kaiserslautern, ovations after the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's ‘Don Carlo’ - for a fabulous ensemble, for the chorus and orchestra as well as for the directing team. Opera lovers, make your way to the Pfalztheater! What can be seen and heard there right now surpasses many a star production (...) Pure vocal bliss right down to the smallest roles (...) So listen and be happy? No, you should definitely see it too - and be even happier!..." Conductor: Daniele Squeo As Elisabeth: ARMINIA FRIEBE LINK THEATRE 13-07-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Derniere of Verdi's "Don Carlo" at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, with soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE as ELISABETH de VALOIS. The production caused "standing ovations and enthusiastical cheers at the opening-night". Conductor: Daniele Squeo Director: HENDRIK MÜLLER LINK THEATRE 12-07-2024 Agnieszka HAUSER Derniere of von Weber's "Der Freischütz" at Theater Kiel with soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER as AGATHE, which she also will perfom in the following season. Conductor: Daniel Carlberg Director: Jean-Romain Vesperini LINK THEATRE 11-07-2024 Sung Min SON Tenor SUNG MING SONG, known for his interpretation of opera-parts and oratorio, today will show his "lighter" side, singing famous operetta melodies with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Conductor: Ernst Theis LINK THEATRE 10-07-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA is making his postponed role debut as DON OTTAVIO in Mozart's "Don Giovanni" with the Nationaltheater Mannheim. The performances will take place in the theatre of the beautiful baroque castle Schwetzingen, South-West-Germany. LINK THEATRE 09-07-2024 Alicja BANY Congratulations to our young mezzosoprano ALICJA BANY, who obtained her Master's Degree at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, where she studied in the class of Prof. Hendrikje Wangemann. LINK TRAILER Summer 2024 Eric JURENAS After a busy season, including productions at THE MET, Staatsoper München or Oper Frankfurt, Countertenor ERIC JURENAS will be teaching at the Core Vocal Faculty at the Virginia Governor's School for Visual and Performing Arts in Redford. LINK THEATRE 07-07-2024 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE returns to the Festival Kissinger Sommer to perform the World-Premiers by Marta Gentilucci, Christian Jost, Daria Pavlotskaya, a.o., as well as by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, etc. Piano: Axel Bauni Steffen Schleiermacher Jan Philip Schulze LINK THEATRE 07-07-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA returns to the Oper Bonn. for the "Season's Closing Concert", where she will perform parts of GILDA. A part, she was highly praised for in Bonn, as well as at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. LINK THEATRE 06-07-2024 Steven EBEL Also today, STEVEN EBEL saves a performance at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, overtaking on a short call the 1. GEHARNISCHTER in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte". Conductor: Andreas Spering Director: Ulrich Peters LINK THEATRE 07-07-2024 Steven EBEL Tenor STEVEN EBEL returns to the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe to overtake on a short call the new learned part of TONG in Zemlinsky's "Kreidekreis". Conductor: Johannes Willig Director: Sebastian Ritschel LINK THEATRE 04-07-2024 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE performs for the last time AMONASRO in Verdi's "Aida" at the Saarlänidsches Staatstheater Saarbrücken, where next season 2 very interesting parts are awaiting him... conductor: Stefan Neubert Director: Manuel schmitt LINK THEATRE 02-07-2024 Jihyun Cecilia LEE SopranoJIHYUN CECILIA LEE awarded with THE GOLDEN CISA PRIZE for exceptional artistic achievement at Staatstheater Augsburg in the 23/24 season, in which Mrs Lee embodied a.o. VIOLETTA in Verdi's "La Traviata", and ANNE TRUELOVE in Stravinksy's "The Rake's Progress". LINK THEATRE 01-07-2024 Meili LI Last chance for the stream on demand on BBC and to hear MEILI LI als LICIDA in Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, in a production by the Irish Nationale Opera, which in July also will be shown in the Théâtre de Equilibre in Fribourg. LINK THEATRE 30-06-2024 Ralf RACHBAUER With the derniere of Verdi#s "Falstaff", tenor RALF RACHBAUER bowes out as member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. From the 24/25 season on, he will be hired at Opera Bonn, but return to Wiesbaden in one of his significant roles: HEXE in Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel" LINK THEATRE 29-06-2024 Romina BOSCOLO Last performance of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" with Contralto ROMINA BOSCOLO as 3.DAME at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, her 2nd last performance, before she will leave the theatre to work freelance in future. LINK THEATRE 29-06-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Last performance as PAMINA in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" for sopprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA at the Hessisches Staatsthater Wiesabden. photo: with Kai Kluge LINK TRAILER 29-06-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN ZARZUELA & More with mezzsosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN at the Summer Festival at Theater Eisenach under the title: "Dance with us in the summer". Theater Eisenach belongs to the Staatstheater Meiningen, wehre Mrs Saalmann is a member of the ensemble.. LINK THEATRE 28 / 29 / 30-06-2024 Sung Min SONG Just back from Korea, where he performed with Mark Minkowski, tenor SUNG MIN SONG will sing NADIR in a concert version of Bizet's "Les Pêcherurs de Perles" in the Stadthalle Göttingen, accompanied by the Universitätsmusik göttingen. Conductor: Antonius Adamske LINK THEATRE 18 & 19-06-2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG performs works by Mozart on a concert tout of the Les Musiciens du Louvre under the baton of Marc Minkowski. The performances will rake place in the Arts Seoul Center. LINK THEATRE 18-06-2024 Eric JURENAS Countertenor ERIC JURENAS creates the parts of NERO and JULIA's FATHER in the WORLD-PREMIERE "The Comet Poppea" at the MOCA in Los Angeles. The production by THE INDUSTRY uses music by George Lewis & Claudio Monteverdi, the Libretto is by Douglas Kearney and the Concept by Yuval Sharon. Eric's performances: 18-06-24, 8pm 20-06-24, 5pm 21-06-24, 5pm 22-06-24, 8pm Conductor: Marc Lowenstein Stage Director: Yuval Sharpon Sets: Mimi Lien Light: John Torres Costumes: Oana Botez Sound Design: Mark Grey LINK THEATRE Until 30-06-2024 Meili LI Countertenor MEILI LI as LICIDA in Vivalid's L'Olimpiade in a live-stream from the Royal Opera House covent Garden London only until 30-06-25 on BBC. Conductor: Peter Whelan Director: Daisy Evans LINK THEATRE 17-06-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Stage Director HENDRIK MÜLLER begins with rehearsals for Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges", his 1st production as new opera-Director of the at the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater, where he already put on stage productions like "Sweeney Todd" fo Arthur Millers "All my Sons" LINK THEATRE 17-06-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN Dramatic Soprano KIRSTIN SHARPIN begins rehearsals for her house-debut at Theater Regensburg as ISOLDE in her 3rd production of Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde". Premiere: 28-09-2024 Conductor: Stefan Veselka Director: Johannes Reitmeier LINK THEATRE 15-06-2024 Nico WOUTERSE Bass-baritone NICO WOUTERSE sing an a GALA-CONCERT on occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Richard-Wagner-Society Koblnez works by the composer in the Theatre Koblenz, accompanied by the orchestra of the Theatre under the baton of Markus Merkel. LINK THEATRE 13-06-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA learns overtakes on a short call the part of OSVALD ALVING in Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's newest opera "Gespenster" at the Staatstheater Meiningen,, where he again will perform with mezzosoprano Sara-Maria Saalmann, who embodies Die Junge Helene. LINK THEATRE 09-06-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE overtakes on a short call for the 2nd time the part of ELISABEHT in Wagner's Tannhäuser" at Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Vera Nemirova LINK THEATRE 08-06-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA overtakes on a short call the role of WOGLINDE in Wagner's "Das Rheingold", making her house-debut at Theater Basel. Conductor: Jonathan Nott Director: Benedict von Peter LINK THEATRE 08-06-2024 Peter SCHÖNE In the premiere of Verdi's "Aida" at Staatstheater Saarbrücken, baritone PETER SCHÖNE makes his long awaited Verdi-debut in AMONASRO. Conductor: Stefan Neubert Director: Manuel Schmitt LINK THEATRE 08-06-2024 Agnieszka HAUZER Soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER today expands her huge repertoire, adding the part of AGATHE in Weber's "Der Freischütz" at Oper Kiel. Performances: 08-06-2024 - 12-07-2024 Conductor: Daniel Carlberg Director: Jean-Romain Vesperini LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 Anna-Maria DUR Tonight, mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA DUR bowes out in Puccini's "Il Trittico" the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, embodying 3 so different role in her own, unique, fantastic way: FRUGOLA, CIESCA and the grand ZIA PRINCIPESSA, for which she was especially hailed by the press. In 24/25, the production will be shown again. LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 Georg BOCHOW Today, Countertenor GEORG BOCHOW bowes out as LA SPERANZA in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo" at Semperoper Dresden. In Jan '25, the production with Rolando Villazón will be performed again with ERIC JURENAS as La Speranza at the Mozartwoche Salzburg. LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 B. KIM / M. EASON M. SERDIUK Today, Tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM, Soprano MARTHA EASON and Tenor MARK SERDIUK are bowing out as RINUCCIO, NELLA & VENDITORE di CANZONETTE in Puccini's "Il Trittico" at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Beomjin Kim & Martha Eason will both join the ensemble of Staatstheater Karlsruhe in the next season, and Mark Serdiuk switch to the choir in Oldenburg LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 Alicja BANY Congratulations to young mezzosoprano ALICJA BANY, a student of the Music Conservatory Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, for reaching the SEMI-FINALS at the international Hans Gabor Belvedere Competition in jurmala. LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 Martha EASON New Season 24/25 announcement at the Badisches Staatstheater: soprano MARTHA EASON will join the ensemble in Karlsruhe, wehre she will interpret the parts of AVIS in Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers", ADELE in "Die Fledermaus", HAKC LOFTE in Dove's "Itch", ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phèdre", SOPHIE in "Der Rosenkavalier" and UNA DONNA in Händel's "Rinaldo" at the Internationale Händel-Festspiele. Furthermore, she will sing concerts and in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe". LINK TRAILER 06-06-2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM Press conference at Staatstheater Karlsruhe about the new season 24/25: tenor BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM will join the ensemble under the new intendancy, and perform ALFREDO in "La Travita", ALFRED in "Die Fledermaus", ITALIENISCHER SÄNGER in "Der Rosenkavalier", "ERNESTO in "Don Pasquale", FERRANDO in "Cosi fan tutte", Mozart's "Requiem" and ORPHEUS in "Orpheus & die Zauberharfe". LINK THEATRE 06-06-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe an its new team announced the 24/25 season, from which on ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA