Deutsche Oper am Rhein Announces 2026-27 Season

The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2026-27 season. Premieres Zemlinsky’s “Der Kreidekreis” will be conducted by Hendrik Vestmann and directed by David Bösch. The cast includes Lavinia Dames, Katarzyna Kuncio, Maria Gulik, Richard Šveda, Riccardo Romeo, Cornel Frey, Joachim Goltz, Marcel Brunner, Sarah Ferede, Jorge Espino, Romana Noack, and Mathilde Guedj. Performance Dates: Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2026 Wagner’s “Die Meisterisnger von Nurnberg” {…}

Feb 26, 2025

Q &A: Artists From The Czech Lieder Society Talk About Their New CD Recording Of Works By Sláva Vorlová

The Czech Lieder Society recently released “Songs,” an intriguing double CD of songs and piano pieces by Sláva Vorlová. It is unlikely that many reading this article will have heard her name or any of her works, yet during her lifetime (1894 – 1973) she was well-known and an influential composer. From an early age, Vorlová pursued an interest in {…}

Dec 5, 2023

National Theatre Brno 2023-24 Review: The Jacobin

Photo: Patrik Borecky “Rusalka,” alone among Dvořák’s operas, has managed to establish itself across the opera world, while his other ten have largely been ignored outside his Czech homeland. One or two have managed to keep a small toehold on the international stage, but only just. It is a strange state of affairs, especially in the case of “The Jacobin.” {…}

May 17, 2023

Corinne Winters, Louise Alder, Elina Garança & Barbara Hannigan Lead Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia’s 2023-24 Season

The Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Concerts Jakub Hrůša conducts Corinne Winters, Richard Samek, and Roman Hoza in a Smetana and Dvořák program. Performance Dates: Oct. 19-21, 2023 Matthias Goerne performs selections from Mahler’s “Des Knaben Wunderhorn” under Manfred Honeck. The program also includes {…}

Nov 30, 2022

Janacek Brno Festival 2022 Review: From The House Of The Dead & The Glagolitic Mass

(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) Would any opera house be bold enough to present a work about the horrors of life in a gulag in which the guilty and innocent are thrown together to be abused, debased and left to die? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! What if it were to be presented in a Christian context, in which Christ walks among {…}

Nov 10, 2022

In Less Than Five Minutes, Get to Know – Baritone Roman Hoza

The young Czech baritone Roman Hoza is currently appearing as Gorjančikov in Janacek’s “From the House of the Dead” at the Brno Janacek Festival. Although attached to the Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, for which he performs a variety of roles, he also makes guest appearances with other companies, particularly in his home country, at the Prague National Opera and, {…}

Jul 1, 2021

Adela Zaharia, Maria Kataeva, Elena Sancho Pereg & Elisabet Strid Headline Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s 2021-22 Season

(Credit: Jens Wegener) The Deutsche Oper am Rhein has announced its 2021-22 season. Here is the full slate. Opera Premieres Dorottya Láng and Bogdan Taloş star in Demis Volpi’s production of Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle” with Axel Kober conducting. Performance dates: Sep. 10 – Oct. 2, 2021 Mieczysław Weinberg’s opera “MaselTov!” spotlights Lavinia Dames, Kimberley Boettger-Soller, Anna Harvey, Sylvia Hamvasi, {…}

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