It comes from the extensive library of the Counts Giech, who held court in the Thurnau manor until the 19th century. The new production of Ring des Nibelungen was eagerly awaited, as it had already been scheduled for 2020 and was performed three times this year as a cycle. Tristan und Isolde 26.7. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Elisabeth Teige as Gutrune. Why should we care, if that is all there is? He had actually been rehearsing "Tristan and Isolde" for this season with the Festival Orchestra; that will now be taken over by Markus Poschner, director of the Bruckner Orchestra in Linz. Poscher managed to dilate the time of each silence to the extreme, creating a strong effect of tension. 1.9. Okka von der Damerau sang the short but lucid role of Erda. Wotan Egils Silins Waltraute did not suit Christa Mayer quite so much as Fricka, but there was little doubting the quality of verbal response. Wagners Mythos wird in dieser Neuinterpretation zur Familiensaga der Gegenwart. Berlin, Deutschland . How healthy are India's 1.4 billion people? This button displays the currently selected search type. Live streams; Bayreuth concerts. Das Rheingold Christian Thielemann. The high note sounded strained and unstable. But this isnt all that surprising. Construction work on the stage tower will be completed next year, and 6 wheelchair spaces and a passenger elevator will then be available in the tower on the right. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. 16.8. It is true that their roles are very short and delegated to a few spare lines, but the baritone lacked the vocal power to sing heroic line likeHe da, He da, he do which turned out to be tedious and uninteresting. Irene Theorin as Brnnhilde. (Deutschlandfunk Kultur), Im Stil einer Netflix-Serie will der junge Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Wagners "Ring" in Bayreuth erzhlen: als Familiensaga, die in unserer Gegenwart spielt. Eva Camilla Nylund Jahrhundert. Bass-baritone Egils Silins was a weak Wotan. 31.8. His interpretation of his second scene monologue immer ist Undnak was amusing and emotional at the same time. Anders Larsson studerade vid Kungliga Musikhgskolan i Stockholm (Master och Diplom) ren 1990-1997.. Karrir. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), But poor Brnnhilde (seriously). "We are very happy to be virtually sold-out.". Conductor Cornelius Meister had to step in on very short notice to replace a sick colleague. "I thought I'd just tell people about the festival idea and how a festival day works.". Buy tickets for every upcoming concert, festival, gig and tour date taking place in Bayreuth in 2023 & 2024. The Festspielorchester is probably the greatest orchestra playing Wagner and it really shows. Her intervention is about 10 minutes long but she gained the recognition of the audience with her dark velvety sound, her mesmerizing legato singing, and her unlimited palette of vocal colors. He overdarkens and rounds the sound which leads to him losing projection from the C upwards above the stave. Gralsritter Tansel Akzeybek 2022 (683) December 2022 (43) November 2022 (58 ) October 2022 . Woglinde Lea-ann Dunbar Das Rheingold Waltraute Christa Meyer Conductor: Andris Nelsons Der Ring des Nibelungen NYT Critic's Pick. But truth be told, the production entertains and the sets are pleasant to look at: a swimming pool for the opening scene, a vintage decorated mansion for the second and fourth scene, cars, guns, CCTV footage. Lighting Reinhard Traub and then stumbling back off again, was not the least embarrassing episode in a renewed, though hardly rejuvenated, string of scenic non sequiturs. He sang the expansive lines of his long monologue Mir dies? with exquisite legato line; the recitative sections were delivered with an immaculate German diction, offering a sorrowful interpretation of the betrayed king. Turning a horse into a man in a suit does not seem much compensation, or even relevant. Home. Messen&Events. (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Stndig ist man am Rtseln und Entziffern. He designed a special distribution, in a staircase, of the instruments. Conversely, Wilhelm Schwinghammer gave a strong interpretation of the short role of Fafner. Tenor: Klaus Florian Vogt, Die Walkre Act 1 Der fliegende Hollnder Dabei denken wir natrlich gleich an das Rheingold und die Walkre, wo ebenfalls eine reiche Familie zu sehen ist, so dass sich der Ring zur Gtterdmmerung schliet. Die Walkre Reinmar von Zweter Wilhelm Schwinghammer In the cinema Reichshof. