Prague National Opera Names New Music Director & Chief Chorus Master

(Images provided by State Opera in Prague) The Prague National Opera has named a new Music Director and a Chief Chorus Master. The company noted that as of the 2025-26 season, German conductor Hermann Bäumer will become the new Music Director of the State Opera in Prague. He will replace Andriy Yurkevych, who is leaving the post for personal reasons “We {…}

May 28, 2024

Mainz Staatstheater 2023-24 Review: Emilie

(Photo: Andreas Etter) Having initially been rejected from studying composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki for essentially being female, the Finnish composer Katija Saariaho was certainly no stranger to the old prejudices that have severely restricted the lives of many millions of women over the centuries. It is not surprising, therefore, that when she came to write an opera {…}