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Zerlina
Mozart's Don Giovanni
October 18th
2024
Step into a world of seduction and vengeance with Mozart's timeless masterpiece, Don Giovanni. The famous libertine Don Giovanni leaves lovers, friends, and enemies in his wake with no regard for the consequences. His heartless deceptions invite us to ask ourselves: do we get what we deserve in the end? Don Giovanni resonates in your soul long after the final note.
Zerlina
Mozart's Don Giovanni
October 20th
2024
Step into a world of seduction and vengeance with Mozart's timeless masterpiece, Don Giovanni. The famous libertine Don Giovanni leaves lovers, friends, and enemies in his wake with no regard for the consequences. His heartless deceptions invite us to ask ourselves: do we get what we deserve in the end? Don Giovanni resonates in your soul long after the final note.
Recital with James Baillieu
October 25th
2024
Works by Britten, Dvorak, Marx and Tchaikovsky
Recital with James Baillieu
October 27th
2024
Works by Grieg, Dvorak, Marx, Britten, and Tchaikovsky
Soprano solo
Mozart's Mass in C minor
Nov. 7th
2024
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Lunga Eric Hallam, Tenor
Harold Wilson, Bass
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Soprano solo
Mozart's Mass in C minor
Nov. 9th
2024
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Lunga Eric Hallam, Tenor
Harold Wilson, Bass
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Soprano solo
Mozart's Mass in C minor
Nov. 10th
2024
Nathalie Stutzmann, Conductor
Julia Lezhneva, Soprano
Lunga Eric Hallam, Tenor
Harold Wilson, Bass
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Soprano solo
Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem
November 23rd
2024
Erika Baikoff, Soprano
Rafael Fingerlos, Bass
Chor St. Michaelis
Orchester St. Michaelis
Conductor: Jörg Endebrock
Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
December 3rd
2024
Since its first performance in 1893, Humperdinck's most famous opera Hansel and Gretel has remained constantly popular, becoming over the generations almost synonymous with the first family visit to the opera. "Brother come and dance with me!“ – "Susie, dear Susie" – a dancing brother and sister, the Dew Fairy and the Sandman, the Witch and the parents: a collection of all the fairy tale elements of the 19th century. And yet this is also a tale of hardship, hunger and the desire for abundance with a clear moral: "When the need is greatest, God the Lord puts out His hand!“ And, in Richard Jones' opulent, brilliant setting, it's a real must!
Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
December 7th
2024
Since its first performance in 1893, Humperdinck's most famous opera Hansel and Gretel has remained constantly popular, becoming over the generations almost synonymous with the first family visit to the opera. "Brother come and dance with me!“ – "Susie, dear Susie" – a dancing brother and sister, the Dew Fairy and the Sandman, the Witch and the parents: a collection of all the fairy tale elements of the 19th century. And yet this is also a tale of hardship, hunger and the desire for abundance with a clear moral: "When the need is greatest, God the Lord puts out His hand!“ And, in Richard Jones' opulent, brilliant setting, it's a real must!
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
December 27th
2024
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
December 29th
2024
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
January 1st
2025
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
January 4th
2025
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
January 7th
2025
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Erste Dame
Die Zauberflöte
January 10th
2025
Papageno wants Papagena - Tamino his Pamina. But the pathway to love is not a simple one! Everyone has to undergo difficult trials. They even have to decide against murder and suicide, and do without food and drink and sometimes even without speech and song. The things that help them survive danger are a flute and a set of magic bells. The most world-renowned opera in a classically beautiful production, the legacy of stage director August Everding. The snake still breathes "real" fire, the Queen of the Night is still really a "star-flaming" monarch. The stage portrait (by Jürgen Rose) is wondrous fair. The magic of this opera really works here.
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera
January 26th
2025
A governor, his friend, the friend's wife. A love triangle straight out of a romance novel. The soprano between the tenor and the baritone. But, in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists are two-faced. Riccardo, the governor, is lauded as a just sovereign, yet shirks responsibility and seeks refuge from tedium in all manner of distractions - the ultimate kick for a man such as he can only be to risk his own life.
Renato loves his friend Riccardo almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, wants not only to eradicate all feelings for Riccardo, but, if possible, even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the shadowy influence who evokes in people an irresistible pull towards death - until the culmination of the dance on the volcano in a deadly masked ball. Composed in 1858 for Naples, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for reasons of censorship. After radical editing, the premiere finally took place in Rome and to this day remains one of the most performed, but also most mysterious of Verdi's works.
