“Sing Sistah Sing!” at the 2016 Internationale Maifestspiele

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!trenner

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. baker__fotograf_john_needAmong 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.

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Opening night of Alcina

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)

 

Madama Butterfly opens at Staatstheater Wiesbaden on 19 Feb 2016

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)

 

Opening of Katya Kabanova tonight!

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)

Così fan Tutte opening night

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)