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The start of the new season sees Chris Moulds return to Munich with the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Mozart’s Idomeneo and Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas with Krzysztof Warlikowski as the director/producer for the production. The first performance of Dido & Aeneas is on the 23rd September. This follows on from 3 successful productions last season…Read more ›
Last weekend saw the successful premiere of Christopher Rüping’s production of Il ritorno / The Year of Magical Thinking at the Bayerische Staatsoper under the baton of Christopher Moulds, as part of the Staatsoper’s Ja, Mai Festival celebrating the synergies between the various disciplines of the arts. “[T]he Bavarian State Orchestra and the Monteverdi Continuo Ensemble conjured up…Read more ›
This Spring sees Christopher Moulds return to the Bayerische Staatsoper to conduct Cavalli’s La Calisto and Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. Opening this Sunday 19 March and followed by three further performances, David Alden’s production of La Calisto stars Mary Bevan (Calisto), Milan Siljanov (Giove), Teresa Iervolino (Diana) and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (Endimione). Il…Read more ›
Shortly after a successful run of Alcina at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, Christopher Moulds returns to step in for a revival of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, which opens on Wednesday 22nd June and is followed by three further performances. Christiane Pohle’s production of Figaro stars Björn Bürger as Graf Almaviva and Serena Farnocchia as Gräfin…Read more ›
Last night Christopher Moulds stepped in at short notice to conduct the opening night of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro at Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and is now due to conduct the full run with performances on 11th, 15th and 20th March. Shortly after he returns from Munich, Moulds embarks upon the preparation for Handel’s…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds begins 2022 with a return to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin for three performances of Sasha Waltz’s production of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. He last conducted this production in Berlin in November 2019, and elsewhere has lead performances in Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Sydney. It features Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Vocalconsort…Read more ›
Following his successful 6-performance run of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte at Opernhaus Zürich, Christopher Moulds prepares for Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte in concert with Moscow State Philharmoic Society this week. Moulds is joined by the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, vocal ensemble Intrada, and a cast of distinguished soloists. More here.
Christopher Moulds has been busy preparing a revival of Mozart’s Così fan tutte at Opernhaus Zurich. This dense and radically modern production by Kirill Serebrennikov is from 2018, and was developed under unique conditions. The Russian director was under house arrest in Moscow and unable to attend rehearsals. But that didn’t diminish his artistic powers,…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds has returned to Moscow where he conducts the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and fine casts in a series of three Handel Operas: Rodelinda, Tamerlano and Guilo Cesare. The concert performances will all take place at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall on 3rd, 9th and 15th September respectively. 3/9/21 – https://meloman.ru/concert/gendel-rodelinda-koroleva-langobardov/ 9/9/21 – https://meloman.ru/concert/gendel-tamerlan/ 15/9/21 –…Read more ›
Christopher Moulds re-opens Opera du Rhin’s 20/21 season with live performances of Handel’s Alcina starting on Friday 21st May 2021 for an audience at the theatre. Due to Coronavirus restrictions they aren’t able to perform the full production but they are very happy to be back on stage. There will be performances in Strasbourg, Colmar…Read more ›