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Review2016 DANIEL BRENNA made his spectacular debut at the Washington National Opera as SIEGFRIED in “Siegfried” and “Götterdämmerung”. As young SIEGFRIED he also impressed at the Budapest Wagner Days and with the Odense Philharmonic Orchestra . At the Opera House Kiel he sang for the first time the entire role of SIEGMUND. After his sensational debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York in spring this year, he returned to this long-established opera house as LACA in “Jenufa”. ELISABET STRID made a huge impression as NYSSIA in „King Kandaules“ at the Flemish Opera House in Antwerp . She sang SENTA in „Der Fliegende Holländer“ at the Rhine Opera Düsseldorf-Duisburg , at the Festival in the Plovdiv Antique Theatre and at the May Festival of the Wiesbaden State Theatre . She was celebrated as BRÜNNHILDE in „Siegfried“ at the Leipzig Opera and at the Budapest Wagner Days . She made her successful debut as CHRYSOTHEMIS in Patrice Chéreau’s famous production at the Finnish National Opera Helsinki and also sang this role together with Nina Stemme as Elektra at the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm. earned much acclaim with AMIRA her interpretation of CHERUBINO at the Vienna Volksoper . At the ELMADFA Darmstadt State Theatre , she succeeded as the FOX in “The Cunning Little Vixen”, as ROSINA in „Il barbiere di Siviglia”, as GIUNONE in “La Calisto”, as HÄNSEL and DORABELLA. At the Darmstadtium she sang the Saint John Passion und in Zurich Bach’s Mass in B minor. ALIK ABDUKAYUMOV could be seen and heard once again at the Vienna Volksoper , where he portrayed the title role of PRINCE IGOR. At the Opera House Chemnitz he sang ENRICO in „Lucia di Lammermoor“, at the Erfurt Opera KOTHNER in “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg“. At the Weimar National Theatre , of which he is a permanent member he was TADDEO in“ L’Italiana in Algeri“ , OTTOKAR in “Der Freischütz“, PAPAGENO in “Die Zauberflöte“, GERMONT in “La Traviata” and Dr. FALKE in “Die Fledermaus”. PETER WEDD excelled as the PRINCE in „Rusalka“ at the Scottish Opera House . His debut as HERMANN in „Pique Dame“ at the Holland Park Festival was also a nationwide triumph. He sang the tenor part in Mahler’s 8 th Symphony at the Opera Leeds , TRISTAN in concerts with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and FLORESTAN at the Paris Philharmonic . At the end of the year he made his spectacular debut as SIEGMUND at the Karlsruhe State Theatre . MARTINA DIKE With huge success MARTINA DIKE sang BRANGÄNE, GERTRUD in „Hänsel und Gretel“ and MS. SEDLEY in „Peter Grimes“ at the Dortmund Theatre . She made her nation widely acclaimed debut as KLYTÄMNESTRA in concerts with the Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra . Besides, she gave numerous concerts in her native country Sweden . ALEXANDER TELIGA was the MARQUIS DE CALATRAVA at the Geneva Opera , the DIRECTOR in Prokofieff’s „The Gambler“ at the Opera House in Monte-Carlo and BANCO at the Teatro Colon Buenos Aires . Besides, he sang SCARPIA, DALAND, GREMIN, DON BASILIO and the COMMENDATORE at the Warsaw National Opera . IVAN ANGUÉLOV founded the 1st Bulgarian international opera studio . Here, he rehearsed GIANNI SCHICCHI and DON PASQUALE. Besides, he had the musical direction of the Bulgarian premiere DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Plovdiv Antique Theatre . He made numerous recordings with the Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia and concert engagements brought him to China and Russia . TATIANA LARINA shone as LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at the Cologne Opera House and as LA STRANIERA at the Landshut/Passau Municipal Theatre . Moreover, she could be seen in several concerts in this very theatre as well as in Georgia . ELENA FINK impressed as CONSTANZE and CUNEGONDE (Candide) at the Rostock Popular Theatre . In an Offenbach Evening she equally excelled here with engraved coloraturas. At the Rhine Opera Dusseldorf-Duisburg she sang NAJADE in „Ariadne auf Naxos“ and as GRETEL she had guest performances at the Dessau Theatre . Gala concerts and solo recitals completed the artist’s versatile program. MARKUS HELENA FRANCKE KÖHNE debuted as MATTEO in „Arabella“ at made her debut as NURSE in “Boris the Opera House Leipzig . He sang Godunow” und WESENER’S TAMINO, HANS, ROSILLON and MOTHER in „Die Soldaten“ at the ORPHEUS at the Dresden State Wiesbaden State Theatre . As the Operetta and could be seen in OLD BURIJA in „Jenufa“ she numerous concerts, a. o. in Cologne returned to the Görlitz Theatre . She and Helsinki . was the darling of the Eutin Festival’s public as ADELAIDE in „Der Vogelhändler“ and had guest performances at the Teatre del Liceu Barcelona as the 3rd DAME. CARLOS Besides, she could be seen in several concerts (e.g. ELIAS and in the VÁZQUEZ Christmas Oratorio) in Berlin . started the year 2016 with NEW YEAR CONCERTS with the Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra . He had