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). However, as I noted in my review of his Gtterdmmerung, he has lost volume and harmonics in his higher register. . Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy) Konrad Kuhn (dramaturgy) 30.7. Tannhuser Reply. This article was originally written in German, Sexism allegations overshadow Bayreuth Festival. There is no shame in that; many conductors, at the best of times, are more successful in some parts of the Ring than others. Robe Up All Night with Black Coffee at Zamna Festival. For the first time, there will be a surprise free program with musicians from the opera productions as part of a "Festival Open Air" on two evenings, which will not only be about Wagner. Valentin Schwarzs production of the four-opera epic presents human characters with relations even more tangled than usual. Im Video wird die Es-Dur Ursuppe des Rheingold-Vorspiels zur Fruchtblase, in der sich zwei Babys friedlich schlafend wiegen. 25.7.2021 performance and streamed (directed by Andy Sommer) for a limited time on DG Stage. Raimund Nolte and Attilio Glaser were simply correct as Donner and Froh. 4. It was the year after Wieland Wagner had died; to be able to see his productions was a total knock-out. August 2022, fr klassik-begeistert.de und klassik-begeistert.at), Tristan und Isolde conductors at Bayreuth, One of the finest monuments in sound ever to have been raised to the everlasting glory of music. (Keith Warner, The Guardian), "I have never come across an audience with so much hatred, so much anger, such a thirst for revenge. 28.7. It tried to do too much, some of it interesting and thought-provoking, too much of it merely distracting and inconsequential. Erda Okka von der Damerau Olafin Sigundason portrayed the wicked Alberich. 95445 Bayreuth. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Mark Berry is Reader in Music History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and previously taught and lectured in History at the University of Cambridge. (Norddeutscher Rundfunk), Rheingold in Bayreuth Valentin Schwarz lsst Wagners Symbolik leiden: Dass da noch niemand draufgekommen ist: Gttervater Wotan und sein Kontrahent Alberich sind Zwillingsbrder. Wagner demands constant forte ascensions to A naturals at the most riveting emotional climaxes, such as the end of act one, the beginning of the love duet or the climax moments in Act three; in Goulds voice, they sounded underpowered. The tetralogy ha. (Mnchner Merkur), Das Rheingold in Bayreuth: Poolparty mit Kindesentfhrung. Die Neuproduktion Der Ring des Nibelungen" feiert seine Premiere in der Inszenierung von Valentin Schwarz und unter der musikalischen Leitung von @corn_iusmeister . Catherine Foster Shines in Roland Schwabs Beautiful Production. "That's why I already feel very comfortable and at home in the 'Ring' production," he said. 1. Siegfried The performances of the Walkre will be framed by commissioned works in various artistic genres that mirror, comment on, continue or re-experience all parts of the Ring des Nibelungen. In an abstract stage design, he had colors splashed against white walls. The latter production was added to the schedule at short notice in order to remain playable in the event of conceivable outbreaks of infection in the collectives, and will be on the schedule again next year. Gunther Michael Kupfer-Radecky (Benjamin Britten to Alan Blyth, Gramophone), "I was bowled over. Cornelius Meister (conductor), Valentin Schwarz. Amfortas Michael Volle While taking in a divisive production of Der Ring des Nibelungen, it was quite refreshing to take in the August 12 performance of Tristan und Isolde and come away hearing deserved bravos and cheers. 