Schnee, kosmische Kälte: In Beat Furrers neuer Oper „Violetter Schnee“ sind fünf Menschen in einem Haus auf dem Weg in unbekanntes Terrain. Am 13. Januar 2019 wird sie an der Berliner Staatsoper uraufgeführt.

Of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s works only “I quattro rusteghi” (The Four Ruffians) is really well-known, but other operas are also well worth rediscovering, for example “La vedova scaltra” and “Sly”.

Baritone Victor Maurel and publisher Edoardo Sonzogno each contributed to the immensely successful “Pagliacci”. The new critical edition reveals the connections and leaves the choice up to the performers.

“Love in a Village” has now been released as part of the ambitious “OPERA” publishing project. In the 18th century it was number one in the British Isles, but is now almost forgotten.

Enchanting music to one of the most touching classical plots – that is Jean-Philippe Rameau’s “Pigmalion”. The ballet is now available in an authoritative edition.

It is hard to believe, but Gaetano Donizetti’s lyrical tragedy, premiered in 1844 in Naples, has never before been performed in a German opera house. The story deals with the Queen of Cyprus, who came from a noble Venetian family, and the work is full of entrancingly beautiful, almost soulful music. The Klangvokal Musikfestival, always ready to push the boundaries, is now including this operatic rarity in its programme. It will be performed on 11 June 2022 in the Konzerthaus Dortmund with hand-picked vocal soloists and the Rundfunkchor and Funkhausorchester conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti. The Stadttheater Gießen is going a step further and presents “Caterina Cornaro” on 27 November 2022 as the first staged performance in German-speaking countries, directed by Anna Drescher and conducted by Vladimir Yaskorski.

A German opera in a cosmopolitan spirit, that is Gaspare Spontini’s opera “Agnes von Hohenstaufen” premiered in 1827 in Berlin. Now the Theater Erfurt is taking on this spectacular work.