On 16 and 17 January, Elizabeth Watts travels to Gothenburg to make her debut with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, also starting a new relationship with the conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada, to sing Mahler Symphony No. 2. A favorite piece, she has previously sung it with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Petrenko and at the BBC Proms with Sakari...
A highlight of Stephanie’s first season as a member of the ensemble will be singing the role of Marschesa Melibea in Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims conducted by Alessandro di Marchi, with a run of four performances on 27, 30 December and 2, 6 January.
On 20 December, Thomas Walker takes part in a concert of Berlioz L’enfance du Christ with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic conducted by Paul McCreesh.
On 12 and 14 December Kieran sings Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Simon Halsey before returning to the piece on 23 December for a performance with the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.
Gavan returns to La Monnaie to sing Gustav Adolph Ekdahl in Fanny and Alexander by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson, based on Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical film, with performances from 1 to 19 December.