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera
January 29th
2025
A governor, his friend, the friend's wife. A love triangle straight out of a romance novel. The soprano between the tenor and the baritone. But, in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists are two-faced. Riccardo, the governor, is lauded as a just sovereign, yet shirks responsibility and seeks refuge from tedium in all manner of distractions - the ultimate kick for a man such as he can only be to risk his own life.
Renato loves his friend Riccardo almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, wants not only to eradicate all feelings for Riccardo, but, if possible, even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the shadowy influence who evokes in people an irresistible pull towards death - until the culmination of the dance on the volcano in a deadly masked ball. Composed in 1858 for Naples, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for reasons of censorship. After radical editing, the premiere finally took place in Rome and to this day remains one of the most performed, but also most mysterious of Verdi's works.
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera
February 2nd
2025
A governor, his friend, the friend's wife. A love triangle straight out of a romance novel. The soprano between the tenor and the baritone. But, in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists are two-faced. Riccardo, the governor, is lauded as a just sovereign, yet shirks responsibility and seeks refuge from tedium in all manner of distractions - the ultimate kick for a man such as he can only be to risk his own life.
Renato loves his friend Riccardo almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, wants not only to eradicate all feelings for Riccardo, but, if possible, even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the shadowy influence who evokes in people an irresistible pull towards death - until the culmination of the dance on the volcano in a deadly masked ball. Composed in 1858 for Naples, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for reasons of censorship. After radical editing, the premiere finally took place in Rome and to this day remains one of the most performed, but also most mysterious of Verdi's works.
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera
February 5th
2025
A governor, his friend, the friend's wife. A love triangle straight out of a romance novel. The soprano between the tenor and the baritone. But, in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists are two-faced. Riccardo, the governor, is lauded as a just sovereign, yet shirks responsibility and seeks refuge from tedium in all manner of distractions - the ultimate kick for a man such as he can only be to risk his own life.
Renato loves his friend Riccardo almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, wants not only to eradicate all feelings for Riccardo, but, if possible, even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the shadowy influence who evokes in people an irresistible pull towards death - until the culmination of the dance on the volcano in a deadly masked ball. Composed in 1858 for Naples, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for reasons of censorship. After radical editing, the premiere finally took place in Rome and to this day remains one of the most performed, but also most mysterious of Verdi's works.
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
February 7th
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Oscar
Un Ballo in Maschera
February 8th
2025
A governor, his friend, the friend's wife. A love triangle straight out of a romance novel. The soprano between the tenor and the baritone. But, in Verdi's Ballo in maschera all the protagonists are two-faced. Riccardo, the governor, is lauded as a just sovereign, yet shirks responsibility and seeks refuge from tedium in all manner of distractions - the ultimate kick for a man such as he can only be to risk his own life.
Renato loves his friend Riccardo almost more than his wife; and she, Amelia, wants not only to eradicate all feelings for Riccardo, but, if possible, even more. Ulrica, the fortune teller, is the shadowy influence who evokes in people an irresistible pull towards death - until the culmination of the dance on the volcano in a deadly masked ball. Composed in 1858 for Naples, the opera was not allowed to be performed there for reasons of censorship. After radical editing, the premiere finally took place in Rome and to this day remains one of the most performed, but also most mysterious of Verdi's works.
