Joyce DiDonato, Rihab Chaieb, Attilio Glaser, & Johan Reuter Lead Bregenz Festival’s 2025 Season

The Bregenz Festival has announced its 2025 season. Opera The festival will present Weber’s “Der Freischütz” in a production by Philipp Stölzl. The cast will include Liviu Holender, Johannes Kammler, Franz Hawlata, Raimund Nolte, Mandy Fredrich, Elissa Huber, Irina Simmes, Hanna Herfurtner, Gloria Rehm, Katharina Ruckgaber, Christof Fischesser, David Steffens, Oliver Zwarg, Thomas Blondelle, Attilio Glaser, and Mauro Peter. Performance Dates: July 17-August 17, 2025 Enescu’s {…}

Jun 20, 2023

Bregenz Festival Announces ‘Tancredi’ for 2024 Season

Austria’s Bregenz Festival has announced its plans to present Rossini’s “Tancredi” during the 2024 season. The festival said in a press conference that the opera will run for three performances in Bregenz, opening on July 18, 2024. The day before that the Bregenz Festival will open for its 78th season with the lake stage premiere of Carl Maria von Weber’s {…}

Aug 23, 2022

Saimir Pirgu, Marlis Petersen & Guanqun Yu Lead Bregenz Festival’s 2023 Season

The Bregenz Festival in Austria has announced its 2023 season. The season will open with Verdi’s “Ernani” with Enrique Mazzola conducting a production by Lotte de Beer. The cast includes Guanqun Yu, Saimir Pirgu, Igor Golovatenko, and Goran Jurié. Premiere Date: July 19, 2023 Enrique Mazzola conducts the revival of Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a production by Andreas Homoki. Premiere Date: July {…}

May 19, 2022

Enrique Mazzola Named Conductor in Residence at Bregenzer Festspiele

Austria’s Bregenzer Festspiele has appointed Enrique Mazzola to the newly created position of conductor in residence. The festival noted that Mazzola will conduct “Ernani” in the Festspielhaus in 2023 and “Der Freischütz” on the Lake Stage in 2024. Mazzola made his debut at the festival in 2016 and returned in 2017 with “Mosè in Egitto” as well as an orchestral concert. {…}

Apr 25, 2018

Famed Stage Designer Of Vienna State Opera Gets Tribute Website

Stage designer Johan Engels had a massive career in the opera world before his untimely death in 2014. He worked with such companies as the Vienna State Opera, Opéra de Marseille, National Theatre of Norway, Bregenzer Festspiele, throughout his career in addition to numerous Broadway shows and the Royal Shakespeare Company, among others. In honor of what would have been {…}