Centre Stage Artist Management is thrilled to announce that baritone Matthias Goerne has joined the roster. Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and pianists. Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Zürich Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real in Madrid, Paris National Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. His roles range from Pizzaro (Fidelio), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Amfortas (Parsifal), Wotan (Die Walküre, Das Rheingold), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Orest (Elektra), and Jochanaan (Salome) to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.
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Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts Michael Grandage’s production of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Canadian Opera Company. Soprano Eri Nakamura stars as Butterfly, while tenor Kang Wang portrays the feckless U.S. officer Pinkerton. The performances take place at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto on January 24, 26 and February 1, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16.
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Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with the world’s leading orchestras, conductors and pianists. Born in Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer in Leipzig, and later with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Zürich Opera House, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Real in Madrid, Paris National Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. His roles range from Pizzaro (Fidelio), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Amfortas (Parsifal), Wotan (Die Walküre, Das Rheingold), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Orest (Elektra), and Jochanaan (Salome) to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.
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Kate Lindsey returns to the Vienna State Opera as Der Komponist in Sven-Eric Bechtolf's production of Ariadne auf Naxos. The mezzo can be heard on January 21, 25, 28 and 31, 2025.
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“Destination Mozart” - this is the motto that Artistic Director Rolando Villazón has chosen for Mozart Week 2025. In this sense, all roads lead to Mozart, especially via Monteverdi and Handel, whose works are congenial to Mozart's oeuvre and who were pioneers, inspiration or role models for him. Rolando can be heard in the title role of Monteverdi's “L'Orfeo” (January 24, 26, 31, 2025). The Mozart Week begins on January 23 and ends on February 2.
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Tenor Edgardo Rocha makes his role debut of Don Ottavio in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with the Vienna State opera in Monte-Carlo as part of the Mozart à Monaco festival. The semi-staged production is lead under the musical direction of Bertrand de Billy. Rocha shares the stage with Davide Luciano who sings Don Giovanni, Tara Erraught as the love interest Donna Anna and Antonio Di Matteo as Il Commendatore.
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Emily D’Angelo and Regula Mühlemann return to the Berlin State Opera with Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. D’Angelo takes on the role of Octavian and Mühlemann embodies Sophie in André Heller’s production conducted by Axel Kober.
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Tenor Granit Musliu takes the role of Rustighello in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia at the Munich State Opera. Musliu performs next to Erwin Schrott as Don Alfonso and Angela Meade in the title role Donna Lucrezia Borgia. The performances take place on January 18, 21, 24, 27 and 31.
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Soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller sings the soprano part in Mahler’s symphony no. 2 “Resurrection” with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Jaap van Zweden in the opening concerts of SPO’s season. The concerts take place on January 16th and 17th at the LOTTE Concert Hall in Seoul.
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