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
February 11th
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
February 15th
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
February 19th
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
February 22nd
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Recital with Soohong Park
March 9th
2025
Songs and solo piano works by Ravel
Soprano solo
Bruckner: Mass No. 3
March 20th
2025
Erika Baikoff, Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tenor
Matthew Rose, Bass
SWR Vokalensemble
WDR Rundfunkchor
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Soprano solo
Bruckner: Mass No. 3
March 21st
2025
Erika Baikoff, Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tenor
Matthew Rose, Bass
SWR Vokalensemble
WDR Rundfunkchor
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado, Dirigent
Soprano solo
Bruckner: Mass No. 3
March 23rd
2025
Erika Baikoff, Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tenor
Matthew Rose, Bass
SWR Vokalensemble
WDR Rundfunkchor
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado, Dirigent
Soprano solo
Bruckner: Mass No. 3
March 24th
2025
Erika Baikoff, Soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Mezzo
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Tenor
Matthew Rose, Bass
SWR Vokalensemble
WDR Rundfunkchor
SWR Symphonieorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
April 27th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 6th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 8th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 10th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 12th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 14th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Ophelia
Francesco Gasparini's Ambleto
May 17th
2025
Hamlet is one of the greatest works in the history of culture: its combination of thriller and philosophical drama proved a sure-fire winner. One of the most obscure, and certainly most unusual, opera versions is Francesco Gasparini’s Ambleto, which was first performed in Venice in 1706. This highly virtuoso Baroque opera is based on the Danish chronicles Gesta Danorum, which were also the inspiration for Shakespeare, but the spotlight here is firmly on the tragic tale of revenge. Gasparini, who studied under Arcangelo Corelli and taught Domenico Scarlatti (whose music inspired Johann Sebastian Bach), wrote this work, that proved very popular with contemporary audiences, for Nicolini, a castrato who was also a gifted actor. It was thanks to him that Ambleto was performed in London in 1712 – and the score used at the time has survived to the present day. In Vienna, counter-tenor Raffaele Pe takes on the title role, so rich in coloratura and complexity. Following her successful production of La liberazione, Ilaria Lanzino returns to the MusikTheater an der Wien as a director who has caused a sensation in recent years with her inventive, bold and multi-award-winning stagings.
Belinda
Dido and Aeneas...Erwartung
July 13th
2025
The creative team surrounding director Krzysztof Warlikowski has a long history of successful collaboration that has taken them to all of Europe’s great opera houses.
At the Bayerische Staatsoper the team last staged Salome in almost the same configuration in 2019. For the DidoandAeneas ... Erwartung double bill, Małgorzata Szczęśniak is again designing the stage and costumes, as she has for all of Warlikowski's productions since 1992. For more than 20 years Felice Ross has been responsible for the lighting design for the team's opera productions. Kamil Polak, who won an Oscar in 2008 in the Animated Short Film category, designs the videos, and dancer and actor Claude Bardouil is in charge of movement direction – tried and tested as always. Dramaturge Christian Longchamp, also connected to the team by numerous projects at other theatres, is now also working for the first time in Munich.
Warlikowski is also connected with the singer now embodying both roles, Dido and the Woman, Ausrine Stundyte. They celebrated highly acclaimed success at the Salzburg Festival in 2020 with Elektra, and the singer has been a regular guest in Munich since 2015, most recently appearing as Regan in Reimann's Lear in 2021 and Jeanne in Krzysztof Penderecki's The Devils of Loudun in 2022.
Belinda
Dido and Aeneas...Erwartung
July 16th
2025
The creative team surrounding director Krzysztof Warlikowski has a long history of successful collaboration that has taken them to all of Europe’s great opera houses.
At the Bayerische Staatsoper the team last staged Salome in almost the same configuration in 2019. For the DidoandAeneas ... Erwartung double bill, Małgorzata Szczęśniak is again designing the stage and costumes, as she has for all of Warlikowski's productions since 1992. For more than 20 years Felice Ross has been responsible for the lighting design for the team's opera productions. Kamil Polak, who won an Oscar in 2008 in the Animated Short Film category, designs the videos, and dancer and actor Claude Bardouil is in charge of movement direction – tried and tested as always. Dramaturge Christian Longchamp, also connected to the team by numerous projects at other theatres, is now also working for the first time in Munich.
Warlikowski is also connected with the singer now embodying both roles, Dido and the Woman, Ausrine Stundyte. They celebrated highly acclaimed success at the Salzburg Festival in 2020 with Elektra, and the singer has been a regular guest in Munich since 2015, most recently appearing as Regan in Reimann's Lear in 2021 and Jeanne in Krzysztof Penderecki's The Devils of Loudun in 2022.
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
July 19th
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Xanthe
Die Liebe der Danae
July 22nd
2025
Danae must marry a wealthy man, to settle her father’s debts. All dream of gold here, and Danae more than all others. A powerful man takes an interest in her and sends another ahead. It would appear the right husband has been found. But, of course his wealth comes with a condition, which stands in the way of true happiness. Danae must, Danae can choose between wealth and love, between dreams and reality, between the promises of wealth and riches, and of love and all its happiness.
The “cheerful mythology” of Die Liebe der Danae reassembles various legends and characters of Greek antiquity, and recounts the story of a woman, who successfully asserts her love against the reason of state and capriciousness of the gods. What appears inconceivable in the scoring of similar baroque period material, which in Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen leads to doom and destruction, is possible here.The god stands aside and frees the way for the happiness of two people. Framed by a squad of comic figures and music in which the gold always glitters, and which all scatter after here.
