News & Updates

One of Denmark's most sought after and awarded mezzo-sopranos Andrea Pellegrini has joined Ascolta Artists as general management.

Her opera repertoire ranges from early baroque over bel-canto and Wiener classic to contemporary music and as oratorio singer she is in high demand all over Scandinavia.

Besides these activities she has an extensive repertoire as a lied singer and a keen interest in crossing genres, putting classical music into an alternative context and consequently bringing it to new audiences, thus adding to her diversity as an artist.

Among her awards can be mentioned the prestigious "Annual Prize of the Music Critics’ Association of Denmark".

On the 20th of May, Luthando Qave had his debut as Figaro in Rossini's Barbiere di Seviglia with Opera Zuid in the Netherlands with Per-Otto Johansson as conductor.

Ascolta Artists is proud to announce the general management of German movie- and stage director Johannes Schmid.
He has directed more than 40 productions in houses such as Teatro alla Scala Milano, DOAR, Dortmund and Salzburger Festspiele as well as several feature films, latest the reviewer praised movie "Agnes" from 2016.
His recent and future engagments, besides feature film for the big screen in 2018, includes "Snow Queen" at Deutsche Oper am Rhein", "The abduction from... the Serail" in child version at Teatro alla Scala and L'italiana in Algeri in a re-written version at Baden Baden Festspiele as well as La Juive in Konstanz.

Swedish tenor Conny Thimander continues his success at Malmö Opera, with great reviews, in the short but very demanding part of "Sandon" in Karl-Birger Blomdahl's revolutionary science fiction opera "Aniara" from 1959.

The internationally renowned conductor and composer Rani Calderon has joined the roster of Ascolta Artists.

On 12 of April 2017, soprano Sofie Jensen, baritone Lars Møller and conductor Michael Balke will perform Brahms' "Ein deutsches Requiem" at a sold out concert hall in "Musikkens Hus" in Aalborg with Aalborg Symphony Orchestra.

Danish bass baritone and baritone Simon Duus and Teit Kanstrup sings Don Prudenzio and Antonio in G. Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims" at Royal Opera in Copenhagen.

The international top mezzo Oksana Volkova has joined Ascolta Artists.

Despite her young age she has already appeared in top opera houses such as La Scala (Milano), The Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Tearo Colón (Buenos Aires), Teatro di San Carlo (Napoli), Opéra Nice (Côte d'Azur) and NCPA in Beijing,

Among her highly recognized roles are Carmen, Santuzza, Marguerite (La damnation du Faust), Dalila, Amneris and Fenena.

The international top tenor Kristian Benedikt had his role- and house debut as Hermann at Hungarian National Opera (Magyar Állami Operaház) on 3rd of March 2017. Further performances on 5 and 9 of March.

Mr. Benedikt continues at Hungarian National Opera with performances as Otello on 24/03, 30/03 and 01/04 2017.
 

Internationally renowned soprano Soula Parassidis joins Ascolta Artists.
Renowned for her interpretations of Vanessa in Barber's "Vanessa", Jehnny in Brecht's "Mahagonny", Vitellia in Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" and Gräfin Madaleine in Richard Strauss' "Capriccio" in renowned houses such as Oper Leipzig, Nürnberg Opera, Teatro Massimo Palermo and Opéra-Théatre de Metz Métropole, she is now looking forward to expand her repertoire to the full lyric soprano fach such as Chrysotemis in Elektra, Salome, Elsa in Meistersinger and Eva in Lohengrin.

Danish baritone Lars Møller returns to Royal Opera in Copenhagen as Alaskawolf Joe in "Mahagonny"

American tenor Norman Reinhardt jumps in as Nemorino at Opéra National du Rhin as Nemorino in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.

First performance is on 17/11 followed by performances on 25th and 27th of November 2017.