30.7. Theres also a dark sky full of stars for Acts two and three. He explored the frenzy and cynicism of this role, even while the staging demanded a naturalistic personification of this Demi-God of fire.. 12.8. February 14, 2022 Its Austrian director Valentin Schwarz has been talking to the DPA: 'The fact that the "Ring" in Bayreuth is performed in its entirety within just one week gives us the. RoboSpot Tutorials. In fact, the end of the opera, with this elderly couple holding each other at the very front of the stage as the curtain falls, provides a unique and alternate reading to Wagners poem. Tristan und Isolde (BR Klassik), Der Ring nimmt an Fahrt auf, was vor allem einer Reihe von exzellenten Snger:innen zu verdanken ist. And it is this concept that provides the foundation for the production. Walther von Stolzing Klaus Florian Vogt "The Ring is a massive family epic in almost Greek format and is therefore made for a cinematic approach," Schwarz explains in the trailer for the fourth part of the series, namely "Gtterdmmerung," or "Twilight of the Gods.". More information is available on the official website of the festival. (Claude Debussy on Parsifal), "The thing about Wagner is that there can be no true success in any production of his operas, only degrees of failure. He led his first Vienna Philharmonic performance in 2000. Those wanting to know more about Wagner's impact on popular culturecan visit the special exhibition, showing at the Richard Wagner Museum, on how the composerhas been appropriated to marketeverything frombeer toheavy metal music. Dramaturgy Konrad Kuhn, Landgraf Hermann Gnther Groissbck 2,279 were here. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Hagen (Albert Dohmen) and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky). New Ring cycles are springing up as the worlds opera houses get back into their rhythms after the pandemic. Bayreuth 2022: Das Rheingold (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister), Bayreuth 2022: Die Walkre (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister), Bayreuth 2022: Siegfried (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister), Bayreuth 2022: Gtterdmmerung (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister), Bayreuth 2019: Tannhuser (Tobias Kratzer/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2019: Lohengrin (Yuval Sharon/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2019: Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg (Kosky/Jordan), Bayreuth 2019: Tristan und Isolde (Katharina Wagner/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2017: Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg (Kosky/Jordan), Bayreuth 2017: Parsifal (Uwe Eric Laufenberg / Hartmut Haenchen), Bayreuth 2017: Das Rheingold (Frank Castorf/Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Die Walkre (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Siegfried (Castorf/Janowski), Bayreuth 2017: Gtterdmmerung (Castorf/Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Parsifal (Uwe Eric Laufenberg / Hartmut Haenchen), Bayreuth 2016: Tristan und Isolde (Katharina Wagner/Christian Thielemann), Bayreuth 2016: Gtterdmmerung (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth-2016: Siegfried (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Die Walkre (Frank Castorf/ Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2016: Das Rheingold (Frank Castorf/Marek Janowski), Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Das Rheingold, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Die Walkre, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Siegfried, Bayreuth 2014: Frank Castorf Ring: Gtterdmmerung, Bayreuth 2011: Marthaler Tristan und Isolde, Daniel Barenboim: Complete Wagner Operas (34 CD), Christian Wildhagen, Neue Zrcher Zeitung, Judith von Sternburg, Frankfurter Rundschau, Klaus Billand, 5. The British soprano has a big, dark sound with a marked but stable vibrato. 7.8. Please check if you entered the email address correctly. Ein ereignisreicher Abend mit berragenden, traurigen und mittelmigen Momenten. The heat and drought have visibly affected him. Volume 14, Number 3 Fall 2000 LE TMOTUVE THE JOURNAL OF THE WAGNER SOCIETY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTROVERSY THY NAME IS WAGNER Can We Separate The Man From His Art? There were some splendid passages too, but this was not a vintage night for Wagner musically. 2022 gab Bruno de S sein Debt in dem vom Countertenor Max . Hans Foltz Timo Riihonen (. Biterolf Olafur Sigurdarson If vocal performances did not always reach the heights, nor did they ever fall below a reasonable level. Er hofft auf die anderen drei Teile. 2. With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. TAFF Festspielnacht am Goldbergsee Rarely if ever before, though, can they have been so recklessly divested of all character, even much in the way of motivation, and for that to have been the fate of dwarves, giants, heroes, and humans too. