Julia Kamenik makes her debut as Sylva Varescu in Kálmán’ s operetta Die Csárdásfürstin with the Sommerfestspiele Murten in Switzerland. The City of Kaunas Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Kaspar Zehnder.
Performance: September 2, 2012 at 8 PM
Murten Classics, Murten Castle (courtyard)
Michael Gniffke makes his debut as Feri Bacsi in Kálmán’ s operetta Die Csárdásfürstin with the Sommerfestspiele Murten in Switzerland. The City of Kaunas Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Kaspar Zehnder.
Performance: September 2, 2012 at 8 PM
Murten Classics, Murten Castle (courtyard)
Photo: Mattias Kristiansson
Cecilia Hjortsberg sings Micaela in Carmen with the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen. The new production will take place in the historic Roman stone quarry in St. Margarethen (Austria).
Conductor: Alfred Eschwé
Stage director: Robert Herzl
Performance dates: July 11 – August 26, 2012 – always 8:30pm
Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen
Almost 12 years after his extraordinary El Niño, John Adams returns to Christian mythology. Much as El Niño was his take on the Nativity history, The Gospel According to the Other Mary is his vision of a Passion. The oratorio is built on a libretto by Peter Sellars, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic is conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
World premiere: May 31, 2012 – 8PM
Further performances: June 1, 2 & 3, 2012
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles
Kearstin Piper Brown
Kearstin Piper Brown makes her debut as Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata with Utah Lyric Opera.
Conductor: Stephen Dubberly
Director: Elizabeth Hansen
Performances: February 17 & 18, 2012
Utah Lyric Opera performs at the Covey Center for the Arts.
Matjaz Stopinsek, Ks Sebastian Reinthaller, Katharina Persicke
Matjaz Stopinsek who scored a big success as Sou-Chong in Franz Lehár’s “Das Land des Lächelns” in the fall of 2010 will return to the Theater Baden first in the title role of Gounod’s “Faust” then as Herzog in Strauß’ “Eine Nacht in Venedig”.
Performances “Faust”:
October 23, 27 and 30, November 5, 12 and 24, 2011
Performances “Eine Nacht in Venedig”:
December 17, 18, 26, 28, 29, and 31, 2011
January 7, 8, 21 and 22 & February 2, 3, 10, and 11, 2012
I Pagliacci - Sankt-Petersburg Opera
Russian tenor Viktor Aleshkov, who in 2010 won the most prestigious theatre prize of St. Petersburg, could claim it again in 2011. Like last year, he was awarded the “Golden Sofit” for his portrayal of Canio in I Pagliacci at the Sankt-Petersburg Opera.