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December 29, 2024

GABRIELA SCHERER | DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | BERLIN

Big role debut for Gabriela Scherer, who, on Christmas Day, adds the part of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte to her repertoire at the Staatsoper Berlin, in an August Everding production led by Giuseppe Mentuccia. She will share the stage with Siyabonga Maqungo as Tamino, Friedrich Hamel as Sarastro, Regina Koncz as Queen of the Night,  and Roman Trekel as Papageno in the other leading roles. Additional performances will occur on December 29 and January 4, 2025. While a member of the Zurich Opera Studio, the Swiss soprano won a prize at the Mozart International Competition. Her other Mozart roles include Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, which she debuted last spring at the Staatsoper Berlin. The other roles she sang for this prestigious opera company include the title role of  Ariadne auf Naxos and Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo.

December 29, 2024

GABRIELA SCHERER | DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE | BERLIN

Big role debut for Gabriela Scherer, who, on Christmas Day, adds the part of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte to her repertoire at the Staatsoper Berlin, in an August Everding production led by Giuseppe Mentuccia. She will share the stage with Siyabonga Maqungo as Tamino, Friedrich Hamel as Sarastro, Regina Koncz as Queen of the Night,  and Roman Trekel as Papageno in the other leading roles. Additional performances will occur on December 29 and January 4, 2025. While a member of the Zurich Opera Studio, the Swiss soprano won a prize at the Mozart International Competition. Her other Mozart roles include Contessa in Le nozze di Figaro, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, which she debuted last spring at the Staatsoper Berlin. The other roles she sang for this prestigious opera company include the title role of  Ariadne auf Naxos and Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo.

December 15, 2024

PIETARI INKINEN | CONCERT | SAARBRÜCKEN

On December 15, 2024, at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Pietari Inkinen will lead the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie in a concert entitled “Lady Jazz and her Children”, including George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major starring pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, and Antonín Dvořák’s evergreen Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World”. Pietari Inkinen has always shown a strong propensity towards Dvořák’s music and recorded all his Symphonies for the Naxos label.

December 15, 2024

PIETARI INKINEN | CONCERT | SAARBRÜCKEN

On December 15, 2024, at the Congresshalle Saarbrücken, Pietari Inkinen will lead the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie in a concert entitled “Lady Jazz and her Children”, including George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F Major starring pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, and Antonín Dvořák’s evergreen Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World”. Pietari Inkinen has always shown a strong propensity towards Dvořák’s music and recorded all his Symphonies for the Naxos label.

December 09, 2024

SONYA YONCHEVA | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | BARCELONA

Sonya Yoncheva returns to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona with a role that has earned her accolades, the titular heroine of Madama Butterfly, in a production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier and under the musical direction of Paolo Bortolameolli. The premiere is on December 9, with additional performances on December 13, 16, 20, and 27. She will share the stage with Matthew Polenzani as Pinkerton, Lucas Meachem as Sharpless, and Annalisa Stroppa as Suzuki in the other leading roles. The Bulgarian soprano made her role debut in 2023 at the Wiener Staatsoper, receiving rave reviews such as “ Yoncheva (...) has everything the role demands: lightness, power, impact, and tenderness” (Kurier), and reprised it earlier this year at the Staatsoper Berlin. Sonya Yoncheva made her Liceu debut in 2022 with a rapturously greeted concert, followed by her highly acclaimed portrayal of Norma.

December 09, 2024

SONYA YONCHEVA | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | BARCELONA

Sonya Yoncheva returns to the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona with a role that has earned her accolades, the titular heroine of Madama Butterfly, in a production by Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier and under the musical direction of Paolo Bortolameolli. The premiere is on December 9, with additional performances on December 13, 16, 20, and 27. She will share the stage with Matthew Polenzani as Pinkerton, Lucas Meachem as Sharpless, and Annalisa Stroppa as Suzuki in the other leading roles. The Bulgarian soprano made her role debut in 2023 at the Wiener Staatsoper, receiving rave reviews such as “ Yoncheva (...) has everything the role demands: lightness, power, impact, and tenderness” (Kurier), and reprised it earlier this year at the Staatsoper Berlin. Sonya Yoncheva made her Liceu debut in 2022 with a rapturously greeted concert, followed by her highly acclaimed portrayal of Norma.