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele). Nachhaltigkeit bei Robe. There is no Wotan spear at all, an element that plays a crucial importance throughout the whole Ring cycle. I understand the idea of focusing in human relationships and setting the action in modern times to make these challenges operas more accessible to modern audiences. Bayreuths audience is very passionate, and they express their approval/disapproval very loudly at the curtain calls. She just has a few vocal appearances but her clean, strong ascensions to A naturals and B flats shown her vocal power, round sound, and astonishing projection. Okt. (Klaus Billand, 5. The third act, though, was much better, a sense of form as living structure once again imparted. Ukraine updates: Russia says defense minister visits Donbas, Russian mercenary chief says Bakhmut almost fully encircled, Biden thanks Scholz for 'profound' German support on Ukraine. And even with quite a few pesante tempi, he managed to conclude the opera in two hours and 26 minutes, which is the average timing for most performances. Catherine Foster was a powerful Isolde. Audiences journey from around the world to Bayreuth to watch the Ring Cycle whenever it is staged; Wagners purpose-built theatre still has tremendous allure and mystique. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH The title roles are interpreted by Stephen Gould and Catherine Foster, the other . As these final pages were reached in Valentin Schwarzs new Ring cycle at the Bayreuth festival, the conductor Cornelius Meister and the festival orchestra, in the concealed Bayreuth pit, were playing out of their skins as the score demanded. Wagner's monumental Ring cycle isn't a. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Siegfried Clay Hilley It had not helped that Theorin had just delivered an undistinguished account of the final scene of Gtterdmmerung, one of the cycles great vocal set pieces. (Lance Ryan on the audiences at Bayreuth), "People sometimes complain that Wagner operas are too long, that they get stiff and sore about 10.30 because they have rushed in to hear one of his works straight from work and are not properly prepared for listening to his music. His ability to color the vocal line and sing dynamics created memorable moments during such passages as so verfluchich die liebe, the horad scene, or the curse. He offered a strong, believable characterization of the tortured, greedy dwarf even if the staging was quite still in the first scene or presented him in his underwear during the first part of the fourth scene. Eingesprungen fr den an Corona erkrankten Dirigenten Pietari Inkinen ist Cornelius Meister. (Photo: Enrico Nawrath, Bayreuter Festspiele), Das Rheingold (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Die Walkre (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Siegfried (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Gtterdmmerung (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, Sam Goodyear: Der Ring des Nibelungen (Valentin Schwarz / Cornelius Meister) - Bayreuth Festival 2022, 25.7. In the cinema Reichshof. Seit das Markgrfliche Opernhaus fertig restauriert wurde, findet dort Ende August das Festival Bayreuth Baroque statt. Im ersten Aufzug begeistern Georg Zeppenfeld als sonorer, klarer und bsartiger Hunding und Lise Davidsen als prsente Sieglinde, mit einer bombigen Mittellage, ber die sie Tiefen und Hhen eindrcklich erreicht. Concert with excerpts from Tannhuser, Rienzi and Tristan und Isolde. August 07, 2022 When the curtain fell on the new production of Gtterdmmerung on Friday, it drew the worst storm of audience hostility that veteran Wagner watchers can recall. Flosshilde Katie Stevenson, Valentin Schwarz (director) 5.8. Tannhuser (Sddeutsche Zeitung), Valentin Schwarz inszeniert Rheingold bei den Bayreuther Festspielen als Auftakt seines Ring des Nibelungen. Reinhard Traub (lighting) The orchestra, even at its loudest, never overpowers a singers voice even if the singers are whispering. What Now? and Rebroadcasts . With no grandeur, reduced to the essential: to experience his works as a celebration. After 145 Years, Bayreuth Festival Has Its First Female Conductor! Action artist: Hermann Nitsch. 