The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (where I’m ‘fest’) announced their 2012/13 season this week. It’s a very exciting season, with the theme of Von Prüfungen (Tests):
The new productions are:
- TANNHÄUSER, Richard Wagner (director Aaron Stiehl)
- THE THREE MUSKATEERS, Ralph Benatzky (director Bernd Mottl)
- LA VESTALE, Gaspare Spontini (director Aaron Stiehl)
- THE TRIUMPH OF TIME & TRUTH, Georg Friedrich Händel (director Sam Brown)
- THE TRIUMPH OF BEAUTY & DECIET, Gerald Barry (director Sam Brown)
- BORDER (youth opera) Ludger Vollmer
- LA FILLE DE REGIMENT, Gaetano Donizetti (director Aurelia Eggers)
- THE PASSENGER (German Premiere), Mieczys?aw Weinberg (director Holger Müller-Brandes)
- PETER GRIMES, Benjamin Britten (director Christopher Alden)
And revivals of:
- RITTER BLAUBART, Offenbach
- RIGOLETTO, Verdi
- ROMEO & JULIA AUF DEM DORFE, Delius
- WALLENBERG, Tüür
- CARMEN, Bizet
- DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart
- LES TROYENS, Berlioz
- ALESSANDRO, Handel
- TOSCA, Puccini
- DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Wagner
- DINO UND DIE ARCHE, Leininger
- HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Humperdinck
- ROBIN HOOD,Schwemmer
- LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart
While I can’t really say definitely what I’m doing, let me just say: Mozart & the sea. I’m rater excited! There’s quite a number of productions being carried over from this current season.
I’m also doing a Liederabend with fellow Aussie, Kate Tier, on the 27.10.2012, where I’ll be premiering a new cycle by Anno Schreier
