Theater Hagen Names New General Music Director

Theater Hagen has named Hermes Helfricht its new General Music Director. The announcement was made after a meeting on June 27, 2024 at the Hagen City Council. He will begin on August 1, 2025 and will succeed Joseph Trafton, who is leaving the theater at his own request at the end of the next 2024/25 season. In a statement, Dr. Thomas {…}

Jan 17, 2021

Q & A: Soprano Dorothea Herbert On Future of The Opera, General Optimism in Life Amidst COVID-19

(Credit: Linda Rabisch) When COVID-19 struck in March 2020, one of the final “live” performances to take the stage was a production of Dvořák’s “Rusalka” in Krefeld, Germany with dramatic soprano Dorothea Herbert in the title role. For her, the experience was surreal. “We performed on that night in a totally empty theater. There was no audience, just the darkness {…}