With full orchestra and gigantic sounds, Richard Strauss looks back in his late work to the motifs of his own operas and the history of music. He would not live to see the 1952 world premiere. The piece was last restaged at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1988, and it will now be interpreted by the team surrounding the Strauss specialists, Claus Guth (director) and Sebastian Weigle (conductor).
Past Engagements
Recital with Julius Drake
August 20th
Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Dvořák & Tchaikovsky
Vocal Exchange Concert
August 7th
Works by Chaminade, Chausson, Debussy, Liszt, Milhaud, Rachmaninov, Rubinstein, Scriabin, and Turina
Recital with Wu Han
August 4th
Works by Berlioz, Bizet, Chaminade, Debussy, Duparc, Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Satie, and Weil
Recital with Daniel Heide
July 18th
Works by Mendelssohn, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Schubert
Britten & Mendelssohn
July 14th
Stephanie Childress - Conductor
Erika Baikoff - Soprano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Les Illuminations
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony no. 1
Britten & Mendelssohn
July 13th
Stephanie Childress - Conductor
Erika Baikoff - Soprano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Les Illuminations
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony no. 1
Britten & Mendelssohn
July 12th
Stephanie Childress - Conductor
Erika Baikoff - Soprano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Les Illuminations
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony no. 1
Britten & Mendelssohn
July 11th
Stephanie Childress - Conductor
Erika Baikoff - Soprano
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte
BENJAMIN BRITTEN Les Illuminations
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony no. 1
Ines
Il Trovatore
July 2nd
"If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.
Vierte Magd
Elektra
June 30th
July 7th
Premiere of Richard Strauss' "Elektra" on October 27, 1997 in the Nationaltheater
Elektra's father: murdered. Her mother and her paramour Ägisth were his murderers. The disheveled Elektra is determined to avenge the parricide. She has the axe for the deed but not the strength. Then her brother Orest appears … Armor-plated emotions! – whipped up by a gigantic orchestra. An aristocratic cast of singers. An enthusiastically cheered staging by Herbert Wernicke. A shattering drama of the Soul.
Ines
Il Trovatore
June 29th
"If you travel to India and to Central Africa, you'll hear Trovatore.“ Nine years after the triumphant first performance, Verdi's opera had achieved the worldwide popularity that moved the composer to make this comment. The fabric of the opera could hardly be more gloomy: a gypsy who wishes to avenge the death of her mother at the stake, a count who wishes to use the execution of this gypsy to strike at his rival; a horrifying truth that is revealed at the moment of death. All the ingredients of Verdi's dramatic abundance appear here: mysterious sound worlds, harsh contrasts, vocal brilliance, opulent tableaux. The cohesive narrative style gives way to the variation of suggestive musical images with which Verdi served "the most important part of the drama“: revenge.
Weber's Missa Sancta Nr. 1
June 23rd
Azim Karimov, conducter
Avery Amereau, mezzo
Benjamin Bruns, tenor
Michael Nagy, Bass
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bayerischer Staatsopernchor
Recital with James Baillieu
June 9th
Lieder by Brahms, Dvorak, Grieg, Haydn, Mozart, and Schönberg
Nunes Garcia's Missa de Santa Cecília
May 19th
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins conductor
Marta Fontanals-Simmons mezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewart tenor
Ross Ramgobin baritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
Zerlina
Don Giovanni
April 19th, April 21st, April 27th, May 1st, and May 3rd
640 girls in Italy, 231 in Germany, 100 in France, 91 in Turkey, 1,003 in Spain. As the servant Leporello famously sings in his “Catalogue aria,” the eponymous fiend in Mozart’s sublime tragicomedy Don Giovanni has already been very busy when he beds the engaged Anna and then kills her father in a duel. Even as he’s pursued by aggrieved parties on all sides, Don Giovanni sets about seducing the lovely Zerlina—on her wedding day. But the arrogant Spanish antihero everyone loves to hate meets his comeuppance, and in director Kasper Holten’s brilliant production, his descent into hell is not literal but mental, as depicted by Luke Halls’s incredible projections onto Es Devlin’s magically minimalist set. Conducted by acclaimed Mozartian Dame Jane Glover, the opera’s stellar cast will be headlined by charismatic Italian bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, an international superstar, in the title role, opposite sensational soprano Andriana Chuchman in her role debut as Donna Anna. The opera’s world-renowned cast will be headlined by bass-baritone Ryan McKinny as Leporello, tenor Kang Wang in his company debut as Don Ottavio, and mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke as Donna Elvira.