December 08, 2024

ERIKA GRIMALDI | UN BALLO IN MASCHERA | ZURICH

Major role debut for Erika Grimaldi, who, on December 8, 2024, adds Amelia in Un ballo in maschera to her repertoire at the Opernhaus Zürich, in a new production by Adele Thomas and under the musical direction of Gianandrea Noseda. She will sing alongside Charles Castronovo as Riccardo, George Petean as Renato, Agnieszka Rehlis as Ulrica, and Katharina Konradi as Oscar in the other leading roles. Other performances will be on December 11, 14, 17, 21, 28; January 5, 10, 15, and 19. This marks the Piedmontese soprano’s stage debut at the Opernhaus Zürick. This past summer, she sang Maddalena di Coigny in highly lauded concert performances of Andrea Chénier. Amelia will be Erika Grimaldi’s 11th Verdi role, having previously sung the title role in Aida, Giovanna d’Arco and Luisa Miller, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Leonora di Vargas in La forza del destino, Desdemona in Otello, Alice Ford in Falstaff, Amelia Grimaldi in Simon Boccanegra, Amalia ne I masnadieri, and Medora in Il corsaro. [Photo: Victor Santiago]

November 29, 2024

PIETARI INKINEN | KBS | SEOUL

Pietari Inkinen is returning to Seoul to conduct the KBS Symphony Orchestra, of which he has been Music Director since 2022, on November 29, 2024. The program includes Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, The Rite of Spring, and Alexander Scriabin’s Prometheus, The Poem of Fire, starring pianist   Jean-Yves Thibaudet. The Finnish conductor has often included Stravinsky’s arguably better-known work, the powerful, visceral, scandalous, and highly influential Rite of Spring, most notably at his debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and at la Monnaie in Brussels. [Photo: Kaupo Kikkas]

November 27, 2024

SONYA YONCHEVA | AD UNA STELLA | SOFIA

After performing it in many prestigious international venues, Sonya Yoncheva finally brings her highly and widely celebrated program “Ad una stella” to her native Bulgaria, and more precisely, the Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. As usual, her frequent partner, pianist Malcolm Martineau, will accompany her. Sonya Yoncheva and Malcolm Martineau have been presenting “Ad una stella” to invariable high acclaim on numerous prestigious stages worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera, Berlin Philharmonie, Salle Gaveau Paris, Enescu Festival Bucharest, Munich Opera Festival, Palau de les Arts Valencia, Théâtre du Capitol Toulouse, Teatro Real Madrid, Salle Garnier Monte-Carlo, Teatro Cultura Artística, São Paulo, to name but a few. “Ad una Stella” is a musical journey that - on this occasion - features Giuseppe Martucci’s “Al folto bosco, placida ombria”, some of Giuseppe Verdi’s youthful songs, Francesco Paolo Tosti’s well-known “Ideale” and L’ultimo bacio”, Giacomo Puccini’s early art songs, Leoncavallo’s “Vieni amor mio”, and Tirindelli’s “Amor! Amor”.

November 24, 2024

GEORGE GAGNIDZE | LUISA MILLER | HAMBURG

On November 24, 2024, George Gagnidze will return to the Staatsoper Hamburg as Miller in an Andreas Homoki production of Luisa Miller under the musical direction of Lorenzo Passerini. He will share the stage with Selene Zanetti in the title role, Giorgio Berrugi as Rodolfo, Adam Palka as Conte di Walter, and Brindley Sherrat as Wurm. Other performances will occur on November 28, 30 and December 4. This is George Gagnidze’s second outing as Miller, as he debuted this role early in his career in Valencia, led by Lorin Maazel. In May, he reprise it in a concert performance with the Washington Concert Opera. The Georgian baritone has already been acclaimed at the Staatsoper Hamburg as Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Iago in Otello, Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana, and Tonio in Pagliacci.

November 23, 2024

SONYA YONCHEVA | CHRISTMAS CONCERT | VERSAILLES

Chapelle Royal, 23 Nov. Stefan Plewniak, direction

November 23, 2024

PIETARI INKINEN | JPO | YOHOHAMA, TOKYO

Pietari Inkinen returns to lead the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra with two concerts on November 23, and 24, at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall and The Suntory Hall in Tokyo, respectively. The program includes Alexander Glazunov’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A-minor, op.82, starring soloist Mayuko Kamio, and Richard Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie, TrV233, op.64. Pietari Inkinen is particularly eager to collaborate with Ms. Kamio, as they were both students of Zakhar Bron; as such, they participated in a concert in 2017 on the occasion of the esteemed violinist and teacher’s 70th birthday, Ms. Kamio as a violin soloist and Maestro Inkinen as a conductor. Pietari Inkinen’s long collaboration with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra dates back to 2009. He led the ensemble first as Principal Guest Conductor, and then as Chief Conductor between 2016 and 2023. [Photo: Kaupo Kikkas]