On December 28, Angela Brower makes her greatly awaited Metropolitan Opera debut as Octavian in Robert Carsen’s splendid staging of Der Rosenkavalier, with Sir Simon Rattle on the podium to conduct Strauss’s glittering score and Katie Van Kooten as the worldly Marschallin. Günther Groissböck returns with his definitive take on the lascivious…

Mozart’s Così fan tutte tells the story of four young lovers, set in the tumult of a holiday resort. As the plot unfolds, twists reminiscent of reality soaps arise, with some harsh lessons for the lovers. From October 3 – 21, Angela Brower stars as Dorabella at the Dutch National…

On August 9, Angela Brower sings the mezzo-soprano solo in Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle. This 1863 mass was written after Rossini had retired from composing operas more than 30 years before. Two versions exist of this piece: the first score features twelve singers, four of them soloists, two pianos and harmonium;…

On June 30 and July 3, Angela Brower reprises the role of Adalgisa in Bellini’s Norma at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Sonya Yoncheva sings Norma, with Riccardo Massi as Pollione and Selene Zanetti as Clotilde. Her January performances received great critical acclaim: “Angela Brower verfügt über einen klangschönen, sowohl in der Höhe als…

On April 19, Angela Brower sings the mezzo solo in Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Tivoli Vredenburg, with Salome Jicia, Yosep Kang and Mika Kares as her co-stars. Marcus Creed conducts. Rossini wrote the Stabat Mater after his “retirement” as an opera composer. That means that, just like in his well-known Petite messe solennelle,…

Top quality artists on stage and famous names in the audience: on March 23, the festive opera gala for the German AIDS Foundation at Opernhaus Düsseldorf celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2019. This popular classical event is not only a great social occasion, for some time it has also been one…