Recital with Soohong Park
March 5th
Works by Schubert, Wolf, Zemlinsky, Schönberg and Korngold
Four Heroines
Les Contes d'Hoffman
March 2nd
An intoxicating blend of romance, fantasy, and adventure. Offenbach’s dreamlike The Tales of Hoffmann offers a spellbinding portrait of a man who’s haunted by his past. Sophisticated and imaginative, Offenbach’s last and greatest work combines emotional depth and musical brilliance. Sung in French with English supertitles projected.
Recital with Keval Shah
January 14th
Songs by Beydts, Duparc, Debussy, Grieg, Hahn, Korngold, A. Mahler, Marx, Strohl, and Walton
Jano
Janáček's Jenůfa
January 11th
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Jano
Janáček's Jenůfa
January 1st
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Angelo di misericordia
Galuppi: La Caduta di Adamo
December 18th
Conductor, Aapo Häkkinen
Eva, Ivana Lazar
Adamo, Aco Bišćević
Angelo di giustizia, Sonja Runje
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Angelo di misericordia
Galuppi: La Caduta di Adamo
December 17th
Conductor, Aapo Häkkinen
Eva, Ivana Lazar
Adamo, Aco Bišćević
Angelo di giustizia, Sonja Runje
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Recital with Soohong Park
December 11th
Works by Schubert, Clara Schumann, Korngold, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninov: The Composer
October 29th
Works by Balakirev, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky
Erika Baikoff, soprano
Gilles Vonsattel, piano
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Clive Greensmith, cello
Recital with Soohong Park
October 15th
Works by Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Mozart and Donizetti.
Recital with Daniel Heide
August 20th
Works by Schubert, Korngold, Marx, Debussy and Rachmaninoff
Recital with James Baillieu
August 16th
Songs by Schubert, Korngold, Marx, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Baroque Splendor
July 15th
Music from the Baroque era stimulates the senses, lifts the spirits, and inspires faith in all things good. The evolution of everything in music—from the art of counterpoint to the invention of new forms—transformed Baroque composers into unstoppable creators as they experimented with new musical styles and combinations of instruments. In this opening concert, we’ll experience six trailblazing composers showing their skills in a colorful collection of instruments and ensembles.
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
June 30th
The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks kicks off the New York summer season with six free outdoor recitals, featuring established artists and young talents of the opera world, to New Yorkers in all five boroughs starting Tuesday, June 20. The series, now in its 14th year, has become an operatic summer tradition.
The program for these concerts will feature rising stars of the Met—soprano and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program graduate Erika Baikoff, who recently appeared as Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano and current Lindemann Young Artist Cierra Byrd, who sang Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; and baritone Thomas Glass, who won the 2019 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and sang Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly during the 2021–22 season. Met assistant conductor and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Juan José Lázaro will join the singers at the piano.
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
June 28th
The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks kicks off the New York summer season with six free outdoor recitals, featuring established artists and young talents of the opera world, to New Yorkers in all five boroughs starting Tuesday, June 20. The series, now in its 14th year, has become an operatic summer tradition.
The program for these concerts will feature rising stars of the Met—soprano and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program graduate Erika Baikoff, who recently appeared as Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano and current Lindemann Young Artist Cierra Byrd, who sang Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; and baritone Thomas Glass, who won the 2019 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and sang Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly during the 2021–22 season. Met assistant conductor and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Juan José Lázaro will join the singers at the piano.
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
June 26th
The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks kicks off the New York summer season with six free outdoor recitals, featuring established artists and young talents of the opera world, to New Yorkers in all five boroughs starting Tuesday, June 20. The series, now in its 14th year, has become an operatic summer tradition.
The program for these concerts will feature rising stars of the Met—soprano and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program graduate Erika Baikoff, who recently appeared as Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano and current Lindemann Young Artist Cierra Byrd, who sang Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; and baritone Thomas Glass, who won the 2019 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and sang Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly during the 2021–22 season. Met assistant conductor and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Juan José Lázaro will join the singers at the piano.
Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series
June 24th
The Met’s popular concert series in New York City parks kicks off the New York summer season with six free outdoor recitals, featuring established artists and young talents of the opera world, to New Yorkers in all five boroughs starting Tuesday, June 20. The series, now in its 14th year, has become an operatic summer tradition.
