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 {…}
To paraphrase Shakespeare “an opera by any other name would sound as sweet.” There are multiple nomenclatures for the lyric theatre ranging A-Z from “Azione teatrale” to “Zarzuela.” Not to forget Wagner’s singular appellation of “Parsifal” as a “Bühnenweihfestspiel” or Richard Strauss’ designation of “Capriccio” as a “Konversationsstück für Musik.” Karol Szymanowski stands unique in that the original description of {…}
The Oper Graz has announced that Roland Kluttig will be the company’s new chief conductor from 2020-21 season. Kluttig has been General Music Director at the Landestheater Coburg since 2010 and conducted such renown productions as “Lohengrin”, “Parsifal”, “Fidelio” and also with the Stuttgart “Salome.” He has also conducted at the Oper Frankfurt, the Hamburg State Opera, the National Theater Mannheim, the Opéra National {…}