CLAUDIO VANDELLI APPOINTED NEW CHIEF CONDUCTOR OF THE WÜRTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FROM JANUARY 2020

Claudio Vandelli will be holding the position of the Chief Conductor of the Würth Philharmonic Orchestra from January 2020 on. The orchestra, founded in 2017, gains an experienced and highly musical personality with the 51-year-old. Already from 2019 he will be active as the orchestra’s Artistic Consultant.

UPCOMING
Zaryadye Hall, Moscow / Concert with Ildar Abdrazakov
March 19, 2019

ALEXANDRA YANGEL NAMED AS ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE 1ST VIENNA INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

https://www.viennacompetition.com/results-2019

https://www.musikverein.at/konzert/eventid/39447

Already a member of the Vienna State Opera and a graduate of the famous Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Russian mezzosoprano is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the repertoire by composers of her home country, as well as Rossini, Mozart and Händel. She has worked with people like Guido Mancusi, Simone Young, Susanne Mälkki, and perfected her craft under Vesselina Kassarova and Evgeni Nesterenko.

UPCOMING
Teatro Petruzzelli Bari / Walküre / Stefan Anton Reck
April 10 – April 16, 2019

ANDREA SANGUINETI

Acclaimed by critics and audiences and praised by experts as a ‚genius‘, Andrea Sanguineti is one of the most promising conductors of his generation.

Andrea Sanguineti will be in 2018/19 part of opera productions such as La Bohème at the Theater Essen, Carmen at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera Graz. He performed alongside internationally renowned soloists such as Annette Dasch, Lena Belkina or Franco Farina.

UPCOMING
Opera Graz / Lucia di Lammermoor
March 23 – May 10, 2019

TOBIAS GREENHALGH

A young, exciting talent, baritone Tobias Greenhalgh is highly requested by important opera and concert houses worldwide.

Tobias’ highlights in the 2018/19 season will be performances in Don Giovanni, a Liederabend in Poland, as well as his debut in Don Pasquale in Montpellier, France. He sang at the Carnegie Hall, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Theater an der Wien, amongst others.

UPCOMING
Opéra National de Montpellier / Don Pasquale / Michele Spotti
February 20 – March 26, 2019

ALEKSANDRA SZMYD

Already a star in her home country of Poland, Aleksandra Szmyd is eager to make a name for herself in the rest of the world.

The young soprano already gained experience by performing at renowned venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus or the Musikverein Graz. Her speciality are works by Mozart, Händel, Haydn and Donizetti. Furthermore, she is also passionate about operetta and musicals, having sung roles like Hanna Glawari (Die Lustige Witwe), Grizabella (Cats), Christine Daaé (Phantom of the Opera) or Adele (Fledermaus).

UPCOMING
Wiener Kammeroper / Candide / Benjamin Bayl
April 30 – May 20, 2019

LENA BELKINA

“Rossini would have been thrilled by Lena“ , „fulminant, brilliant, beautiful voice”, “a touching mezzo”….these are only some of the press reviews about the sought-after mezzo soprano Lena Belkina.

The 2018/19 season will see Lena perform in productions like Alcina at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden or Katja Kabanova at the Teatro San Carlo (alongside Sergey Kovnir). Lena‘s successful career is characterised by the cooperation with important conductors/artists such as José Carreras, Marco Armiliato, Adam Fischer, Andrea Sanguineti or Riccardo Muti.

UPCOMING
Theater an der Wien / The Maid of Orleans / Direction: Lotte de Beer/ Conductor: Oksana Lyniv
March 16 – March 27, 2019

MARKUS BUTTER

One of the most versatile bass-baritones of our time.

Highlights of the artists‘ 2018/19 season will be his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Gunter in Götterdämmerung and a concert performance at the Konzerthaus Vienna. Markus worked with legendary conductors such as Sir Antonio Pappano, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov or Zubin Mehta.

UPCOMING
Theater an der Wien / Rusalka / David Afkham
September 19 – September 30, 2019