For the revival of Madama Butterfly at the Nationaltheater Mannheim on 31.January Hye Won Nam sings the title role under the musical direction of Alois Seidlmeier. The Korean soprano appears in this role on 03. and 15. February also at the Theater Magdeburg.
American tenor Joshua Lindsay gives his debut as Fenton in Brigitte Fassbaender’s new production of Falstaff at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, premiering on 05. February. Christoph Poppen conducts.
On 10. February the Theater Bremen presents Grigori Frid‘s Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank. Swiss soprano Marysol Schalit is featured as Anne Frank.
Czech mezzo-soprano Tereza Andrasi debuts as Rosina in the revival of Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Saarländisches Staatstheater Saarbrücken on 10. February. Thomas Peuschel conducts.
In February American soprano Evelyn Pollock appears as Norina in Don Pasquale at the Hawaii Opera Theatre. Ivan Törzs conducts the performances on 10., 12. and 14. February.
The premiere of Peter Grimes at the Theater Bielefeld takes place on 11. February and features American baritone Daniel Billings as Ned Keene. The new production by opera director Helen Malkowsky is conducted by GMD Alexander Kalajdzic.
William Lacey conducts the Münchner Rundfunkorchester in the series „Klassik zum Staunen“ on 15. and 16. February. The program features Bizet‘s Carmen-Suiten No. 1 and 2.
Heiko Börner is the tenor soloist for Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with the Vogtland Philharmonie on 17. and 22. February under the musical direction of Jiří Malát.
American tenor Eric Fennell sings Don José in Pacific Opera’s new production of Carmen, premiering on 18. February. The stage director is Dennis Garnhum and the conductor is Timothy Vernon.
Tulsa Opera’s production of Jack Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking features American mezzo-soprano Kirstin Chavez in the role of Sister Helen Prejean. The performances take place on 25. February, and on 02. and 04. March under the musical direction of Jerome Shannon.
On 25. February bass-baritone Peteris Eglitis appears in the role of Amfortas in Johannes Reitmeier’s new production of Parsifal at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern. GMD Uwe Sandner conducts.
In the premiere of the double-bill Herzog Blaubarts Burg and Blaubart at the Theater Bremen on 25. February Steffi Lehmann takes on the role of Dora in Franz Hummel’s chamber opera Blaubart. GMD Markus Poschner leads the production.