will be part of the ensemble, performing ADELE in "Die Fledermaus", ŒNONE in Lemoyne's "Phèdre" and GRETEL in "Hänsel & Gretel", as well as the soprano-part in Mozart's "Requiem". LINK THEATRE 05-06-2024 Eric JURENAS After a highly successful run in 2 productions, John Adam's "El Niño" and Kevin Putt's "The Hours", today, ERIC JURENAS bows out at THE MET. His next commitment will bring him with a world-premiere to Los Angeles. LINK THEATRE 01-06-2024 Meili LI Today, countertenor MEILI LI can be heard in a BBC broadcast from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as LICIDA in Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade", for which he received enthusiastic reviews in London, as already before in Ireland. Conductor: Peter Whelan Director: Hinrich Horstkotte LINK THEATRE 30-05-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA New Season 24/25 announcement at the Nationaltheater Mannheim: tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA will remain in the ensemble and perform a.o. ALFRED in J. Strauß' "Die Fledermaus" or RINUCCIO in Puccini's "Il Trittico" LINK THEATRE 30-05-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA embodies for the last time the part of WOGLINDE in Wagner's "Die Götterdämmerung" at the Internationale Maifestspiele in Wiesbaden, closing the Ring-Cycle at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden. LINK THEATRE 30-05-2024 Sung Min SONG New Season 24/25 announcement by the Nationaltheater Mannheim: Tenor SUNG MIN SONG will join the ensemble, performing, a.o. ALFREDO in Verdi's "La Traviata", TURIDDU in Leoncavallo's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and LUIGI in Puccini's "Il Trittico"; in addition to numerous concerts in Germany, a.o. in Hamburg or München. LINK THEATRE 30-05-2024 Peter SCHÖNE PETER SCHÖNE overtakes for the 2nd time the title-role of GIANNI SCHICCHI in Puccini's "Il Trittico", where he already saved the second performance of the run. Conductor: Dominik Beykirch Director: Dirk schmeding LINK THEATRE 30-05-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Another Jump-In on a short call for tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, this time as WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE in Wagner's "Tannhäuser". Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Director: Vera Nemirova LINK THEATRE 29-05-2024 Meili LI Today, Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" with MEILI LI as LICIDA opens at the Théâtre de Equilibre in Swiss Fribourg. The production by the Irish National Opera also will performed in a festival in Sicily. More information soon. Conductor: Peter Whelan Director: Daisy Evans LINK TRAILER 29-05-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA The Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden turns out to be ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA's festival: today, she performs SUSANNA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro"; in addition, NANNETTA in Verdi's "Falstaff" and WOGLINDE & STIMME DES WALDVOGELS in Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Conductor: Konrad Junghänel Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 28-05-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA performs the STIMME DES WALDVOGELS in Wagner's "Siegfried" during the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, where she also will embody WOGLINDE in the complete "Ring des Nibelungen". Conductor: Michael Güttler Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 26-05-2024 Georg BOCHOW Countertenor GEORG BOCHOW makes his house & role debut at the Semperoper Dresden as LA SPERANZA in Monteverdi's "L'Orfeo", overtaking the part of Eric Jurenas, who currently is busy at the MET. Lautten Compageny Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner Director: Jakob Habjan LINK THEATRE 25-05-2024 Sung Min SONG Tenor SUNG MIN SONG sings Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" with the Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester, the Opernchor of the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, the Bielefelder Opernchor and the Bremer RathsChor in the Ems-Weser-Hallen Oldenburg. Conductor: Hendrik Vestman LINK THEATRE 25-05-2024 Morgane HEYSE MORGANE HEYSE makes her role & festival debut in the role of VIOLETTA VALERYin Verdi's "La Traviata" at the Belgium Zomeropera Alden Biesen. Conductor: Enrico Delamboye Direction: Noa Naamat LINK THEATRE 25-05-2024 Meili LI Last performance for MEILI LI as LICIDA in Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. The production by Irish National Opera, will also be performed in Fribourgh / Switzerland and a festival in Italy. More information soon. Conductor: Peter Whelan Director: Daisy Evans LINK THEATRE 24-05-2024 Peter SCHÖNE Baritone PETER SCHÖNE overtakes on a short call the title part of Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi", making his house-debut at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, in a production, in which also Anna-Maria Dur performs. LINK THEATRE 20-05-2024 Barbara SENATOR Today, BARBARA SENATOR makes her postponed house-debut as ORTLINDE in Wagner's "Die Walküre" at Oper Zürich. Another "Walküre" wil bring her to the Theater Dortmund in 2025. conductor: Gianandreas Noseda Director: Andreas Homoki LINK THEATRE 20-05-2024 A. TARATORKINA R. BOSCOLO 2nd performance of Verdi's "Falstaff" at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden, with ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as NANNETTA, praised for her "silvery, fresh, youthful, brilliant soprano" and her "sprotive agility" and ROMINA BOSCOLO as MRS QUICKLY, praised for the great stage presence, comedy and sonorous contralto." LINK THEATRE 18-05-2024 Nathalie MITTELBACH NATHALIE MITTELBACH is back on stage after her maternity leave, and makes her role-debuts as PRINCESSE CLARISSE & LINETTA in Prokofiev's "L'Amour des trois Oranges" at Theater Bremen, where she remains a member of the ensemble. Performances: 18-05-2024. - 20.12.2024 Conductor: Sasha Yankevych Director: Frank Hilbrich LINK TRAILER 18-05-2024 Anna-Maria DUR Mezzosoprano ANNA-MARIA DUR, the Grand Dame our agency, makes her house-debut at Nationaltheater Weimar as LA FRUGOLA, ZIA PRINCIPESSA and LA CIESCA in Puccini's "Il Trittico". Performances: 18-05-2024 - 06-06-2024Conductor: Dominik Beykirch Director: Dirk Schmeding Revival in the next season LINK THEATRE 17-05-2024 Eric JURENAS Today, ERIC JURENAS bowes out as III. COUNTERTENOR / III. KING in John Adam's "El Niño" at the MET; but he still can be heard and seen as MAN UNDER THE ARCH & HOTEL CLERC in Kevin Putts's' "The Hours". Conductor: Marin Alsop Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz LINK THEATRE 16-05-2024 Meili LI MEILI LI has the extraordinary honour to sing at the Evening Reception of The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the State Room of Downing Street 11. The reception is hosted by the Royal Museums Greenwich. MEILI LI will perform works by Händel, accompanied by The English Concert under the baton of Harry Bicket. LINK THEATRE 13-05-2024 Meili LI Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade"with MEILI LI as LICIDA, today opens at the Linbury Theatre at Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, with performances until May 25th, 2024. Conductor: Pete Whelan Director: Daisy Evans LINK THEATRE 12-05-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA overtakes on a short call the new learned part of TANZMEISTER in R. Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos" at the Nationaltheater Mannheim, his parent company, where he usually performs SCARAMUCCIO. LINK THEATRE 12-05-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE makes her house-debut at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, overtkaing on a short call the part of ELISABETH in Wagner's "Tannhäuser". Conductor: Georg Fritzsch Direction: Vera Nemirova LINK THEATRE 09-05-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA Tenor RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA makes his house-debut at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe, overtaking on a short call FERRANDO in Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte", which he recently also embodied at the Schloßtheater Schwetzingen. Conductor: Johannes Willig Direction: Nilufar Münzing LINK THEATRE 09-05-2024 Romina BOSCOLO In the tonight's Jump-In on a short call, contralto ROMINA BOSCOLO makes her house-debut at Oper Bonn, overtaking LARINA in Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin" Conductor: Hermes Helfricht Director: Vasily Barkhatov LINK THEATRE 07-05-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA New Season 24/25 announcement: ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA will overtake VALENCIENNE in the Revival-run of Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe".; giving her "real" house-debut, after she jumped in last season already on a very short term. Revival Premiere: 04-03-2025 Conductor: Ben Glassberg Director: Barrie Kosky LINK THEATRE 07-05-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER New season 24/25 announcement at Oper Frankfurt: due to the huge success, Verdi's "Rigoletto" in STAGE DIRECTION by HENDRIK MÜLLER will celebrate it's 2nd revival. Revival Premiere: 04-10-2024 Conductor: Simone Di Felice LINK TRAILER 05-05-2024 Eric JURENAS Revival-Premiere of Kevin Putt's internationally highly praised "The Hours" at THE MET, with ERIC JURENAS in the parts of MAN UNDER THE ARCH, and HOTEL CLERC, which he covered already last season. Conductor: Kensho Watanabe Stage Director: Phelim McDermott LINK THEATRE 05-05-2024 Vera EGOROVA New Season 24/25 announcement at Den Jyske Opera: VERA EGOROVA will make her house-debut as SUZUKI in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly", before joining the ensemble of Oper Wuppertal. Conductor: Ch. Lichtenstein Director: Dr. Ulrich Peters LINK THEATRE 05-05-2024-2024 Gerben VAN DER WERF New season 24/25 announcement - countertenor GERBEN VAN DER WERF will make his role & house-debut in Jüri Reinvere's "Peer Gynt" , overtaking the parts of GRINSEKATZE & BUHMANN in der German-speaking premiere of the opera at Stadttheater Bremerhaven. Premiere: 24-04-2025 Conductor: Marc Niemann Stage Director: Johannes Pölzgutter LINK THEATRE 05-05--2024 Barbara SENATOR Due to a cold, BARBARA SENATOR unfortunately has to cancel her house-debut at Opera Zürich, and will perform ORTLINDE in Wagner's "Die Walküre" at another point of time. Conductor: gianandrea Noseda Stage Director: Andreas Homoki LINK THEATRE 04-05 & 08-05-2024 Ralf RACHBAUER Puccini's "Turandot" at the Internationale Maifestspiele at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, with RALF RACHBAUER as Minister PANG, Conductor: Michelangelo Mazza Stage Director: Daniela Kerck LINK THEATRE 04-05-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Season's 24/25 announcement at Schleswgi-Holsteinisches Landestheater: HENDRIK MÜLLER will overtake the position of the Opera-Director; and also will stage direct Prokofiev's "L'Amour des trois Oranges", Johann Strauß' "Die Fledermaus" and Weill's "A Touch of Venus". LINK THEATRE 04-05-2024 Anna STEPANETS Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater has presented the new season 24/25 and new members of the ensemble: One of them: mezzosoprano ANNA STEPANETS She will perform in "Hänsel & Gretel", "Dead Man Walking", "Die Fledermaus", and in concerts like "Rausch". LINK THEATRE 01-05-2024 Romina BOSCOLO Opening of the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden with Verdi's "Falstaff", in which ROMINA BOSCOLO embodies MRS. QUICKLY. This premiere marks her last production as a member of the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. From the 24/25 season, Romina Boscolo will work freelance. Conductor: Antonello Allemandi Stage Director: Noah L. Perktold LINK CHURCH 01-05--2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Opening of the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden with Verdi's "Falstaff", in which ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her debut as NANNETTA; her last role-debut as member of the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, before she joins the ensemble of the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Conductor: Antonello Allemandi Stage Director: Noah L. Perktold LINK CHURCH 30-04-2024 Alicja BANY In a production of the music-conservatory Dresden, mezzosoprano ALICJA BANY makes her debut as CHEVALIER RAMIRO in Mozart's "La Finta Giardiniera". Conductor: Antonello Allemandi Stage Director:Noah L. Perktold LINK THEATRE 27-04-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSKTA makes his role-debut as SCARAMUCCIO in Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos" at Nationaltheater Mannheim in the Alte Schildkröt Fabrik. Performances: 27-04-2024 - 12-05-2024 Conductor: Marin Alsop Stage Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz LINK THEATRE 23-04-2024 Eric JURENAS ERIC JURENAS makes his role and his "real" house-debut as III. COUNTERTENOR (3rd KING) in John Adam's "El Niño" at THE MET. His "real" house-debut, because he already overtook in the last season on a short call GUILDENSTERN in "Hamlet". Performances: 23-04-2024 - 17-05-2024 2Conductor: Marin Alsop Stage Director: Lileana Blain-Cruz LINK THEATRE 20-04-2024 Meili LI Today, MEILI LI makes his role and house-debut as LICIDA in Vivaldi's L'Olimpiade at the Irish National Opera. The production will open in Tralee and will be performed all over Ireland, as well as in the Linbury Theatre / Royal Opera House Covent Garden London. Performances in Ireland: 20-04-2024 - 09-05-2024 Performances in London: 15-05-2024. - 25-05-2024 Performances Fribourg / CH: 29-05-2024 - 01-06-2024 Conductor: Peter Whelan Director: Daisy Evens LINK THEATRE 23-04-2024 Martha EASON MARTHA EASON makes her last role-debut as member of the ensemble at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater: NELLA in Puccini's "Il Trittico". From 2024/25, Martha Eason will join the ensemble at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe LINK THEATRE 20-04-2024 Beomjin Angelo KIM BEOMJIN ANGELO KIM makes his role-debut as RINUCCIO in Puccini's "Il Trittico" at the Oldenburgisches since his interpretation of NEMORINO in "Don Pasquale" LINK THEATRE 19-04-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN For this season, SARA-MARIA SAALMANN bowes out as CHERUBINO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at Staatstheater Meiningen, praised by the press for her energetic acting and her LINK THEATRE 19-04-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA In the tonight's Derniere of Weber's "Der Freischütz"at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA bowes out as ÄNNCHEN, hailed by the press as "enchanting acress with an equally brilliant and warm soprano". Her next and last role as member of the ensemble in Wiesbaden will be NANNETTA in Verdi's Falstaff", alongside Željko Lučić. Conducor: Johannes Klumpp Director: Clemens Bechtel LINK THEATRE 14-04-2024 Anna STEPANETS Derniere of Britten's highly praised production of "Peter Grimes" at Theater Osnabrück with ANNA STEPANETS as Mrs. SADLEY, who from the 24/25 season will join the ensemble at Schleswgi-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flenbsurg. LINK CHURCH 14-04-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL BENJAMIN RUSSELL performs for the last time the PAPAGENO in Mozart's "Zauberflöte" at Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden; to that he will return in 24/25 as CONTE ALMAVIVA in "Le nozze di Figaro. Conductor: Konrad Junghänel Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 13-04-2024 Ralf RACHBAUER tenor RALF RACHBAUER in his last premiere as ensemble-member at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, before joining the Oper Bonn: PANG in Puccini's "Turandot" Performances: 13-04-2024 - 22.06.2024 Conductor: Yoel Gamzou Stage Director: Daniela Kerck LINK THEATRE 12-04 = 13-04-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN dramatic soprano KIRSTIN SHARPIN returns to the Thüringer Symphoniker to sing R. Strauss "Vier letzte Lieder" and the arias of ARIADNE auf NAXOS and SALOME in the concert "Ungestüm & innig" at theatr Rudolstadt Cocerts: 12-04-24 & 13-04-24 Conductor: Olver Weder LINK THEATRE 12-04-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Opening of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Staatstheater Meiningen in stage direction by HENDRIK MÜLLER, who puts this opera for the first time on stage. His "partners in crime" for sets and costumes are once more Marc Weeger and Katharina Heistinger. Conductor: Chin-Chao Lin Performances: 12-04-2024 - 15-06-2024, revival in 24/25 LINK THEATRE 12-04-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN SARA-MARIA SAALMANN makes in the premiere of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" her role-debut as KATE PINKERTON at Staatstheater Meningen, who in Hendrik Müller's stage direction is much mor often present on stage than usually. Conductor: Chin-Chao Lin Direction: Hendrik Müller LINK THEATRE 06-04-2024 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA, a previous member of the opera-studio, returns to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, for her debut as FLORA in Verdi's "La Travita" Conductor: Harry Off / Peter Hálász Stage Director: Andreas Homoki LINK THEATRE 04-04-2024 Anna GRYCAN young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN will sing for the first time the ALTUS-PART in Händel's "Messiah", together with the choir and period instrument orchestra Musica Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense of the Chamber Oper ain Warsaw. The concert will be performed in the Concert Studio of the Polish Radio LINK THEATRE 30-03-2024 Anna GRYCAN In the today's premiere of "Dwa-Zwei", a ballett evening by Maciej Kuźmiński and Adi Salant, young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN can be heard with Polish and Jewish Lullabies LINK THEATRE 29-03-2024 Meili LI MEILI LI performs at London's St. Georges the ALTO-PART in J.S. Bach's"Johannes-Passion" with the Choir of St. Georges Hanover Square, accompanied by the London Handel Orchestra Conductor: Richard Gowes LINK CHURCH 27-03-2024 Gerben VAN der WERF sings the ALTUS-PART in J.S. Bach's "Matthäus-Passion" in the Sint Petrusbasiliek Oirschot, together with the Kampenkoor & the Jongenskoor Dalfsen, accompanied by the Barokorkest La Sorpresa Conductor: Cees Wouters LINK CHURCH 26-03-2024 Beomin/Martha/Mark KIM/EASON/SERDIUK Start of rehearsals for Puccini's "Il Trittico" at Staatstheater Oldenburg with tenor Beomjin Kim as RINUCCIO, soprano Martha Eason as NELLA & tenor Mark Serdiuk as VENDITORE DI CANZONE. Premiere: 20-04-2024 Conductor: Hendrik Vestmann Direction: M. Kochan & T. Ribitzki LINK THEATRE 23-03-2024 Kirstin SAHRPIN Press-Conference for the 24/25 season at Theater Regensburg: KIRSTIN SHARPINwill make her house-debut as ISOLDE; her 3rd production of Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde". Premiere: 28-09-2024Conductor: Stefan Veselka Director: Johannes Reitmeier LINK THEATRE 19-03-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA Start of rehearsals for ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as NANNETTA in Verdi's "Falstaff", which will open at the Internationale Maifestspiele in Wiesbaden Premiere: 01-05-2024 Conductor: Antonello Allemandi Director: Noah L. Perkhold LINK THEATRE 19-03-2024 Romina BOSCOLO Start of rehearsals as MRS. QUICKLY in Verdi's "Falstaff", ROMINA BOSOLO's last part at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, which she will leave to work freelance from the 2024/25 season Premiere: 1-05-2024 during the International May Festival Conductor: Antonello Allemandi Director: Noah L. Perkhold LINK THEATRE 22-03-2024 Rafal TOMKIEWICZ RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ performs in the Kościuł Matki Bożej Dobrej Rady in Kraków Alessandro Scarlatti's "Stabat Mater" with the Jubilueszowa Orkiestra Kameralna. LINK THEATRE 22-03-2024 Arminia FRIEBE soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE overtakes the part of ELISABEHT in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" at the Staatstheater Karlsruhe during the final rehearsals A part, she already performed highly successful at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she now is a member of the ensemble. LINK THEATRE 21-03-2024 Agnieszka HAUZER Derniere of Verdi's "Falstaff" at Theater Kiel, in which AGNIESZKA HAUZER bowes out as wonderful ALICE FORD. Her next role in Kiel will be AGATHEin von Werber's "Der Freischütz". LINK THEATRE 18-03-2024 Eric JURENAS ERIC JURENAS return to THE MET for rehearsals as III. COUNTERTENOR / KING in John Adam's "El Niño", which opens April 23rd, 2024. After overtaking already on a very short call the part of GUILDENSTERN in B. Dean's "Hamlet", this production will mark his "real" house-debut at THE MET. Conductor: Marin Alsop Stage Director: Lileana Brain-Cruz LINK THEATRE 18-03-2024 Anna-Maria DUR Start of rehearsals for ANNA-MARIA DUR as LA FRUGOLA, CIESCA & ZIA PRINCIPESSA.Puccini's "Il Trittico" at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, which opens May 18th, 2024. For her interpretation of Zia Principessa at the Innsbrucker Landestheater, Anna-Maria Dur was highly hailed by the press and nominated as "Best Singers-Actress in a supportive role" for the "Austrian Theatre Award". Premiere: 18-05-2024 Conductor: Dominik Beykirch Director: Dirk Schmeding LINK THEATRE 18-03-2024 Meili LI MEILI LI starts rehearsals for his role & house-debut as LICIDA in Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade"at the Irish National Opera; with performances at the ROH Covent Garden London. The touring production will be shown in theatres all over Ireland, and open April 20th in Trailee. Conductor: Peter Wheler Director: Daisy Evans LINK THEATRE 17-03-2024 Peter SCHÖNE PETER SCHÖNE performs the BARITONE-PART in J.S. Bach's "Johannes-Passion" with the Neumeyer Consort Frankfurt & the Quatro Forte Kammerchor Schwetzingen in the Maria Kirche Schwetzingen. Conductor: Alexander Gütinger LINK THEATRE 17-03-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her role-debut as ÄNNCHEN in the todays premiere of Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Studying at the Carl Maria von Weber Music Conservatory in Dresden, this composer has a special meaning for Mrs Taratorkina. Performances: 17-03-2024 - 30-04-2024 Conductor: Johannes Klumpp Stage Direction: Clemenz Bechtel LINK THEATRE 17-03-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN In the today's derniere of Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde" at Oper Wuppertal, KIRSTIN SHARPIN bowes out as ISOLDE; but the next is waiting in the 24/25 seaon. More information soon. Stay tuned... LINK THEATRE 16-03-2024 Vera EGOROVA After a highly successful run of Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin at the Staatsoper Hannover, VERA EGOROVA bowes out as FILIPJEWNA. Conductor: Valentin Uryupin Stage Director: Barbora Horáková Joly LINK THEATRE 16-03-2024 Eric JURENAS ERIC JURENAS makes his debut at the Di Menna Center for Classical Music in New York City, performing Suzanne Farrin's 2017 world-premiered Mono-Opera "Dolce La Morte", which he already sang at the METLiveArts and recorded on CD, at "Talea 15!", the Anniversary Concert of Ensemble Talea LINK THEATRE 15-03-2024 Sung Min SONG Tonight, SUNG MIN SONG makes his role & house-debut as ERIC in Wagner's "Der Fliegende Holländer" at the Komische Oper Berlin Conductor: James Gaffigan Stage Direction: Herbert Fritsch LINK THEATRE 12-03-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL On occasion of Charles Villiers Stanford's 100. Day of Dead, Irish baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL performs at the "Lied in Würzburg" Festival songs by the Irish composer, as well as by Brahms & Schumann in the recital "Stanford - a portrait"; accompanied by Finghin Collins at the piano. LINK THEATRE 09-03-2024 Leila SCHÜTZ young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ makes her role debut