The program for these concerts will feature rising stars of the Met—soprano and Lindemann Young Artist Development Program graduate Erika Baikoff, who recently appeared as Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Tebaldo in Verdi’s Don Carlo; mezzo-soprano and current Lindemann Young Artist Cierra Byrd, who sang Bertha in Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones; and baritone Thomas Glass, who won the 2019 Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition and sang Prince Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly during the 2021–22 season. Met assistant conductor and member of the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program Juan José Lázaro will join the singers at the piano.
Soprano solo
Bach's Mass in B minor
December 18th
All the splendour of Bach in one piece. Finely crafted for over 30 years, Mass in B Minor encapsulates the renowned composer’s style. Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the work features symmetrical movements, complex architecture, fascinating counterpoint passages and powerful voices that showcase Bach’s genius—a simple mortal at the service of humanity.
Tebaldo
Don Carlo
Nov. 3rd, Nov. 7th, Nov. 11th, Nov. 15th, Nov. 19th, Nov. 23rd, Nov. 26th, Nov. 30rd, and Dec. 3rd
David McVicar’s monumental production—created for the Met premiere of the original French version of Verdi’s gripping drama in the 2021–22 season—returns, now sung in Italian and starring an unbeatable cast of dramatic voices. Russell Thomas, one of today’s fastest-rising tenors, takes on the title role, a Spanish nobleman caught between private passion and public duty, sharing the stage with sopranos Eleonora Buratto and Angela Meade as Elisabeth de Valois, mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as Princess Eboli, baritone Peter Mattei as Rodrigo, bass-baritone John Relyea as the Grand Inquisitor, and bass Günther Groissböck as King Philip II. Carlo Rizzi conducts one of the repertory’s most epic works.
TMAF Orchestra Tour
August 12th, National Taichung Theater Grand Theater
August 13th, Weiwuying Concert Hall
August 14th, National Concert Hall
Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Conducted by Kent Nagano
TMAF All-Star Concert
August 9th
Jeremiah Clarke: The Prince of Denmark's March
John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56
Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965
Francis Poulenc: Sextet for Piano and Winds, FP 100
G. Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 2, Op. 111
Liederabend with Kunal Lahiry
July 16th
Lieder by Schubert, Korngold, Marx, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff
Guglielmo/ Angelo
Li prodigi della divina grazia nella conversione e morte di San Guglielmo Duca d'Aquitana
July 7th
Final concert of the Académie Vocal Residency of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence with Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Korneel Bernolet
Anna
Nabucco
June 6th
Verdi's Nabucco in concert with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano Lo Coco.
Carnival of the Animals
May 15th and 17th
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber — Sonata violino solo representativa
George Frideric Handel — "Sweet Bird" from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55
Franz Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob. III:63 "The Lark"
Aaron Copland — "I Bought Me a Cat" from Old American Songs
Claude Debussy — Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun”)
Liederabend with Kunal Lahiry
May 1st
Lieder by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Marx, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Liederabend with Kunal Lahiry
April 27th
Lieder by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Marx, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff
Woglinde
Das Rheingold
April 23rd, De Doelen (Grand Hall)
April 24th, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
April 28th, Dortmund Konzerthaus
April 30th, Baden-Baden Festspielhaus
Tour of Wagner's Das Rheingold in concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Soprano solo
Mahler's Symphony No. 4
February 4th
Mahler's 4th Symphony with Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Daniele Rustioni
Barbarina
Le Nozze di Figaro
January 8th, January 12th, January 15th, January 20th, January 23rd, January 28th
Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, conducted by Daniele Rustioni
Marzelline
Fidelio
November 14th
Beethoven's Fidelio in concert with the North Carolina Opera, conducted by Arthur Fagan
Xenia
Boris Godunov
September 28th, October 2nd, October 5th, October 9th, October 14th, and October 17th
Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, presented in its original 1869 version, conducted by Sebastian Weigle
Musetta
La Bohème
August 1st
Puccini's La Bohème with Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra, conducted by James Gaffigan
Calendar
Soprano solo
Conductor:
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Angelo di misericordia
Conductor:
Aapo Häkkinen
Angelo di misericordia
Conductor:
Aapo Häkkinen
Four Heroines
Conductor:
David Stern
Conductor:
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Conductor:
Conductor:
Guglielmo/ Angelo
Conductor:
Korneel Bernolet