18.8. He effortlessly sang a strong high G in Act three upon realizing that Isolde is finally coming to Tristans side. Allein schon (musik-)historisch hochinteressant, ist diese CD ein beeindruckendes Hrerlebnis und ffnet das Fenster in ein bewegtes, erschttertes 16. But whats most fascinating is that most characters cant step on it or cross the floor screen; in fact only Tristan and Isolde stay on it. Knappe Attilio Glaser After 29 performances in the Festspielhaus, the 110th Bayreuth Festival comes to a successful close today. In the cinema Reichshof. Valentin Schwarzs production is set in the 21st century, with hyper realistic sets and costumes and a natural acting approach focused on human passions like love, greed and power. Schwab manages to find a perfect balance between the story, which can be clearly understood and all the philosophical/metaphysical concepts that are a constant throughout the opera, creating moments that have a realistic natural approach (the first act until they drink the love potion or Markes monologue in Act two). Listen to Wagner: Parsifal by Hans Knappertsbusch by Hans Knappertsbusch, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Bayreuth Festival Chorus on Apple Music. The light changed with the music, and the shadows and patterns seemed as archetypal as the music itself. Stefan Herheim om samarbeidet med Gatti etc. Avant-garde pioneer artist Mary Bauermeister has died, Belgian court paves way for Iran prisoner swap treaty, Palestinians in occupied West Bank live with uncertainty, Thousands of migrants have died in South Texas. Kundry Petra Lang Elisabeth Teiges Gutrune was not helped by the productionwho was?but was a convincing vocal performance. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images Festspiel Open Air If the chorus was far from overwhelming in the Vassals Scene, perhaps Covid restrictions were still in play; it looked as well as sounded smaller than usual. In Siegfried, the unwrapping of the tightly bandaged Brnnhilde was a striking take on Siegfrieds moment of female discovery. Bass: Gnther Groissbck Gutrune (Elisabeth Teige), taking a selfie, and Gunther (Michael Kupfer-Radecky) on the sofa. Markus Poscher offered an emotional reading of the score, giving special emphasis to the multiple crescendos and silences throughout. Opera is thriving. 98 (1884-1885) Wiener Symphoniker Cornelius Meister, general music director of the Stuttgart State Opera, will now conduct the "Ring" in his place. Knappe Simone Schrder 2022 saw the premieres of two new productions of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival in August and at Berlin's Staatsoper Unter den Linden in October. Festspiel Open Air 28.7. 8/13, 8/16, 8/23) In the cinema Reichshof. In the libretto, Tristan and Isolda are only truly united when they die, as this is the only moment when they can be totally free and love each other without conditions. Valentin Schwarzs Ring ends more or less where it began, bar curtain-calls in which the long-awaited appearance of Schwarz and his team was greeted by the most intensive booing I have ever heard. Innovation. The Bayreuth Festival A theatre created for a single composer: the Bayreuth Festival Theatre. E-mail: editor@wagneropera.net. The quality of singing was episodic too. Most of the various Wotans (there were three) were adequate rather than notable. Parsifal Excerpts. In the past, the museum director has often been asked whichcelebrities will be in attendance. Flosshilde Katie Stevenson After Tristan A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. Siegfried zieht ihm den Rollator weg, worauf er einen Herzschlag bekommt. Loiseau de feu de Stravinsky - Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. His voice is bigger and denser comparing to the tenors usually cast for this part. Monday, January 9, 2023 Alessandro nell'Indie and Bruno de S win Forum Opera readers' poll. He possesses a lyrical instrument with modest volume but serious difficulties in the higher range (I always take into consideration that the singer might not be at his best on the night of the show) as shown in his opening line Vollender das ewige werk. Here, he had to take an extra short breath to prepare the high F, breaking the fluidity of the line. Above them on the stage, however, Irne Theorins Brnnhilde, who is supposed to be the agent of destruction and rebirth, was settling herself on the bottom of an empty and dirty swimming pool next to the dead