Opera

Gera: The Emperor of Atlantis

4 May 2019, Bühne am Park, Bühnen der Stadt Gera, Gera, Germany Viktor Ullmann: The Emperor of Atlantis (premiere) Directed by: Kai Anne Schuhmacher, music director: Takahiro Nagasaki Cast: Alejandro Lárraga Schleske (Emperor), Johannes Beck (Loudspeaker), Ulrich Burdack (Death), Florian Neubauer (Harlequin), Gustavo Mordente Eda (Soldier), Sujin Bae (Bubikopf), Judith Christ (Drummer girl) Following performances: 11 and 30 May 2019, 8 Dec 2019 at … Read more

Petr Wajsar: Tramvestie (world premiere)

17 April 2019, The New Stage, National Theatre, Prague Petr Wajsar: Tramvestie (world premiere) Libretto: Pavel Novotný Directed by: Marek Bureš, music director: Richard Hein Soloists: Jana Horáková Levicová, Lenka Šmídová, Dušan Růžička, Jiří Sulženko Following performances: 22 Apr, 7 and 20 May, 23 Jun 2019

Göteborg: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere)

13 April 2019, GöteborgsOperan, Göteborg, Sweden Bohuslav Martinů: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere in collaboration with National Theatre Brno) Directed by: David Radok, music director: Marko Ivanović Cast: Kerstin Avemo (Juliette), Joachim Bäckström (Michel) Language: French Following performances: 18, 24 and 26 Apr, 10 and 12 May 2019

Bonn: The Makropulos Affair

7 April 2019, Theater Bonn, Bonn, Germany Leoš Janáček: The Makropulos Affair (premiere in co-production with the English National Opera) Directed by: Christopher Alden, music director: Hermes Helfricht Cast: Yannick-Muriel Noah (Emilia Marty), Thomas Piffka (Albert Gregor), Martin Tzonev (Dr Kolenatý), Ivan Krutikov (Jaroslav Prus), Christian Georg (Vítek), Kathrin Leidig (Kristina) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 11 and 20 Apr, 4, … Read more

Darmstadt: Rusalka

23 March 2019, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Luise Kautz, music director: Daniel Cohen Cast: Katharina Persicke (Rusalka), Theorsten Büttner (Prince), Katrin Gerstenberger (Foreign Princess), Johannes Seokhoon Moon (Water Goblin), Elisabeth Hornung (Witch) and others Language: German Following performances: 30 Mar, 4, 12 and 18 Apr, 10 and 26 May, 8 and 16 … Read more

Carnegie Hall: the American premiere of ‘Juliette’

22 March 2019, Carnegie Hall, New York Bohuslav Martinů: Juliette (The Key to Dreams) – American premiere, concert performance American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), cond. Leon Botstein Cast: Sara Jakubiak (Juliette), Aaron Blake (Michel) and others

British staged premiere of Smetana’s ‘Libuše’

18 March 2019, Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bedřich Smetana: Libuše (British staged premiere) Directed by: Cecilia Stinton, music director: Charles Peebles Cast: Kirstin Sharpin (Libuše), Robert Davies (Přemysl), John Mackenzie (Lutobor), Eve Daniell (Krasava) and members of the student opera company University College Opera Language: Czech Following performancesí: 20, 22 and 23 Mar 2019

Glasgow: Kátya Kabanová

12 March 2019, Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland Leoš Janáček: Kátya Kabanová (premiere of a new production in co-production with Theater Magdeburg) Directed by: Stephen Lawless, music director: Stuart Stratford Cast: Laura Wilde (Kátya), Patricia Bardon (Kabanicha), Ric Furman (Boris), Samuel Sakker (Tikhon), Paul Whelan (Dikoy), Hanna Hipp (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 14 and 16 Mar (Theatre … Read more

Cologne. Rusalka

10 March 2019, Oper Köln, Cologne, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Nadja Loschky, music diector: Christoph Gedschold Cast: Olesya Golovneva / Olena Tokar (Rusalka), Mirko Roschkowski / Jeongki Cho / Dmytro Popov (Prince), Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa (Foreign Princess), Samuel Youn (Water Goblin), Dalia Schaechter (Witch) and others Following performances: 13, 16, 22, 24, 28 and … Read more

Dresden: The Bartered Bride

8 March2019, Semperoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Directed by: Mariame Clément, music director: Tomáš Netopil Cast: Hrachuhí Bassénz (Marie), Pavol Breslik / Richard Samek (Hans), Tijl Faveyts / Martin Winkler (Kezal), Benjamin Bruns (Wentel) and others Language: German Following performances: 13, 16, 22 and 25 Mar, 25 and 28 Apr, 2 May 2019