Sam Park, Joshua Sanders, Theo Hoffman, Signe Heiberg, Fleuranne Brockway & Galina Benevich Lead Staastheater Wiesbaden’s 2026-27 Season

The Staastheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres The season kicks off with Orff’s “Carmina Burana.” Performance Dates: August 22 & 29, 2026 “Metropolis Wiesbaden” will be based on Fritz Lang’s masterpiece with a film score by Gottfried Huppertz, Sebastian Nübling. Performance Dates: Sept. 12, 2026-Jan. 10, 2027 Dennis Krauß directs a new production of Offenbach’s “Les Contes d’Hoffmann.” {…}

Apr 22, 2026

Renée Fleming, Miah Persson, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo & Clay Hilley Lead Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s 2026-27 Season

The Orchestre symphonique de Montréal has announced its 2026-27 season. Rafael Payare conducts Miah Persson, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Clay Hilley, and Matthias Goerne in Gustav Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn (extraits)” and “Das klagende Lied” (version mixte). Performance Dates: Sept. 16 & 17, 2026 Asher Fish leads the Chœur and orchestra de l’OSM in Hana Ajiashvili’s “Riddle,” Adrian Mocanu’s “de l’encra escafada”(“from faded ink”), Dalit Hadass Warshaw’s “Letter {…}

Apr 27, 2025

Quinn Kelsey, Paula Murrihy, Saimir Pirgu & Fleuranne Brockway Lead Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2025-26 Season

The Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2025-26 season. Premieres Gershwin’s “Summertime” will star Fleuranne Brockway, Inna Fedorii, Hovhannes Karapetyan, Josefine Mindus, Alyona Rostovskaya, Joshua Sanders, and Camille Sherman. Leo McFall conducts. Premiere Date: August 30, 2025 Menotti’s “The Telephone” will be performed in a double bill with Monteverdi’s “Il combattimento.” Tim Hawken conducts the production by Kilian Bohnensack. Premiere {…}

Apr 27, 2023

Anna Netrebko, Michael Volle & Klaus Florian Vogt Lead Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2023-24 Season

The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2023-24 season featuring premieres, revivals, and recitals. Premieres Wagner’s “Lohengrin” will be conducted by Michael Güttler and directed by Henriette Hörnigk. The cast will be led by Mirko Roschkowski, Marco Jentzsch, Klaus Florian Vogt, Heather Engebretson, Khatuna Mikaberidze, KS Thomas de Vries, Egils Silins, Young Doo Park, and Timo Riihonen. Performance Dates: Sept. 16, 2023-May {…}

Apr 30, 2022

Nina Stemme, Anja Harteros, Olesya Golovneva & Christopher Bolduc Lead Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2022-23 Season

The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2022-23 season featuring six new productions. Premieres Beethoven’s “Fidelio” will get a new production starring Barbara Haveman, Marco Jentzsch, Thomas de Vries, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Anastasiya Taratorkina, Anna El-Khashem, Ralf Rachbauer, Christopher Bolduc, and Benjamin Russell. Will Humburg conducts the production by Evelyn Herlitzius. Performance Dates: Oct. 16, 2022-Jan. 8 2023 Franz Lehár’s “The Merry {…}

Oct 29, 2021

Fleuranne Brockway Wins Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award

Australian mezzo-soprano Fleuranne Brockway has been awarded the prestigious Dame Heather Begg Memorial Award, a $ 25,000 grant, provided through the Melba Opera Trust. Brockway is an international star who has trained as an opera artist, thanks to the scholarships she has received from the Melba Opera Trust, the Australian International Opera Awards Scholarship, and German Australian Opera Grant. She {…}

Apr 25, 2020

Erwin Schrott, Catherine Foster & Gabriela Scherer Highlight Staatstheater Wiesbaden’s 2020-21 Season

Credit: Uwe Arens/Dario Acosta/Tatyana Vlasova The Staatstheater Wiesbaden has announced its 2020-21 season featuring eight new productions, the Ring Cycle and a number of important revivals. Here is a look. Premieres Konrad Junghänel conducts a new production of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Tilo Nest directing. Ioan Hotea and Antonio Garés share the role of the count while Silvia {…}