21 September 2024, 7:30 pm, Staatstheater Kassel, Kassel, Germany Leoš Janáček: Katja Kabanova (premiere) Directed by: Christiane Pohle, music director: Moritz Gnann Cast: Margrethe Fredheim (Katja), Ulrike Schneider (Kabanicha), Don Lee (Dikoj), Ric Furman (Boris), Lars Rühl (Tichon), Ilseyar Khayrullova (Varvara) and others Following performances: 3, 5, 9, 13, 18 and 20 Oct, 8 and … Read more
One of the nine opera performances Staatstheater Kassel (Hesse) produced this year was Janáček’s Jenůfa. The sold-out premiere which took place on 10 February was preceded a few days earlier by a public talk introducing not only the most famous of Moravian composers and his music but also the background of the Kassel production. The opera was directed … Read more
Staatstheater Kassel presented a new production of Hans Krása’s famous Brundibár. The 1938 opera, once sung by children of the Theresienstadt ghetto, was rehearsed by a children choir Cantamus where the soloists were recruited from, too. They were accompanied by the TJO, Theater-Jugendorchester, which is an ensemble formed by talented instrumentalists aged 12-20. The show is a solo debut by … Read more
