Oper Graz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the productions and concerts. Opera Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann“ will star Matthias Koziorowski, Anna Brull, Andżelika Wiśniewska, Tetiana Zhuravel, Tetiana Miyus , Sieglinde Feldhofer, Mareike Jankowski, and Petr Sokolov. Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2023-Jan. 6, 2024 Tobias Ribitzki directs Kurt Weill’s “Tom Sawyer” with Tom Schimon, Michael Heller, Euiyoung {…}
Oper Graz has appointed Vassilis Christopoulos to the position of Chief Conductor. He will commence his tenure during the 2023-24 season. He will take over for Roland Kluttig, who is set to step down at the end of the current season. A fixture at the Greek National Opera where he has led productions of such operas as “Tosca,” “Serse,” “La {…}
Oper Graz’s Chief Conductor Roland Kluttig will leave the house at the end of the 2022-23 season. The conductor said on May 20, that the move will come “At my own request.” The conductor began his tenure in 2020 and has since led productions of “The Passenger” by Mieczysław Weinberg, which was also produced on CD and DVD. He was {…}
Oper Graz has announced its 2022-23 season featuring numerous new productions and ensemble members. Britten’s War Requiem will be directed by Lorenzo Fioroni and conducted by Roland Kluttig and Nicolas Ellis. Flurina Stucki, Matthias Koziorowski, Mario Lerchenberger, and Markus Butter. Performance Dates: Sept. 24-Nov. 20, 2022 Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” will be directed by Floris Visser and conducted by Gábor Káli. {…}
(Credit: Oper Graz official website) Oper Graz has announced the appointment of Ulrich Lenz as its new intendant. Lenz will succeed Nora Schmid who will move to the Semperoper Dresden as its new intendant starting 2024-25 season. Lenz studied musicology, theater studies, and art history in Munich, Berlin, and Milan. He began his theater career during the 1997-98 season as {…}
(Credit: https://www.graz.net/) The organizers of the traditional Opera Ball in Graz have announced the cancelation of the event scheduled for Jan. 29, 2022. “Despite the extensive security concepts that have been developed, the persistently challenging developments unfortunately lead to a renewed cancellation of the 23rd Opera Ball planned for January 29, 2022,” the organizers said in an official statement. “When {…}
Ludovic Tézier will sing the final performance of Oper Graz’s “Tosca.” The baritone announced via social media that he will take over the performance August 25 performance for Sir Bryn Terfel, who is ill. He said, “Wonderful to have been with these great people and friends in Graz!! Kasematten Graz and I shall meet them again tomorrow 25th of August!!” {…}
Oper Graz has announced a cast change for its “Tosca” performance on August 24. The company announced that the Hawaiian baritone Jordan Shanahan will sing Scarpia at the Kasematten Graz, replacing Sir Bryn Terfel who is indisposed. The baritone will join Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann with conductor Marcus Merkel leading the Grazer Philharmoniker. Shanahan made his debut at Oper Graz {…}
Oper Graz in Austria has announced its 2021-22 season featuring a number of new productions and concerts. For the performances of this article, we will only focus on operatic and vocal performances. Opera Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino“ will receive a new production by Eva-Maria Höckmayr and will star Aurelia Florian, Mariusz Godlewski, Jordan Shanahan, Aldo Di Toro, Mareike Jankowski, {…}
(Credit: Peter M. Mayr) Theater an der Wien has announced that it will shut down until Easter 2021. The news comes as the Wiener Staatsoper and Oper Graz have already extended closures due to the Austrian federal government’s COVID-19 restrictions. The opera house said in a statement that it was forced to extend the shutdown due to the prolonged closure {…}
(Credits: © WienTourismus / Christian Stemper / Landestheater Linz official website) The Volksoper Wien and Landestheater Linz have announced that they will remain closed until further notice. Both Austrian opera houses stated that they had no idea when performances could resume and that they will inform audiences in a timely manner when performances will be allowed. Meanwhile, the Theater an {…}