the musical direction of Philip Glass’ opera SATYAGRAHA and Stephen Sondheim’s musical SWEENY TODD at the Oldenburg State Theatre . Besides, he directed here Foroni’s belcanto opera CRISTINA, REGINA DI SVEZIA , LE NOZZE DI FIGARO and HÄNSEL UND GRETEL. STEFAN HEIBACH, ROSSANA regular guest of the RINALDI Bayreuth Festival , sang impressed as AMNERIS in LIINE this summer the 4 th “Aida” at the Schwerin CARLSSON KNAPPE in „Parsifal“. He Castle Festival . She was portrayed ULRICH SUZUKI at the Teatro di This year, LIINE EISSLINGER in the new San Carlo Napoli , CARLSSON mainly sang production of the Bavarian MADDALENA at the concerts in her native State Opera Munich and Teatro Comunale di country Sweden . at the Opera National de Bologna and succeeded in Particularly worth Paris . At the Schwerin the VERDI REQUIEM mentioning is her State Theatre he sang with the Philharmonie am successful debut as ELSA HANS in “The Bartered Gasteig München . in concertant Bride”. performances of “Lohengrin” with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra . DANIEL MONTANÉ had the musical direction of CARMEN and LA TRAVIATA at the Bolshoi Theatre in Minsk , where he also conducted gala concerts. In Sotschi he had the musical direction of GALA CONCERTS. At the Teatre del Liceu Barcelona , he was for the production of OTELLO and at the Philharmonie am Gasteig München he could be heard with a SYMPHONY CONCERT. RICARDO TAMURA RALITSA a regular guest of the Metropolitan Opera enjoyed great successes here RALINOVA this year as TURIDDU. At the Wichita Opera he sang CALAF, at was brilliant as GILDA at the Sofia National the Hannover State Opera he made Opera , at the Burgas Opera , at the his debut as CHEVALIER DES Schenkenberg Opera Festival and in concerts GRIEUX in "Manon Lescaut". with the South Westphalian Philharmonic Concert engagements brought him Orchestra . She earned much acclaim as to Germany , Japan and Brasil . NINETTA in „The Love For The Three Moreover, he gave a master class in Oranges“ and as ZERLINA in „Don Giovanni“ Tokyo . at the Wuppertal Stages . ANNA-MARIA KALESIDIS made her internationally respected debut as RUSALKA at the Tyrolean Municipal Theatre in Innsbruck . She sang ANNA MAURRANT in „Street Scene“, POPPEA and ABIGAILLE at the Pforzheim Theatre and gave a Liederabend in Granada . ROMAN JORGE IALCIC LAGUNES sang BASILIO in Oviedo , made a huge impression as MACBETH LUDOVICO in “Otello” at the Gran at the Teatro Colon Buenos Aires . At Teatre del Liceu and BARTOLO in the Mannheim National Theatre , of “Le Nozze di Figaro” at the Festival in whose ensemble he is a permanent Copenhagen and at the Malmö Opera member, he was a.o. SCARPIA , House . AMONASRO, SHARPLESS, RUGGIERO in “La Juive”. ALEXANDER GELLER was BELMONTE and FERNANDO in “La Favorita” at the Cottbus State Theatre . In autumn 2016 he made his debut as RODOLFO in „La Boheme“ and as ERIK in “Der Fliegende Holländer “ at the Heidelberg Theatre . With the Municipal Music Society Gutersloh , he sang Rossini’s STABAT MATER and Puccini’s MISSA DI GLORIA. ALEXANDRU BADEA debuted as DON JOSÉ in “Carmen” at the Jan áč ek Theater in Brno. Here, he could also be seen as CALAF in “Turandot”. He was celebrated both in the operetta „The Rose of Stambul“ at the Festival Bad Ischl and as ALFRED in “Die Fledermaus” at the Helsinki National Opera . MARIO ZHANG was very successful as CALAF at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania . He sang gala concerts at the International Festival Immling and excelled as CAVARADOSSI and in gala concerts in China . MAGDALENA FUCHSBERGER´S staging of DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER at the Plovdiv International Festival at the Antique Theatre was hailed both by the press and the audience. Her production LA TRAVIATA at the Tirana National Opera was equally successful. MAREK GASZTECKI sang the FISHER in the world premiere of Hosokawa’s opera ‚Silent Sea‘ at the Hamburg State Opera . He sang SARASTRO at the Warsaw National Opera . At the Mannheim National Theatre , he portrayed the GENERAL in Prokofieff’s “The Gambler”. VICTOR CAMPOS LEAL was ARTURO in “La Straniera“ at the Landshut/Passau Theatre and was equally celebrated here in gala concerts. At the Teatro Verdi in Busseto he also sang gala concerts and in Szcecin he was for the first time DON JOSÉ . Besides, he sang NADIR in „Les P êcheurs de perles“ at the Breslau Opera House . EVGUENIY SEBASTIAN ALEXIEV CAMPIONE was celebrated at the Bielefeld was PAPAGENO, MAXIMILIAN in “I Theatre as MACBETH, GIANNI Masnadieri”, KUNO and DOOLITTTLE at SCHICCHI, MICHELE, as the the Weimar National Theatre . At the TRAVELLER in “Death in Venice” Munster Theatre he succeeded as and as POSA in “Don Carlo”. SARASTRO. He made his acclaimed debut in such roles as LUTHER, the COOK in “The Love For The Three Oranges” and LEPORELLO at the Wuppertal Stages . Contact List of references Beate I. Mennicken Strid, Flämische Opera Antwerpen PR-Management artist communication Brenna, Washington National Opera Heinrich-Zille-Str.