(Photo: (c) Andreas Etter) Gabriel Venzago will be the new chief conductor of the Mainz State Philharmonic Orchestra and General Music Director of the State Theater starting during the 2025-26 season. The announcement was made by the Ministry for Family, Women, Culture, and Integration of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate on Sept. 23, 2024. Venzago is represented by Harrison Parrot and {…}
(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 {…}
Germany’s Staatstheater Mainz has announced its 2024-25 season. Premieres Mozart’s “Idomeneo” will be conducted by Hermann Bäumer and directed by Alexander Nerlich. The opera stars Vasyl Solodkyy and Krystian Adam in the title role. Joining them are Nadja Stefanoff, Karina Repova, Alexandra Uchlin, Julietta Aleksanyan, and Dorin Rahardja. Premiere Date: Sept. 28, 2024 Offenbach’s “Die schöne Helena” will be performed {…}
The Staatstheater Mainz has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the operatic productions. Premieres Bizet’s “Carmen” is the first new production of the season. Daniel Montané conducts the new production by Luise Kautz. Premiere Date: Oct. 2, 2023 Samuel Hogarth conducts Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Die Piraten von Penzance” in a new production by K.D. Schmidt Premiere Date: {…}
Germany’s Staatstheater Mainz has announced the extension of Intendant Markus Müller’s contract. The company said that Müller will continue leading the organization through 2031. The decision was made with the supervisory council during a meeting in which the representatives of the country of Rhineland-Palatinate and the city of Mainz opted to extend the contract for another five years. Regarding his {…}