Opening night of L’elisir d’amore!
Toi toi toi everyone!!
(Photos by Karl-Bernd Karwasz)
L’elisir d’amore
Matti Salminen sings his final Boris Godunov in Wiesbaden
The great Finnish bass Matti Salminen takes the stage in Wiesbaden this evening. Currently on his farewell tour, this will be his last performance of the demanding title role in Boris Godunov.
Così at the Maifestspiele
Looking forward to tonight’s Maifestspiele performance of Così fan tutte, with Julia Lezhneva, Silvia Hauer, Ioan Hotea, Christopher Bolduc, Daniela Fally and William Shimell!!! It’s going to be amazing!!
The Dutchman returns!
The Dutchman returns to Wiesbaden! Looking forward to Der fliegende Holländer tonight, with Elisabet Strid (joyful reunion!!), Andreas Schager, Gerd Grochowski and Albert Pesendorfer!!
Staatstheater Wiesbaden releases 2016/17 season schedule
Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2016/2017 season has been announced! Very excited to be conducting a new production of Peter Grimes (with Lance Ryan and Johanni van Oostrum), some La Bohème performances, as well as the final Symphony Concert of the Season (featuring the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story). Also looking forward to preparing the Opera Chorus for La Traviata, Die Fledermaus, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die Zauberflöte, Verdi Requiem, La Bohème, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Peter Grimes, Eugene Onegin and Der Ring des Nibelungen (including an Anja Harteros Sieglinde and Evelyn Herlitzius Brünnhilde!), as well as Le Nozze di Figaro and Tosca (at least I don’t have to worry about Scarlatti’s La Giuditta and Hänsel & Gretel!). Busy times ahead!!!
Check out the Opera season booklet below:
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)
Boris Godunov
Looking forward to Opening Night of Boris Godunov this week!
(Photos by Karl-Bernd Karwasz)
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)
Elektra opens this week
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!
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)
Jugendchor Concert
All in a day’s work!
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)
Der Graf von Luxemburg at Staatstheater Wiesbaden
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!
