The Tiroler Festospiele Erl has announced the passing of Klemens Haselsteiner on Jan. 17, 2025. Jonas Kaufmann’s Artistic Director said, “It was with great shock that the Tiroler Festspiele Erl learned of the death of Klemens Haselsteiner. The son of the patron and maker of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Hans Peter Haselsteiner, was very connected to the festival personally and {…}
(Credit: Jonas Kaufmann , Sony Classical) Legendary mezzo-soprano Brigitte Fassbaender is reacting to Jonas Kaufmann’s appointment as the Intendant of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. In an interview with the APA, she said Kaufmann “hardly meets the criteria” and added, “I would have liked Bernd Loebe’s theater knowledge to continue.” Fassbaender also noted that she believed that the appointment of Kaufmann {…}
The Tiroler Festspiele Erl has announced a winter festival between Dec. 26 and Jan. 6. For this article, we will only focus on the Austrian Festival’s operatic and vocal performances. The festival will open with Mascagni’s “L’Amico Fritz” with starring Gerard Schneider, Mojca Bitenc, Nina Tarandek, Domen Križaj, Reilly Nelson, Carlos Andrés Cárdenas, and Giovanni Battista Parodi. Francesco Lanzillotta conducts {…}
(Credit: Karli Cadel) Over the past two season Steven LaBrie’s star has risen. He had breakouts with the New Amsterdam Opera and Teatro Nuovo and made major role debuts as well as house debuts with some of the United States’ major regional theaters including the San Diego Opera, Tulsa Opera, and Florida Grand Opera. This week LaBrie makes his long {…}