as AMOR in Gluck's "Orfeo & Euridice" at Volkstheater Rostock, where she is a new member of the opera-studio since the current season. Conductor: Eduardo Browne Salinas Director: Rainer Holzapflel LINK THEATRE 09-03-2024 Ekaterina ALEKSANDROVA young mezzosoprano EKATERINA ALEKSANDROVA makes her role & house-debut as ORFEO in Gluck's "Orfeo & Euridice" at Volkstheater Rostock, where she is a new member of the ensemble since the current season. Previous, she was hired for 1 season at the Staatstheater Augsburg, coming from the opera-studio at Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg, Conductor: Eduardo Browne Salinas Director: Rainer Holzapflel LINK THEATRE 07-03-2024 BELVEDERE Competition Like since several years, also in 2024, Jolanta Nicolai will be in the jury at the renowned competition during the preliminary rounds in Cologne. The final rounds will take place in Jurmala. LINK THEATRE 06-03-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Revival -Premiere for Wildhorn's musical "Der Graf von Monte Christo" with mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as PIRATENKÖNIGIN LOUISA VAMPA. The revival takes place in the Schloßtheater Fulda. From March 13th, the production will be shown again at the Staatstheater Meiningen. Conductor: Chin-Chao Lin Director: Cush Jung LINK THEATRE 03-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Starts of rehearsals for STAGE DIRECTOR HENDRIK MÜLLER, who for the first time will put Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" on stage of the Staatstheater Meiningen, where he is a frequent asked guest. Premiere : 12-04-2024 In the production: mezzosoprano SARa-MARIA SAALMANN as Kae Pinkterton. LINK THEATRE 29-02-2024 Rafał TOMKIEWICZ After a great run of Händels "Siroe. Re die Persia" at the International Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, tonight RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ bowes out as SIROE; but only for 2024. The production will return on stage at the 2025 Händel Festival. Conductor: Attilio Cremonesi Director: Dr. Ulrich Peters LINK THEATRE 29-02-2024 Vera EGOROVA VERA EGOROVA overtakes also in the Revival-run of Caikovsky's "Jewgenji Onegin" at the Staatstheater Hannover the part of FILIPJEWNA; Performances: 29-02-2024 - 13.03.2024 Conductor: Valentin Uryupin Stage Director: Barbora Horáková Joly LINK THEATRE 28-02-2024 Peter BERGER PETER BERGER overtakes also in the Revival-run of in Martinu's "The Greek Passion" the part of MANOLIO at the Národní Divadlo Brno, where he is a frequent asked guest. Performances: 28-02-2024 - 24-03-2024 Conductor: Robert Kruzik Stage Director: Jiri Herman LINK THEATRE 25-02-204 Anastasiya TARATORKINA After an immense successful run for ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as GILDA in Verdi's "Rigoletto" at Theater Bonn, today she bowes out in one of her favourite roles: But she will return to Bonn for the "Season's closing concert". LINK THEATRE 25-02-2024 Sung Min SONG While rehearsing ERIK at Komisch Oper Berlin, SUNG MING SONG overtakes CAMILLE de ROSSILON in Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden on a very short call. Conductor: Yoel Gamzou Director: Uwe Erik Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 25-02-2024 Kirstin SHARPIN KIRSTIN SHARPIN as highly praised ISOLDE in the 2nd run of Wagner's "Tristan & Isolde" at Oper Wuppertal, with performances until end of March 2024 Conductor: Patrick Hahn Director: Martin Andresson LINK THEATRE 23-02-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN SARA-MARIA SAALMANN creats the part of DIE JUNGE HELENE in T. Aagaard-Nilson's WORLD-PREMIERE "Gespenster" at Staatstather Meiningen. Libretto after Ibsen's "Gengangere" by Malin Kjelsud. Performances: 23-02-2024 - 13-06-2024 Conductor: Masato Suzuki Director: Koji Koizumi LINK TRAILER 21./22./24./25-02-2024 Morgane HEYSE MORGANE HEYSE gives her Japan-Debut, performing KÖNIGIN der NACHT in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"with the Bach Collegium Japan at Bunkamura Orchad Hall. Conductor: Masato Suzuki Director: Koji Koizumi Sets by the famous painter Hiroshi Senju and cotstumes by Yusuke Takahashi LINK BCJ 24-02-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA performs arias by Händel in the symphony-concert of the Staatsorchester Wiesbaden under Konrad Junghänel in the Kurhaus Casino Wiesbaden. Under Konrad Junhänel, she also sings PAMINA in Mozart's "Die Zeubrflöte" at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. LINK THEATRE 02-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL Baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL with new headshots by Denislav Kanev & De-Da Productions LINK ATELIER 20-02-2024 Linda BALLOVA Revival-Premiere for soprano LINDA BALLOVÁ in the title-role of Dvořák's RUSALKA at the SND Bratislava, where she is a member of the ensemble. Conductor: Martin Leginus Stage Direction: Martin Kákús LINK THEATRE 18-02-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her debut as WOGLINDE in Wagner's "Die Götterdämmerung"at Staatstheater Wiesbaden; where she also overtook WOGLINDE in "Rheingold" and STIMME DES WALDVOGELS in "Siegfried" Conductor: Michael Güttler Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 16-02-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA overtakes on a very short call VALENCIENNE in Lehár's "Die Lustige Witwe", making her house-debut at Oper Zürich 1. season earlier than planed. In 2024/25, she will overtakte the whole run. Conductor: Patrick Hahn Director: Barrie Kosky LINK THEATRE 11-02-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her role-debut as STIMME des WALDVOGELS in Wagner's "Siegfried", a part, which in this production not only is a voice, but present on stage. Conductor: Michael Güttler Director: Uew E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 11-02-2024 Hendrik MÜLLER Premiere & House-Debut with Verdi's "Don Carlo" at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern in STAGE DIRECTION by HENDRIK MÜLLER Performances: 11-02-2025 - 12-05-2024 Conductor: Daniele Squeo LINK THEATRE 11-02-2024 Arminia FRIEBE Premiere & Role-Debut for soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE asELISABETH de VALOIS in Verdi's "Don Carlo"at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern Performances: 11-02-2025 - 12-05-2024 Conductor: Daniele Squeo Director: Hendrik Müller LINK THEATRE 09-02-2024 Martha EASON MARTHA EASON creates the part of MAGDALENA in Russell Heppewhite's WORLD-PREMIERE"The Crash" at Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, that she will leave end of the season to follow Intendant Christian Firmbach to the Staatstheater Karlsruhe. Performances: 09-02-2024 - 30-04-2024 Conductor: Giuseppe Barile Director: Nils Braun LINK TRAILER 04-02-2024 Martha EASON "Shiny and radiant soprano" - MARTHA EASON embodies also in the Revival-premiere of RAMEAU's "Les Boréades" the part of SÉMIRE at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater. Performances: 04-02-2024 - 17-02-2024 Conductor:Felix Pätzold Director: Christoph von Bernuth LINK THEATRE 03-02-2024 Gerry HUNGBAUER Actor GERRY HUNGBAUER bows out as Prof. HENRY HIGGINS in Loewe's "My Fair Lady" at the Aalto Musiktheater Essen. but only for this seaon... He will be back in the next. Conductor: Tommaso Turchetta Director: Ilaria Lanzino LINK THEATRE 02-02-2024 Peter BERGER PETER BERGER performs the title-part of Smetaná's DALIBOR at the Národní Divadlo Brno, in a co-production with theWelsh National Opera Conductor: Tomás Hanus Director: David Pountney LINK THEATRE 02 & 03-02-2024 Linda BALLOVÁ LINDA BALLOVA sings for the 1st time Janáček's "Glagolskaja Mša" with the Filharmonia Orchestra Slovenská & the Filharmonia Choir Slovenská in the Filharmonia Bratislava. The concert also will be available in a Stream Conductor: Jaroslav Kyzlik LINK STREAM 01-02-2024 Morgane HEYSE MORGANE HEYSE bowes out as MUSETTA in the dreniere of Puccini's "La Bohème" at Staatstheater Schwerin; named by the press an "astonishing Musetta in singing and acting" Conductor: Levente Török Director: Noa Naamat LINK THEATRE 28-01-2024 Rafael HELBIG-KOSTKA RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA makes his role-debut as YARÓDIVIY & BOYAR in Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" at Nationaltheater Mannheim. Due to construction works at the main theatre, the concert-operformances will take place in the Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen. Conductor: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli Director: Lorenzo Fioroni LINK THEATRE 28-01-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her debut in her 1st Wagner-part: as WOGLINDE in "Rheingold", the 1st par of Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" at Staatstheater Wiesbaden, in which she also will overtake STIMME des WALDVOGELS in "Siegfried" and WOGLINDE in "Die Götterdämmerung" Conductor: Michael Güttler Director: Uwe E. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 28-01-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN DERNIERE at Staatstheater Meiningen forSARA-MARIA SAALMANN as highly praised ROSINA in Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia", Her 1st mezzosoprano-part after cahnging the "Fach". The press was enthusiastic about her warm timbre, her perfect coloratura, her musicaily and her authenticity in her acting and her overwhelming stage presence. Her next role will be in a WORLD PREMIERE. Stay tuned.... LINK THEATRE 27-01-2024 Morgane HEYSE MORGANE HEYSE makes her role-debut as DAISY in Leo Fall's operetta "Die Dollarprinzessin" at the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin. Performances: 27-01-2024. - 30-06-2024 Conductor: Levente Török Director: Michael Talke LINK THEATRE Jan-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN Bizet's opera "Ivan IV." at Staatstheatr Meiningen with SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as LE JEUN BULGARE was awarded at the "OPER 2024 AWARDS" as "Best Re-Discovery". Congratulations to Sara-Maria Saalmann, Intendant Jens Neundorff von Enzberg & all involved! LINK THEATRE 26-01-2024 Arminia FRIEBE ARMINIA FRIEBE makes her role-debut as 1. DAME in Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, where she is a new member of the ensemble since 23/24. Performances: 26-01-2024 - 08-04-2025 Conductor: Daniele Squeo Director: Pamela Recinella LINK THEATRE 01-2024 Sara-Maria SAALMANN mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN is nominated by magazine DIE OPERNWELT as "Best Female Singer" for her interpretation of LE JEUNE BULGARE in Bizet's opera "Ivan IV" at Staatstheater Meiningen, which also is nominated by "Oper! Award" as "Best re-discovered opera" Conductor: Philippe Bach Director: Hinrich Horstkotte LINK THEATRE 20-01-2024 Anna STEPANETS young mezzosoprano ANNA STEPANETS makes her role-debut as MRS. SADLEY in Britten's "Peter Grimes" at Theater Osnabrück, where she already embodied ANNIO in Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" ins stage direction by Hendrik Müller. Performances: 20.01.2024 - 04.04.2024 Conductor: Andreas Hotz Director: Johannes Peters-Messer LINK THEATRE 20-01-2024 Sung Min SONG SUNG MIN SONG makes his role-debut as TOM RAKEWELL in Stravinsky's "The Rakes Progress" at Staatstheater Augsburg, where he is a member of the ensemble for 1 season. Performances: 20-01-2024 - 21-05-2024 Conductor: Domenkos Héja Direction: Jan essinger LINK THEATRE 20-01-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA returns to the Oper Bonn as GILDA in the 2nd run of Verdi's "Rigoletto", for which she was hailed by the press as "... a luck of stroke for every theatre ... a revellation ... effortless ... unique voice ... powerful ... enchanting ... breathtaking pianissimi ..." Conductor: Daniel J. Mayr Director: Jürgen R. Weber LINK THEATRE 01-2024 Anna GRYCAN young mezzosoprano ANNA GRYCAN recording Polish & Jewish Lullabies for the ballet-evening "Dwa - Zwei" at Theater Osnabrück. Premiere: 30-03-2024 Choreography: Maciej Kuźminski & Adi Salant LINK THEATRE 14. /17. /21-01-2024 Susanne SERFLING SUSANNE SERFLING returns to