Very excited to be conducting our first Opera premiere for the Season tonight – the world premiere of Søren Nils Eichberg’s “Schönerland“, with a stellar cast, my amazing Opera Chorus, and the wonderfully supportive Hessisches Staatsorchester! Toi-Toi-Toi all!
(Photos: Karl & Monika Forster)
Excited to conduct Philipp Krenn‘s new production of Peter Grimes, which opens at the Wiesbaden State Theatre on 4 February! Toi Toi Toi to the wonderful cast, the fantastic State Theatre Opera Chorus and the Hessian State Orchestra!
(Photos: Karl & Monika Forster)
Looking forward to conducting another 4 performances of Madama Butterfly, with Romina Boscolo and Gary Griffiths joining the cast tonight. Toi toi toi!!
Opening Night of “La forza del destino” tonight!
Toi-toi-toi to Hui He, Carlos Alvarez, Marina Prudenskaya, Richard Furman, Patrick Carfizzi, Young Doo Park, Benedikt Nawrath, Aldomir Mollov, Maestro Christoph Stiller and the Staatsorchester, and of course to my wonderful Opera Chorus and Extra Chorus!
(Photos by Lena Obst)
The Dutchman returns to Wiesbaden! Looking forward to Der fliegende Holländer tonight, with Elisabet Strid (joyful reunion!!), Andreas Schager, Gerd Grochowski and Albert Pesendorfer!!
Really excited to collaborate with Andrea Baker at the 2016 International May Festival on her award-winning show, “Sing Sistah Sing!” on 2 May at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden!
In “Sing Sistah Sing!”, British-American mezzo-soprano Andrea Baker celebrates the extraordinary sound of famous Afro-American female voices, accompanied by Albert Horne at the piano. While many of these legendary singers turned to Jazz and Blues to express their deepest emotions, some also became exceptional interpreters of opera and art song. Just like the famous protagonists, Andrea Baker has a special connection with the songs of the plantation workers – the music of her forefathers. 
Among them were many courageous pioneers, both in the civil rights movement and in the arts. As such, “Sing Sistah Sing!” is a monument to them: singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Leontyne Price, Donna Summer, Marian Anderson, Eleanora Fagan and Billie Holiday, who all rose to international fame.
Opening night of Ingo Kerkhof’s production of Alcina. Toi toi toi to the wonderful cast – Heather Engebretson, Franziska Gottwald, Katharina Konradi, Silvia Hauer, Benedikt Nawrath and Wolf Matthias Friedrich! Also to the orchestra, expertly conducted by Konrad Junghänel, as well as to my beautiful Chorus!
(Photos by Paul Leclaire)
Looking forward to Opening Night of Boris Godunov this week!
(Photos by Karl-Bernd Karwasz)
Really excited to be conducting Opening Night of Madama Butterfly tonight!! Toi-toi-toi to the gorgeous cast (Sun Hyung Cho, Ric Furman, Chris Bolduc, Marta Wryk, Benedikt Nawrath, YoungDoo Park, Frederik Bak, Celeste Haworth & John Holyoke), my beautiful Opera Chorus, as well as to the wonderful Orchestra of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden!!!
(Photos: Sven-Helge Czichy)
Super excited about the Opening of our fabulous Elektra this week, with the incredible trio of Catherine Foster, Erika Sunnegårdh and Dalia Schaechter, wonderfully conducted by Vassilis Christopoulos!
Opening of Katya Kabanova tonight!
Toi-Toi-Toi everyone! Mirko Roschkowski, Sabina Cvilak, Dalia Schaechter, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Benedikt Nawrath, Silvia Hauer, Aaron Cawley.
(Photos: Paul Leclaire)
All in a day’s work!
Così fan Tutte opening tonight!
Toi-toi-toi to my Chorus, as well as Ioan Hotea, Chris Bolduc, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Heather Engebretson, Silvia Hauer, and Gloria Rehm!
(Photos: Monika und Karl Forster)
A gigantic Toi-Toi-Toi to my beautiful Staatstheater Wiesbaden Opera Chorus, as well as to the cast and production team, for tonight’s Opening Night of Der Graf von Luxemburg! I’ll be there with you in spirit, while we do the 2nd performance of Lohengrin in South Korea!
