Wiener Staatsoper Announces Cast Changes for ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ & ‘Die Walküre’
By Francisco SalazarThe Wiener Staatsoper has announced cast changes for Shostakovich’s “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” and Wagner’s “Die Walküre.”
The company said that Elena Mikhailenko will sing the role of Katerina replacing Ausrine Stundyte.
Meanwhile Simone Schneider will replace Tamara Wilson as Sieglinde on June 4 and 22, 2023.
Mikhailenko will the Shostakovich opera with a cast that includes Günther Groissböck, Andrei Popov, Dmitry Golovnin, and Maria Barakova.
Meanwhile, Schneider will join a cast that includes Giorgio Berrugi, Ain Anger, Eric Owens, Simone Schneider, Ricarda Merbeth, and Tanja Ariane Baumgartner.
“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” opens on May 31 and runs through June 12 while “Die Walküre” will be performed twice.
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