the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater to perform ORTLINDE in Wagner's "Die Walküre". Conductor: Vito Cristofaro Director: Paul Esterházy LINK THEATRE 14. / 17. / 21-01-2024 Martha EASON Revial Premie of Wagner's "Die Walküre" at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater with soprano MARTHA EASON as HELMWIGE Conductor: Vito Cristofaro Director: Paul Esterházy LINK THEATRE 12-01 & 13-01-2025 Benjamin RUSSELL BENJAMIN RUSSELL overtakes 2 additional performances as FIGARO in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden. Conductor: Konrad Junghänel Director. Eric U. Laufenberg LINK THEATRE 04-01-2024 Benjamin RUSSELL BENJAMIN RUSSELL returns to the National Concert Hall Dublin to perform Fauré's "Requiem", together with the National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÈ Symphony Chorus and the RTE Cór na nòg & Cór Linn. Conductor: Jean Luc Tingaud LINK 05-01-2024 Eric JURENAS ERIC JURENAS overtakes on a short call the part of PRINZ ORLOFSKY in Johann Strauß' "Die Fledermaus" at the Bayerische Staatsoper München, making as well his role-debut as his house-debut. In München, he already appeared at the Opernfestspiele, as NIRENO in Händel's "Agrippina". Conductor: Vladimir Jurovsky Director: Barrie Kosky LINK THEATRE 05-01-2024 Anastasiya TARATORKINA ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA makes her house-debut at Oper Frankfurt, overtaking on a short call the part of SUSANNA in Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro". Conductor: Alden Gatt Directro: Tilman Köhler LINK THEATRE 06-02-2024 Leila SCHÜTZ young soprano LEILA SCHÜTZ makes her role-debuts as AUNT EM, GLINDA, KEEPER & WHITCH OF THE WEST in L. Landymore's "The Wizzard of Oz" at Volkstheater Rostock, where she is a new member of the operastudio. Performances: 06.01.2024 - 26.03.2024 Conductor: H.-Ch. 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Künstleragentur Artists Agency Agentur Agency ALL YOU NEED personal management nicolai AYNpmn Jolanta Nicolai Kritiken Reviews HOME ARTISTS NEWS Contact More R E V I E W S SUNG MIN SONG div. Operetta-Concert Württembergische Philharmonie Tenor SUNG MIN SONG, convincing in opera and oratorio repertoire, also got huge acclaim for his operetta concert with the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen: "shiny voice ... effortless in the high register ... elegant - like young Johannes Heesters..." "... The young SUNG MIN SONG lets his tenor shine, as if he were the rebirth of the young Johannes Heesters. Full of power and elegance, yet light and airy like a meringue his voice glides effortless through the high tessitura..." (Reutlinger Generalanzeiger) AGNIESZKA HAUZER von Weber AGATHE Theater Kiel Once more, soprano AGNIESZKA HAUZER convinced in a new role at Theater Kiel, where she is valued member of the ensemble since many seasons: "... beautiful voice - perfect vocal skills..." " "AGNIESZKA HAUZER has all the vocal skills to reveal the many facets of humanity beneath the prescribed shimmering out the human ...." / ".. Clear as a bell - AGNIESZKA HAUZER as Agathe..." "...like a character in an aristocratic parlour, also in arm posture and gestures, AGNIESZKA HAUZER acts as Agathe calmly and moulds her beautiful voice with care..." (from, Opernwelt, KN, Der Albrecht) photo: Olaf Struck SARA-MARIA SAALMANN Martín y Solér GHITA Staatstheater Meiningen foto: Christina Iberl As already for her debut as GHITA, mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN also received for her 2nd embodiment of the part wonderful reviews: "versatile and beautiful mezzosoprano, overbuilding temperament, fantastic dancer, all above, beats everybody else on stage... ".... First and foremost, Sara-Maria Saalmann as GHITA should be mentioned, who combines a well-focussed, versatile and beautiful mezzo-soprano with a dazzling joy of playing. And she even performs a Spanish dance with castanets!..." / "....Shrill, colourful, red-haired with an open-hearted cleavage, from which the artificial breast shines, SARA-MARIA SAALMANN can gyrate across the stage as GHITA. A paragon of temperament and peasant cunning, she shows everyone who is the boss. Her youthful and powerful mezzo-soprano beats everyone else on stage, but also the soft, flattering tones are very effective..." / "... And yet SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as GHITA is a stage miracle in terms of temperament and vocal conciseness..." / "... Above all, this lives from the exuberant singing of .... and SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as the young farmers' wife GHITA..." / "....wonderful, Sara-Maria Saalmann as light-footed and cheeky GHITA..." (from: Der Opernfreund / nmz / Die Deutsche Bühne / Klassikinfo, a.o.) Photos: Christina Iberl SARA-MARIA SAALMANN div. Summer Ball Theater Eisenach foto: theater Regensburg As already often, German-Spanish mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SABATER SAALMANN also at the Summer Ball at Theater Eisenach enchanted the public with Zarzuelas: "...With charm and her tremendously beautiful voice she moved the hearts of the audience with Spanisch tunes, accompanied by the piano, and the encore, Gershwin's Summertime, accompanied by the orchestra" With more Spanish colour, SARA-MARIA SAALMANN can be heard and seen again next season, as GHITA in Martin y Soler`s "Una Cosa Rara" at Staatstheater Meiningen ERIC JURENAS John Adams 3rd COUNTERTENOR THE MET 23-04-2024 "Life changing experience!" ERIC JURENAS convinces in his first MET-Premiere as 3rd COUNTERTENOR (Gabriel / Holy King / Narrator): “...Hail Mary, Gracious! features the voice of Gabriel as the three countertenors .... and ERIC JURENAS. Together their voices intertwined and naturally gave way to the miraculous announcement being shared with Mary, the news of her immaculate conception. “Hail Mary, Gracious!” might be one of the most critical moments in this opera due to the realization of Adams’s composition for three countertenors as a miracle in itself. Listening to these gentle timbres of immeasurable empathy was undeniably inspirational. .... and JURENAS became a unified presence for all voices to be heard. There were chills of excitement undulating in response to witnessing this live performance, knowing that moments like this are hard to even describe in words. Life changing!..." "...The three lithe countertenors ... and ERIC JURENAS, were most clearly in their element as the Tree Holy Kings, Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar, bringing their gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense to the Christ child. Their unearthly sound was chilling —as it must have been for Herod when he heard them proclaim the child “the king of the Jews,” setting off his rampage..." .. Countertenors .... and ERIC JURENAS collectively created a glamorous, otherworldly Gabriel. The distinct timbres of their voices combining to create an intriguing, unfein whole. They were far more earnest and real-to-life as the Three Kings..." "... The trio of counter-tenors who collectively comprise the angel Garbiel (and separately play the three wise men) ..... join ERIC JURENAS in soft, shimmering harmony...." "... Countertenors .... and ERIC JURENAS navigated with ease, from embodying the celestial voice of Gabriel to that of the more earthbound Three Kings..." "...Despite the Teleetubbies aerial festooned headgear, .... and ERIC JURENAS were together a vocally convincing Gabriel..." "...A trio of countertenors, .... and ERIC JURENAS,filled several roles: They were narrators. They were the Three Kings. Together they were the angel Gabriel. The presentation of gold, frankincense and myrrh allowed each singer a solo turn ... but they were most effective when bound in Adams’s sleek harmonies...." (from Operawire / Broadwayworld / New York Classic Review / Observer / seenandheard-international / reaction-life / Washington Post) More about Eric Jurenas at: www.AYNpmn-Eric-Jurenas.blogspot.com NATHALIE MITTELBACH Prokofiev CLARISSE / LINETTA Theater Bremen 21-05-2024 Back from her materniy-break, NATHALIE MITTELBACH convinces in her 3 parts in Prokofiev's "L'Amour des 3 Oranges" - as PRINCESSE CLARISSE, LINETTA and EXCENTRIC WOMAN with "captivating tones": "... With a dozen almost equally important characters, this opera is an ensemble piece par excellence. In the Theatre at Goetheplatz, all the actors, often in several roles, are on their toes. Mezzo-soprano NATHALIE MITTELBACH as CLARISSE in black-and-white costume finds captivating intriguing tones..." "... With ..... Nathalie Mittelbach as Clarisse ... and others, Theater Bremen presents a fantastic ensemble..." "... The 2 princesses Linetta und Nicoletta (Nathalie Mittelbach and ....) with a nectar-sweet duet..." (From: Der Opernfreund / Concerti / Weser Kurier) More about Nathalie Mittelbach at: www.AYNpmn-Nathalie-Mittelbach.blogspot.com RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ Händel AMADIGI Intern. Händelfestspiele Halle 24-05-2024 photo: Oper Halle "... Fascinating - perfect casted - an experience - without doubt, TOMKIEWICZ belongs to the top representatives of the countertenor-voice..." Bravo, RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ! Also in his 3rd production of Händel's AMADIGI di Gaula - at the Inteernationale Händelfestspiele Halle - the Countertenor receives overwhelming reviews for his interpretation of the TITLE-PART: "...Rafał Tomkiewicz shines in the title-part ofAMADIGI with his agile countertenor, which has sufficient volume in the low register, as well is very enormous power in the high register. Especially, his great Lamento-Aria "Sussurrate, onde vezzose", when he mourns the loss of his beloved Oriana, and onomatopoeically takes on the sound of rushing water, remains in the ear. And he thrills with radiant coloratura in the final aria "Sento la gioia", when Amadigi praised his regained happiness with apparent lightness.." / "....Polish Countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ in the title part of AMADIGI can use all his experiences with this part, which he already performed with Staatstheater Meiningen and the National Opera Sofia. He fascinates with his well-timbered, supple voice, which on the same time is powerful. Without doubt, Tomkiewicz belongs to the top representatives of this still booming voice type..." / "... Absolutely perfect casted... AMADIGI with the Polish countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ. With a very versatile voice and at the same time incredible perfection, he performed the entire range of Handel's effects with virtuosity. From angry outbursts to atmospheric evening arias. Truly an experience!..." / "...For the title character of Amadigi, Polish counter RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ can not only contribute a well-timbred, powerful voice, but also his role experience, performing the part for the 3rd time..." / "... RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ as Amadigi with a soft-toned countertenor; with a slight tendency towards permanent excitement..." // "...The singing is brilliant. RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ intensifies his already bravura performance in Meiningen. and ingratiating portrayal of Amadigi..." (OMM, nmz, Concerti, FAZ, Deutschlandfunk, Opnerwelt, a.o.) ANNA-MARIA DUR Puccini FRUGOLA, PRINCIPESSA, ZITA Nationaltheater Weimar 18-05-2024 fphoto: Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar "... absolutely brilliant, in every aspect...." As already with her interpretation of ZIA PRINCIPESSA and ZITA in Puccini's "Il Trittico" at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, ANNA-MARIA DUR was highly convincing and celebrated by the audience at the Deutsches Nationaltheater Wiemar, and received again fantastic reviews, also her new part of LA FRUGOLA in "Il Tabarro": "... As Zia Principessa brilliant in every aspect - the great ANNA-MARIA DUR..." / Finally, above all ANNA-MARIA DUR, who plays evil or gossipy women in all three operas. A great, indeed sumptuous operatic pleasure..." / "...The wonderfully comedic ANNA-MARIA leads the relatives as Zita..." / ".... Finally, above all, the fantastic ANNA-MARIA DUR, who characterizes evil or gossiply women in all 3 operas. Indeed, a great, sumptuous operatic pleasure..." / "... It's seldom, that only one mezzosoprano sings alls 3 parts, of La Frugola, Zia Principessa and Zita. ANNA-MARIA DUR takes this challenge and delivers all 3 parts in a stupendous way. Brava!" (BR, Klassik begeistert, Concerti, mdr) ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA Verdi NANNETTA Intern. Maifestspiele Wiesbaden 01-05-2024 photo: Staatstheater Wiesbaden Brava, soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA. Also her 13 (!) role debut, NANNETTA in Verdi's "Falstaff", at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden was an overwhelming success: „… ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as her daughter Nannetta has a youthful, fresh voice, with which she enchants the audience especially in the 'Elfenlied' in the III. act..." / "... ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA is the silvery-voiced daughter Nannetta..." / ".... Similar fresh and brisky, ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA performed the young Nannetta..." / "... while the women, ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA as Nannetta, ....., compensate for their unfulfilled desires in an extremely agile and a top-class manner ...." / "... The rest of the ensemble has less fun. Those, who can handle the freedom the director gives them, romp around the stage, dancing and singing, flirting and giggling to their heart's content..... Music and independent acting are best combined by... and ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA (Nannetta)..." / „… all above…..the sporty and brilliant Nannetta by ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA …. and Romina Boscolo as interesting timbred Mrs Quickly…“ (FAZ, Frankfurter Rundschau, Concerti, Der Opernfreund, Klassik.com, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung) ROMINA BOSCOLO Verdi MRS QUICKLY Intern. Maifestspiele Wiesbaden 01-05-2024 fphoto: Staatstheater Wiesbaden Huge success for Contralto ROMINA BOSCOLO as outstanding Mrs. QUIKCLY in Verdi's "Falstaff" at the Internationale Maifestspiele at Staatstheater Wiesbaden: "... ROMINA BOSCOLO as Mrs Quickly presents another astonishing performance with terrific depths. She also dances briefly on pointe, Just as everyone jumps and dances as they are given to do..." / „… Also ROMINA BOSCOLO, who sings her Mrs Quickly with a dark-jiucy alto. Waht a joy to listen to her!…“ / "... And they all want to sing, and they do so with a strong character: ROMINA BOSCOLO pulls the strings of Mrs Quickly with her abysmal and rich alto..." / "... while the women ... ROMINA BOSCOLO as Mrs . Quickly....., compensate for their unfulfilled desires in an extremely agile and, for a short time, proverbial top-class manner under the guise of a funny play...." / "... above all .... and ROMINA BOSCOLO's distinctively timbred Mrs Quickly..." / "...It is a great joy to watch and listen to ROMINA BOSCOLO in the role of Mrs Quickly...." (Der Opernfreund / FAZ / Frankfurter Rundschau, Klassik.com, Concerti, Kultura Liberalna ) MEILI LI Vivaldi LICIDA Irish National Oper & ROH 20-04-2024 & 13-05-2024 foto: Irish National Opera What an overwhelming success for countertenor MEILI LI, making his role debut as LICIDA in Vivaldi's "L'Olimpiade" and his house-debut at the Irish National Opera, and returning to the ROH Covent Garden: "... A standout performance from MEILI LI - Countertenor MEILI LI exemplified the first case with a fabulous singing portrait of LICIDA, in which he often appeared nonplussed by the complex goings-on of which he was often in the dark, and to which he even added the occasional moments of humor. His voice possesses a beautifully clear, consistent, homogenous tonal quality, which he used with a wonderful degree of agility to craft detailed vocal lines full of subtle accents, dynamic inflections and delightful ornamentations to express his feelings. Recitatives were sung with clarity and meaning, and the arias were expertly fashioned to bring out his layered emotions. His treatment of the aria “Mentre dormi, Amor formenti” was beautifully presented and proved to be one of the high points of the evening. Against the background of a sensitive orchestral accompaniment, he spun out wonderfully crafted phrases that showed off his pleasing legato, tonal consistency and ability to embellish the line, which successfully captured the full emotional force of the aria...." (Operawire) "... MEILI LI als LICIDA stands out, conjuring lyricism from his great resources of agility, dynamic control and freshness in tone. (The Irish Times) "...There’s some superb singing. Countertenor MEILI LI makes an outstanding LICIDA. His is a glorious voice, warm in tone, and evenly produced – Mentre Dormi really is the breathtaking moment it should be..." (The Guardian) „...Gold medal for Irish National Opera's L'Olimpiade at Covent Garden .... Countertenor MEILI LI was an excellent LICIDA, his fine tone and line bringing much pathos to the confusions of his amorous ambitions...” (Bachtrack) "...L’Olimpade’s superlative ensemble infusing warmth, pain and playfulness into each note, with ... MEILI LI marrying delicacy with power....production with exceptional singing and playing....” (thetheatrereview) „...As Licida, MEILI LI combines a spirited performance with an almost spiritual countertenor, as his ethereal sound is matched by the level of consistency he achieves across the evening...” (Opera Online) “....Forget Paris! Vivaldi’s Olympiade drama has more propulsive energy than any games.... ... with outstanding clarity by countertenor MEiLI LI as the poor LICIDA....” (The Telegraph) “... There are too many highlights to list, but Countertenor MEILI LI wins a deserved round of applause for this outstandingly delicate artistry in the aria ...” (The Stage) “... countertenor MEILI LI shines as LICIDA... ... radiant in his second aria... ... he was able to make the most of the quiet moments and provided dynamic and emotional range. ..” (London Unattached) “... Medals all round for Vivaldi’s Olympic Drama - ....second collaboration of INO with the Royal Opera House, on some lesser known Vivaldi after their award winning staginG of in 2022 .... ....resounded with some excellent singing and even better acting...” (The Times) RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ Händel JOACIM Capella Cracoviensis 09-05-2024 foto: privat Bravo, Countertenor RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ, who presented JOACIM in HÄndel's oratorio in a perfect way, accompanied by the Capella Cracovienisi in the Kraków Philharmony: "... countertenor Rafal Tomkiewicz was in phenomenal form! With his technique beating the current countertenor stars, he delivered his aria 'On the rapid whirlwind's wing' thrillingly..." (Ruch Muzyczny) SARA-MARIA SAALMANN Puccini KATE PINKERTON Staatstheater Meiningen 12-04-2024 foto: Christina Iberl Although appearing only a small part, mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN received great reviews for her interpretation of KATE PINKERTON in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Staatstheater Meiningen, staged by Hendrik Müller: ",,, During the brief appearance of Sara-Maria Saalmann as KATE PINKERTON, who masters very convincingly the arrogant habitus of some US-Americans, one regrets above all ,that she has so little to sing..." "...Sara-Maria Saalmann as his wife KATE PINKERTON embodies the perfectly styled arrogant American girl, who wants to deal with this troublesome story in a distanced manner and with as little fuss as possible. Also this supporting role is effectively and excellently cast and Sara-Maria Saalmann impressing..." "...All in all, Meiningen could celebrate a remarkable ensemble performance. Sara-Maria Saalmann unfortunately only made a brief appearance as Pinkerton's wife KATE. ..." "... One is impressed by the vocal and theatrical artistry of the singers; even in the smaller roles.... Huge applause and cheers at the end..." (concerti, nmz, der opernfreund, die mainpost) photo: Christina Iberl PERFORMNACES: 12-04-2ß24 14-04-2024 17-05-2024 26-05-2024, 3pm 08-06-2024 15-06-2024 More information: https://www.staatstheater-meiningen.de/produktionen/madama-butterfly.html?ID_Vorstellung=9742&m=612 WEBSITE HENDRIK MÜLLER: www.AYNpmn-Sara-Maria- Saalmann.blogspot.com HENDRIK MÜLLER Puccini STAGE DIRECTOR Staatstheater Meiningen 12-04-2024 foto: Rob Davisdon First reviews for stage director HENDRIK MÜLLER's production of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" at Staatstheater Meiningen, which surpised with its end. "Congenial - This is, how you get young people into opera!" "...Once again, director HENDRIK MÜLLER and his congenial team,that opera can inspire. With every new production of , it is not so much the what of the story that is exciting, but the how. There is no historical realism, that forces Puccini's successor into a corset, because that would leave this opera in rigor mortis, in terms of plot and characters. Cio-Cio-San is undoubtedly the main character, but she does not always have to be seen as the pitiable victim. This is precisely director HENDRIK MÜLLER's idea of his Butterfly. The fantasy and dreams of this young woman dominate everything from the very first moment. With a huge video projection of her face in black and white, in which the eyes already tell a story, you are drawn into her psyche and from then on you can no longer escape this immense fascination and obsession. HENDRIK MÜLLER stages everything precicly, and the result is a magical symbiosis between dramatic acting and highly emotional music, a very appealing surrealistic stage set and the changing colours and the changing colours of the sky in the background. American and Japanese clichés are used with a wink, without appearing ridiculous or even silly. MÜLLER and his team once more transform grand opera into grand cinema, without kitsching it up.... .... When the curtain rises, one sees amazed the gentle landing of an astronaut from the starry sky as we know it from the landing on the moon in 1969. The American flag on foreign soil becomes a symbol of hope.... ..... Pinkerton's house, by the way, an interesting slanted tableau in shades of pink with various levels, steps and a view over a railing into the horizon. This setting will remain and only change through light and colour.... .... In contrast to the imaginative kimonos and the elaborate hairstyles and masks the groom with his Trump hairstyle in a smart pink and green striped suit looks like a comic figure. .... Because Cio-Cio San has secretly converted to Christianity in order to "Americanise" herself, she is cursed by the priest Bonzo and poured all over with slime...3 Years have passed ... An US ship arrives... Are appearances deceptive or has Pinkerton really returned to his wife and child? It was just a dream. And again the huge video projection of Butterfly's face appears, mask-like, but the language of the eyes is different: disappointment, sadness and pain quietly erase every emotion... .... The sparing actionism of the direction leaves room, to consciously perceive the music in every phase of the events.... ... This new production leaves a glowing impression, enthusiasm, huge applause and respect. How do you get young people into the theatre? Like this!..." ."