Berlin, Germany - Komische Oper Berlin
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March 16, 29
April 13, 20
May 4
June 25
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Eric returns to Innsbruck Early Music Festival for a duo recital
Singing a thematic recital of lute art song from different countries, Eric joins French soprano Suzanne Jerosme and lutenist Jan Cizmar in a program titled Time Stand Still at the Schloss…
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Eric to introduce a new piece in Berlin
Eric will be premiering a world premiere work written for him by Aribert Reimann. This piece for viola, piano, and countertenor is to be performed at the Pierre Boulez Saal…
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Eric presents a recital as part of the Weekend of tribute to castrati in Versailles
Baroque Europe saw the reign of castrati. Long present in the Byzantine Empire, they were imposed first at the Sistine Chapel and then from Rome – where no woman could…
Read moreDC Theatre Scene"Eric Jurenas managed to portray both great masculinity and playful, compelling gentleness, singing successfully in the tricky range of countertenor with an occasional plunge into a fully resonant depth."
Schedule
Poro
GF Handel
Opera in three acts (1731)
Libretto adapted from Pietro Metastasio
Performed in German
This rarely performed opera features a comeback after 15 years! The grand seigneur of realistic musical theatre is back – and he is fulfilling a long-held dream: Harry Kupfer, who made theatre history here in the Behrenstrasse, presents a fundamental conflict of European modernity with Georg Friedrich Handel’s masterful Baroque opera Poro.
Eric sings the role of Alexander the Great.
Cast and Information: https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/en/whats-on/a-z/poro/
March 16, 29
April 13, 20
May 4
June 25
April 13, 20
May 4
June 25
Rinaldo
GF Handel
Role of Rinaldo
Information and Cast: https://www.theater-wien.at/en/programme-tickets/production/797/Rinaldo
April 27
Göttingen, Germany
Internationale Händel Festspiele Göttingen
May 17, 18
MoreSaul
GF Handel
Oratorio in three acts
Libretto: Charles Jennens
David returns from the battle bearing the head of the giant Goliath – as a reward, King Saul promises him the hand of his horrified daughter Merab. But when David receives more popular acclaim than the King, Saul is consumed by jealousy. His daughter Michal advises David to soothe the incensed monarch with the calming strains of a harp. But Saul’s rage is merely exacerbated, and he finally casts a spear at David. When he misses, Saul orders his son Jonathan to slay David …
When setting this Old Testament material to music in 1738, George Frideric Handel worked together for the first time with the librettist Charles Jennens, who later on, for example, put together the text for the Messiah. The work was premiered on 16 January 1739 in the King’s Theatre at the Haymarket in London.
Markus Brück Baritone – Saul
Benjamin Hulett Tenor – Jonathan
Eric Jurenas Countertenor – David
Mary Bevan Soprano – Michal
Sophie Bevan Soprano – Merab
Raphael Höhn Tenor – High Priest, Witch of Endor
NDR Chor
Edzard Burchards Chorus master
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings Harpsichord and conductor
Info: click here
May 17, 18
Opus Colorado"He...stuns the audience with his remarkable voice and musicianship."
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