body of her husband Siegfried, the remains of her mutilated horse in a plastic bag, and with no suggestion at all in Schwarzs staging that a moment of artistic significance had been reached. It is the moment to which everything in the cycle has been leading, the moment when the tangled and dishonest world of the gods, in which the audience has been enmeshed across four operas and nearly 16 hours of music and drama, comes crashing down. But there is no magic in this production and the fight for the ring in scenes three and four is, to be blunt, ridiculous and confusing. Ergibt sie was? When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. There is a wise use of the lighting, as designed by Nicol Hungsberg, with illumination changing according to the actions or emotions of the characters. Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Bayreuth Festival 2022 Review: Tristan und Isolde Catherine Foster Shines in Roland Schwab's Beautiful Production By Mauricio Villa While taking in a divisive production of "Der Ring des Nibelungen ," it was quite refreshing to take in the August 12 performance of "Tristan und Isolde" and come away hearing deserved bravos and cheers. (Matthias Lachenmann), Am Sonntagabend feierte "Das Rheingold" von Regisseur Valentin Schwarz Premiere bei den Bayreuther Festspielen. n the final pages of his Ring cycle, Wagners orchestral writing reaches extraordinary heights of grandeur and conviction, in music that depicts the destruction of an old corrupt world and the dawn of a new untainted one. 90 (1883) *** Symphonie Nr. Concert Classique. Grnderin und Knstlerische Produktionsleitung soundance festival berlin soundance festival berlin Jan. 2017 -Heute 6 Jahre 3 Monate. Bereits in 211 Tagen wird das Zurich Film Festival wieder stattfinden . They take everything personally. August 2021: 1, 8, 12, 17, 24, Conductor Axel Kober But the tremendously difficult task of a stage director is to find solutions to the scenes, not to ignore them, and create a parallel dramaturgy. Meister will then take over "Tristan und Isolde" in Bayreuth again in 2023. Per-Erik Skramstad - Wagneropera.net. Valentin Schwarz Martin Kettle Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.11 EDT Last modified on Mon 1 Aug 2022 06.14 EDT ho knew? I thought it was extraordinary and wonderful." Gnther Groissbock canceled a year ago. Concert Classique. Nathalie Stutzmann et Alexandre Tharaud. The singers will be Christine Goerke, Gnther Groissbck and Klaus Florian Vogt. He is the author of Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring (2006) and After Wagner: Histories of Modernist Music Drama from 'Parsifal' to Nono (2014). Culcha Candela. Kirchs performance was agile, with depurated German diction, and unlimited variety of colors and dynamics. The ring we see this year is actually supposed to premiere in 2020, unsurprisingly due to the corona pandemic. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel Advertisement Those attending this. And furthermore, the production, the conductor and some singers received the disapproval of the audience on the opening night. Tannhuser Robe On The Road. Schlimmer als die Regie sei der Dirigent und die meisten Snger, sagt unser Kritiker. 4.8. Bayreuth festivalValentin Schwarzs new staging of Wagners epic has some thought-provoking moments, but few were sustainable and most were just distracting. 30.8. Wellgunde Stephanie Houtzeel 20.8. After Tristan - A Journey from the Past Backwards into the Present. Her performance was rotund and strong, giving an emotional characterization. Instead of action and characters developed from the inside out, Schwab and stage designer Piero Viciguerra rely on the aesthetics of their scenery. Orchestre de Paris et Ariane Matiakh : Faur, Strauss. Knappe Martin Homrich Select from premium Stephanie Stumph Photos of the highest quality. The Bayreuth Festival (German: Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. in 2020 the festival was cancelled, 2021 Bayreuth was a shaky affairtoo uncertain for a mammoth ring project. Venus Ekaterina Gubanova Opera is thriving. Time to take a look at the myth behind the work. Hans svenska operadebut var i rollen som greven i Figaros brllop p Gteborgsoperan r 1994 och hans internationella operadebut kom r 1996 i titelrollen i Eugne Onegin vid Spoleto-festivalen (Festival dei Due Mondi) i Italien, med regissren och .