..Madama Butterfly is in the land of manga.... .... timelessly exotic fantasy world ... Construction of hermetically sealed cloud cuckoo land .... The heroine's loss of reality... The director's idea of setting the action in a fantasy world, is ingenious: Barbie and Ken in the world of Japanese manga comics: Pinkerton lands as an American astronaut on the quirky roof garden of his future estate, encounters all kinds of amazingly costumed creatures, but views the whole thing with an arrogant 'America first' gesture and returns at the end with an American Barbie. Cultural arrogance - satirically exaggerated. This provides colourful fantasy images against a truly threatening cloudy backdrop.... The ending is powerful... Huge cheers..." "... Puccini's tear-jerking tragedy Madama Butterfly is staged by HENDRIK MÜLLER and his team at Staatstheater with ironic exaggeration and clear criticism of the USA... ....Family idyll under the US banner. In this ambience in front of a projected sky, between the twinkling stars at night and colourful clouds, director HENDRIK MÜLLER tells the story in a quite conventional way, with small references to the present, such as a toy space shuttle for the son of Pinkerton and Cio-Cio San. Even the replacement of the old rich prince Yamadori by a pop singer with a boy band also points in this direction... ... Here Butterfly is a woman, who is by no means just the victim, but is pursuing her own (life) plan. This includes breaking with her family and with her family and her origins as well as well as the use of a child to push through her plans... The fact that the son only appears in the dream of the family idyll as a living child, and otherwise only as a doll .... is also part of the great distancing from the sentimental, tear-jerking image of the opera... Cheers for the music, the protagonists .... and the production team .... " "... Hendrik Müller (director) brings Pinkerton to Japan, but not as a naval officer across the sea. Here he floats in from above. From outer space. In a space suit, he lands in the world of Cio-Cio San.... ... When her relatives arrive, led by her priest uncle Bonzo, who breaks up the wedding ceremony with a veritable curse, with which he casts out Cio-Cio San, it becomes clear that this is an outdated society itself desperately fighting against its downfall, i.e. its transition into the modern age... ... This is unmistakable on the stage. A house with a Far Eastern feel, almost sunken, with a sloping roof terrace on which a starry banner has been planted like after the first moon landing... .... The director uses exaggeration to create a distance from the staging cliché of this opera, which premiered in 1904.... (e.g. there is) a puppet substitute for Butterfly and Pinkerton's son. He only becomes a living person in the dream sequences of the family idyll under the twinkling stars at night. Butterfly, of course, sets her son without any particular scruples as a weapon in the struggle to realise her life plans, which, as we all know, she fails at... ... As self-confident in the play ... as Cio-Cio San upgrades to Turandot format, she is less a young victim, but rather a pathological case of denial of reality. A somewhat quirky, but definitely an approach worth considering..." (der opernfreund, concerti, nmz, die mainpost) PERFORMNACES: 12-04-2ß24 14-04-2024 17-05-2024 26-05-2024, 3pm 08-06-2024 15-06-2024, 7:30pm More information: https://www.staatstheater-meiningen.de/produktionen/madama-butterfly.html?ID_Vorstellung=9742&m=612 WEBSITE HENDRIK MÜLLER: www.AYNpmn-Hendrik-Mueller.blogspot.com ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA von Weber ÄNNCHEN Staatstheater Wiesbaden 17-03-2024 foto: Lena Obst Also ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA's 13th role-debut at Staaatstheater Wiesbaden, ÄNNCHEN, was a huge success for the soprano: "... Pure vocal felicitousness from Anastasiya Taratorkina as ÄNNCHEN, who performs her arias as natural, as if they were Art-Songs..." "... ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA's brillant and warm soprano.... and she also is an enchating actress..." ".... Anastasiya Taratorkina as enchanting tomboyish ÄNNCHEN .... is in her role-interpretation more than just Agathe's best friend ... "... With an enticingly beguiling vocal sound, she catapults with glamour and lightness a luminous firework to the audience... Listening to her is delightful and extremely refreshing..." "...ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA, a - also vocally - not only cute ÄNNCHEN..." (FAZ, FR, WK, IOCO) KIRSTIN SHARPIN Wagner ISOLDE Oper Wuppertal 24-02-24 foto: Rob Davisdon As already in her ISOLDE debut, KIRSTIN SHAPRIN also in Wuppertal, her 2nd production of Wagner's masterpiece, was praised for her interpretation of ISOLDE: "... Kirstin Sharpin in the role of ISOLDE undoubtedly is the star of the evening. She follows on from her glittering role debut in 2022, and is also still at the beginning of her Wagner career. The enormous lightness of her voice is captivating, and even after 5 hours it is still perfectly modulated. The lyrical passages are perfect, her high notes are radiant and she is also easy to understand. She brilliantly masters one of the greatest and most difficult roles in the operatic repertoire..." "... Kirstin Sharpin with great vocal potential for this part and with a powerful and highly convincing interpretation of ISOLDE..." "...The singers were excellent... and even more, his ISOLDE (Kirstin Sharpin). Her large, but beautifully round voice effortlessly overcame the full orchestra, and she delved into every corner of her role until she coincided with it..." And at her debut in 2022, the press wrote: "... powerful voice ... convincing actress ... differentiated ...copes effortlessly with the huge Wagner-orchestra ...she delves into every psychological corner of her part, until she is coincided with it ... huge, round, but yet young sounding soprano - homogenous, perfect conducted voice..." "... With her wonderfully homogenous, beautiful young-sounding, perfectly conducted soprano, Sharpin shows with her very differentiated singing clearly the development of the King's daughter ISOLDE. In the , she has lyrical depth with which she vultures the resolution in the death. After that, there is a long silence,before the long-lasting, frenetic applause and cheers begin, accompanied by standing-ovations..." KIRSTIN SHARPIN's next ISOLDE: Theater Regensburg. 22-09-24 28-09-24 06-10-24 12-10-24 20-10-24 26-10-24 01-11-24 23-11-24 14-12-24 JIHYUN CECILIA LEE Stravinsky ANNE TRUELOVE Staatstheater Augsburg 20-01-2024 foto: Jan-Pieter Fuhr Fantastic reviews for JIHYUN CECILIA LEE's debut as ANNE TRUELOVE in Augsburg: ".... With JIHYUN CECILIA LEE the role of ANNE was brilliantly cast. Dramatic, clearly articulating and variable in all registers, she brings emphasis to the part, making arias and duets shine brightly..." "... Tenor Sung Min Song in the title role of the wicked Tom Rakewell and his compatriot JIHYUN CECILIA LEE as the selfless ANNE TRUELOVE thrilled the audience with their flawless voices and unusually intense acting..." (BR Klassik, Bayerische Staatszeitung) SUNG MIN SONG Stravinsky TOM RAKEWELL Staatstheater Augsburg 20-01-2024 foto: Jan-Pieter Fuhr Overwhelming success for SUNG MIN SONG as TOM RAKEWELL in Augsburg, marking his role-debut: "...Above all SUNG MIN SONG, who is an ... ideal TOM, youthful and adventurous, playful but prone to melancholy moments. His tenor never tires in the extensive part, always sounds clearly secure in the high register, and warm when required..." "... SUNG MIN SONG sings TOM with a clear and secure tenor and cutting intelligence, which is reminiscent of the young Gerhard Stolze in its conciseness and sharpness..." "... Tenor SUNG MIN SONG in the title role of the wicked TOM RAKEWELL and his compatriot Jihyun Cecilia Lee as the selfless Anne impressed with their flawless voices and unusually intense acting..." "... SUNG MIN SONG, the young tenor, is versatile and secure, with a pithy, powerful chest tone of euphoria, shaping RAKEWELL's emotional ups and downs between exaltation and rapid onset of inner doubt to the final purification..." "...SUNG MIN SONG as TOM RAKEWELL convinces vocally with his metallic mellifluousness, playfully with the feverish search of the restless one..." (Opernwelt, BR Klassi, OnlineMerker, Bayerische Staatszeitung, Donaukurier) ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA Händel SEMELE, ROMILDA, CLEOPATRA Concert Hall Casino Wiesbaden 21-02-2024 foto: private Great review for ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA's interpretation of arias from CLEOPATRA, ROMILDA and SEMELE, named an "exceptional Händel singer", performing a pasticchio composed of Händel's "Semele", "Giulio Cesare" and "Xerxes" in the 4th Symphony Concert of the Hessisches Staatsorchester: "Anstasiya Taratorkina shows great creative power ... Händel forms the centrepiece of the concert. With arias from the oratorio SEMELE and the operas GIULIO CESARE and XERXES, Jughänel has put together a small pasticchio, a kind of miniature plot... Soprano ANASTASIYA TARATORKINA, member of the Wiesbaden State Theatre ensemble since 2022/23, is an exceptional Händel singer with great emotional power and vocal variability. She spans beautiful melodic arcs in clear, carrying pianissimi. Jupiter's proclamation of Semele begins with a daring jump upwards, as the king's daughter wants to soar to immortality in union with the highest god.... Simply and grandly, Taratorkina voices Cleopatra's alternative between fulfilled love or death; and in unisono with the first violins and in an extremely high tessitura, she laments the torment of jealousy as ROMILDA..." (Wiesbadener Kurier) ERIC JURENAS CD Susanne Farin Mono-Opera for Countertenor poems by Michelangelo foto: Rob Davisdon Great reviews for Countertenor ERIC JURENAS, being called a "fascinating singer with an almost unbearably gorgeous timbre..." in Susanne Farin's "Dolce La Morte" on CD, as well as with METLiveArts, Ensemble TALEA at diMenna Center, NYC and again with the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Miller Theatre / Columbia University; being on the THE NEW YORKER's List of "Notable Performances & Recordings": "... ERIC JURENAS, a fascinating singer with an almost unbearably gorgeous timbre... who's voice blended marvelously with the oboe and bassoon..." "The performances, by ERIC JURENAS and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble conducted by David Fulmer are extremely skilled and well captured on disk.... crystal clear..." Listen at: https://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/suzanne-farrin-dolce-la-morte/ (operamblings, Oberon's Grove) RAFAŁ TOMKIEWICZ Händel SIROE Intern. Händelfestspiele Karlsruhe 16-02-20 24 Photo: Felix Grünschloß Overwhelming success for RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ at his house-debut at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, being called the perfect cast for SIROE: "...With his fluid, warm and glowing Alto, Rafal Tomkiewicz lends the title role of SIROE from the very beginning an impressive presence. His performance captivates the audience, even in the dungeon, where his voice seems almost whispery and fragile..." // ...The Karlsruhe Handel Festival with its outstanding reputation, always is able boast a star cast. And this year is no exception! The title role of SIROE was sung by Polish countertenor Rafal Tomkiewicz, who, with his supple, incredibly beautiful voice, perfectly corresponds to the ideal image of a sovereign of Händel's time; with a kind and forgiving character. Tomkiewicz sings his part so elegantly and with such heartfelt emotion, that - if the comparision would be possible - he wouldn't have to shy away with Senesino, the famous star under the castrats, and the cast in the world-premiere of Siroe..." // "... The title role of SIROE was performed by the Polish countertenor Rafał Tomkiewicz with wonderful and warm vocal colours. His dungeon scene and aria was deeply moving and was one of the most poignant moments of the performance..." // "...In the title role of SIROE counter Rafał Tomkiewicz. Physically, he mimed the strong warrior, vocally the do-gooter.In Händel's opera, he is the son who silently endures the slander, who honours his father and spares his brother, only to be victorious in the end, because his faithful companion stands by him..." // To this day, Siroe is one of the most rarely performed Händel operas - undeservedly so! Thanks to the brilliant Deutsche Händel-Solisten and an excellent cast, it will be remembered for a long time.... In the title-role of SIROE Rafal Tomkiewicz, agentle, warmly timbre Countertenor, lending memorable weight in the many almost sustained and very