On 17 and 20 July, Erwin Schrott will sing the role of Massimiliano in the Bavarian State Opera’s production of Verdi’s I MASNADIERI, directed by Johannes Erath and conducted by Antonino Fogliani.
I MASNADIERI, composer Giuseppe Verdi. Libretto by Andrea Maffei based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama “Die Räuber”.
New Worlds on 8 July at Neuhardenberg Palace. For more information, visit schlossneuhardenberg.de
Bill Murray – vocals, recital
Jan Vogler – cello
Vanessa Perez – piano
Mira Wang – violin
On June 21, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the premiere of Bizet’s Carmen at the Rome Opera, directed by Fabio Ceresa. Following his debut at the Rome Opera in the 2023/24 season, this production is Wellber’s third project at the helm.
21 June Rome, Rome Opera House Premiere
Bizet: Carmen
Fabio Ceresa, conductor
Additional performances on: June 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
Information about the production can be found here.
On 22 June, violinist Midori will perform Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 in the Berlin Philharmonie – together with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester conducted by Marie Jacquot, Midori will present a work that has accompanied her for over 35 years. In 1989, the violin concerto was released by Sony as a live recording with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. Midori and the orchestra will also open the AUDI Summer Concerts 2025 on 21 June.
The concert on 22 June will be streamed live on medici.tv and can also be heard on 6 July at 21:05 CET on Deutschlandfunk.
More information about the concert on the website of the DSO and about the AUDI Sommerkonzerte here.
More information about Midori here: midori-violin.com
21. June, Ingolstadt, AUDI Sommerkonzerte
22. June, Philharmonie Berlin
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Marie Jacquot
Midori, Violin
Vivian Fung: “Earworms”
Dvořák: Violinkonzert a-Moll, Op. 53
Amy Beach: Symphonie e-Moll “Gaelic Symphony”
… is part of the jury of the seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The semifinals where 12 competitors perform a recital and a Mozart concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under the musical direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto are currently taking place.
More information about performance videos and the schedule can be found on cliburn.org
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On 24 May, Omer Meir Wellber will conduct the premiere of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro in a production by Lotte de Beer at the Vienna Volksoper. Further information here. On 21 June, he will also conduct the premiere of the production of Bizet’s Carmen at the Rome Opera, directed by Fabio Ceresa, as well as the special project ‘Trau deinen Ohren’ at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, including the commissioned composition ‘Near and Far’ by Josef Bardanashvili.
24 May Vienna, Volksoper
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Lotte de Beer, Regie
Further performances on: May 30, June 8 and 11
21 June Rome, Rome Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Fabio Ceresa, Regie
Further performances on: June 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28
8 July Pronstorf, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
9 July Wotersen, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
“Trau’ Deinen Ohren”
Improvisations Omer Meir Wellber accordion
Mozart: Serenade in G major KV 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis (15′)
Dvořák: Serenade for strings in E major op. 22
Josef Bardanashvili: “Nah und Fern” (commissioned by the SHMF)
String ensemble of the Volksoper Wien
Omer Meir Wellber, conductor and accordion
10 July Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
Works by George Frideric Handel, Giuseppe Donizetti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and others
Mert Süngü, tenor
Omer Meir Wellber, accordion and harpsichord
String Quintet of the Vienna Volksoper
Before his summer activities with the Dresdner Musikfestspiele, the European tour with Bill Murray and the New Worlds program, cellist Jan Vogler was a guest on ZDF Morgenmagazin – 2 days later with Haydn’s Cello Concerto with NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi at the opening concert of the Dresdner Musikfestspiele.
You can watch the Morgenmagazin report here.