low arias of SIROE and his expressive prison scene. He also radiates authority and dignity with his physicality... // "... Tomkiewicz with a caramel-sweet voice,,," // ..Musically, grandiose things are happening ...Rafał Tomkiewicz's SIROE is an enormously intensifying, masculine and yet soft-sounding Alto..." // "...The role of the title character SIROE is extremely difficult - the excellent Rafał Tomkiewicz, thanks to his exceptional vocal and acting skills, managed to get more out of this - clichéd and shallow character - than could be expected. Händel composed the part of Siroe for the star of his time among castrati - Francesco Bernardi, called Senesino, who demanded from the composer at least five arias in this work. Tomkiewicz's performance is all the more praiseworthy - his most elaborate part requires not only vocal skills, but even above-average physical endurance. Particular praise to the superbly sung aria in the prison, where Tomkiewicz, using the delicate timbre of his voice, perfectly performed the tragedy of his character's situation. Long and frenetically applause for this performes at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe..." // ....Rafał Tomkiewicz's countertenor in the title-part of SIROE convinces with a good technique, and a warm, pleasnat Alto timbre..." // "... RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ as empatical and good Siroe with sensitive timbre... and .... bring to live the divas of the past..." // "...In the title role, RAFAL TOMKIEWICZ performs Siroe, a multiple devided character, with great empathy and a comprehensive tessitura..." (From: SWR Radio, BNN, Kieler Nachrichten, Frankfurter Rundschau, OPER!Magazin, Klassik Oper, klassikfavori, opera-online) SARA-MARIA SAALMANN Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen WORLD-PREMIERE DIE JUNG E HELENE Staatstheater Meining en 23-02-2024 Photo: Christina Iberl Huge success for the World-Premiere "Gespenster" after Ibsen's novel at Staatstheater Meiningen and SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as vulcanic performer: "... With much more vulcanic energie SARA-MARIA SAALMANN performs her JUNGE HELENE as ...." // "... The composer's use of crystal-clear words (of the admittedly copious text) and the vocal potential of the excellent house ensemble is exemplary. The result is a tailor-made vocal joy, rarely experienced! ... SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as the Young Helene...." // "... The excellent cast was led by ... and SARA-MARIA SAALMANN as Junge Helene..." (nmz, Die Deutsche Bühne, Concerti. mdr, ) LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK R. Strauss ZERBINETTA Teatro Verdi Trieste 16-0 2-2024 Photo: Teatro Verdi Trieste Overwhelming success for LIUDMILA LoKAICHUK at her house-debut in Trieste: "... A class of her own is coloratura LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK, singing the murderously difficult, coloratura-filled role of Zerbinetta with bravura and acting with casual, youthful coquetry..." // "... First-rate singing company, assorted to perfection. LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK's scintillating, fierce coloratura deservedly gets the most vibrant ovation of the evening at the end of Zerbinetta's aria..." // "... Great and deserved success at the Teatro Verdi di Trieste. An excellent cast with the exceptional LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK as Zerbinetta..." // "... LIUDMILA LOKAICHUK, in the role of Zerbinetta, embodied a multi-faceted character with brio and tender freshness, freeing it from a certain routine that imprisons it in the stereotype of the high-pitched 'coloratura-machine' and, on the contrary, accentuating the moments of reflexive retreat. In her grand aria, she received a hurricane of applause, which was more than deserved..." MARTHA EASON Russell Hepplewhite WORLD-PREMIERE MAGDALENA Oldenburgisches Staatstheater 09-02-20 24 Photo: Oldenburgisches Staatstheater Huge success for the World-Premiere at Staatstheater Oldenburg and MARTHA EASON: "...the Staatstheater Oldenburg can be very lucky with the soloist ensemble, which, without exception, sings and acts magnificently. MARTHA EASON plays the cleaning lady eith a powerful, pithy soprano and winking gestures..." // "...MARTHA EASON and .... perfectly attuned to each other, managed the metamorphosis of the 'partners in crime' from cleaners to Pinot Grigio-drinking businesswomen vocally confidently and with great enthusiasm..." // "...MARTHA EASON as Magda always manages to bring a touch of thoughtfulness, almost sadness, to her crystal-clear soprano, which can also take on incredibly soft traits...." (Die Deutsche Bühne, nmz, Theater:pur) HENDRIK MÜLLER G. Verdi STAGE DIRETOR Pfelztheater Kaiserslautern 11-02-2024 Photo: Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern HENDRIK MÜLLER celebrates a huge success with his interpretation of , marking his house-debut at the Pfalztheater. Bravi, standing ovations and a great presss: "... Festival atmosphere in Kaiserslautern! Ovations after the premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's ... as well as for HENDRIK MÜLLER and his team. Opera lovers, make a trip to the Pfalztheater! What you can hear and see there right now surpasses many star productions in bigger theatres. A success that has many reasons. So - listen and be happy? No! Absolutely also SEE - and be even happier! ... While in many large theatres the auto-da-fé scene and it's surrounding often is only a tableau of singers, at the Pflaztheater you can experience a fantastic production down to the smalles detail. Hendrik Müller has taken a close look, not only in the Verdi-influenced libretto, but also at Schiller's play. Neither the French-Italian nor the German-Spain of the 16th century have here anything to do with historical truth; but with people, their feelings, with power, be it secular or ecclesiastical; with pursuit of freedom and how violence effects their lives.. Broken characters, lonely sick souls, victims they are all. Müller draws the not obtrusively bold, but almost conspicuously inconspicuous. Like the small windows, that open in the monastery walls, and reveal the inner life, on the crucified man above the Grand Inquisitor, a blood-drinking monk, to a court informer. Or like the not so heavenly Voe dal Cielo, that appears in the autodafé as Death, Or is it the monk after all? Don Carlo always has offered many possibilities for interpretation. It is this complexity that makes it so difficult and at the same time a central masterpiece. Especially when it is performed as now at the. Pflaztheater Kaiserslautern...." // "...The last note fades out. Balck. Seconds later, shouts of bravo ring out and all 600 people in the audience stand up as one to cheer the premiere of Verdi's "Don Carlo" at the Pfalztheater. Over 15 minutes standing ovations and applause. They applaud a fantastic production with magnificent voices and a marvellous performance by the Pfalzphilharmonie, but also the exceptional directing team around HENDRIK MÜLLER... There are numerous versions of this opera. The Pfalztheater is performing the Italian five-act version that Verdi created for Modena in 1886, with the restored first act, which shows Carlos and Elisabeth getting to know each other as the starting point of the drama. And what appears to be a long 255 minutes, including two intermissions, is such an exciting work that time just flies. From the very first second, director HENDRIK MÜLLER takes the audience on an emotionally captivating journey into a dark, political play including a romantic drama, father-son conflict, the call for freedom, but also the merciless inquisition. Under the sensitive and touching direction of HENDRIK MÜLLER, one of the darkest operas has been turned into a gripping piece of music theatre with which the Pfalztheater does not have to hide behind any of the world's great theatres, because contrary to the boos in New York or most recently at La Scala di Milano with its great stars, the production in Kaiserslautern shows that this opera can provoke real storms of enthusiasm from the audience..." // (Die Rheinpfalz, Petra Röder Blog ARMINIA FRIEBE G. Verdi ELISABETH de VALOIS Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern 11-02-20 24 Photo: Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern With her phenomenal role-debut as Elissabeth, ARMINIA FRIEBE shows impressivly, that she also can sing Italian Repertoire more than well: "... What a debut! Due to ARMINIA FRIEBE's glamorous youthful dramatic soprano, in Kaiserslautern the opera also could be called ..." // "... Also vocally, the Pflaztheater offers an exceptional high level. Soprano ARMINIA FRIEBE, new member of the ensemble proved with her brilliant interpretaion of Elisabeth de Valois to be a real treat for the theatre..." (Die Rheinpfalz, Petra Röder Blog ) LEILA SCHÜTZ Lucy Landymore EM, GLINDA,KEEPER,WHICH .o.t. WEST Volkstheater Rostock 06-01-2024 Photo: Dorit Gätjen Bravo, LEILA SCHÜTZ, member of the Opera-Studio at Volkstheater Rostock. Great reviews for her 4 parts in Landymore's children's opera: "... Vocally outstanding - LEILA SCHÜTZ ´´, who shines in not less than 4 parts: Aunt Em, Glinda, Witch of the West and keeper..." (Orpheus Magazin) BENJAMIN RUSSELL G. Fauré BARITONE National Concert Hall Dublin 05-11-2023 Photo: National Conceert Hll Dublin At his return to the National Concert Hall Dublin, BENJAMIN RUSSELL was celebrated by the public and hailed by the press as "exceptional" in Fauré's Requiem: "... baritone BENJAMIN RUSSELL was simply exceptional! Both, in quiet and the loud moments, and the silky lyricism of his voice was downright cpativating..." RAFAEL HELBIG KOSTKA J. Strauß ALFRED Nationaltheater Mannheim 31-12-24 Photo: Nationaltheater Mannheim RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA as vocal and acting convincing and by the public celebrated Alfred: "... RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA, the brilliant tenor as Alfred with hard to contain joy of performing this role... Great to have him as new member in the ensemble at Nationaltheater Mannheim"... The joy of acting hardly could have been be contained. With RAFAEL HELBIG-KOSTKA and ... real comic talents are on stage. This is a full-blood theatre-horse that pulls!... (Mannheimher Morgen) ERIC JURENAS G. Ligeti PRINCE GO-GO Oper Frankfurt 05-11-2023 Photo: Barbara Aumüller A hihgly successful return to Oper Frankfurt for ERIC JURENAS: "... Phenomenal also ERIC JURENAS with his cristal clear and attractive Countertenor..." // "... ERIC JURENAS outstanding as Prince Go-Go, making an extremely impressive role debut in this premiere..." // "... ERIC JURENAS, in a crazy worn out feather costume, shines with his flexible and expressive countertenor as brilliant Prince Go-Go..." // "...Of the huge ensemble, the following should be emphasised: the metallically clear and at the same time beautifully phrasing countertenor ERIC JURENAS as Prince Go-Go..." "... Absolutely stunning, ERIC JURENAS as Prince Go-Go..." // "... ERIC JURENAS as Prince Go-Go with a flawless countertenor..." // "...Scene applaus for ERIC JURENAS Prince Go-Go and his fantastic high notes..." // "... Countertenor ERIC JURENAS in an oppulent red feather costume appears in the 2nd act and delights..." // "... and ERIC JURENAS' secure countertenor of beautiful sound made this Frankfurt Ligeti premiere a great success..." // "... ERIC JURENAS does not only sing his part of PRINCE GO-GO absolutely fantastic, but he also is a very funny actor..." 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< Back Opera! Awards - Best Rediscovery in 2023 Best Rediscovery of 2023 Bizet's "Ivan IV." at Staatstheater Meiningen was awarded aas at the OPERA! Award. Congratulations! As Le Jeune Bulgare - mezzosoprano SARA-MARIA SAALMANN, who for this part was nominated in the Annual-Book of Magazin Opernwelt as More about Sara-Maria Saalmann, who from 26.02.2024 will interpret the part of DIE JUNGE HELENE in Aasgaard-Nilsen's World-Premiere "Gespenster" in Meiningen at: www.AYNpmn-Sara-MAria-Saalmann.blogspot.com