⚔️ ¡En Garde! Don José debut tonight at the @lakesareamusicfestival
🎭 Cast & Creative
@_juliabullock | Carmen
@paulapplebytenor | Don José
@evanbenhughes | Escamillo
@miss_katerina_burton | Micaela
Nathan Herfindahl @drherfect | Zuniga
@johntaylorward | Le Dancaire
@zackolmoz | Le Remendado
@bella_chaney | Mercédès
@lea.nayak | Frasquita
Phill Takemura Sears | Moralès
@lisenkaheijboercastanon | Director
@christianreifconductor | Conductor
@cagla.karslioglu | Scenic/Costume Designer
Jennifer Fok @photonfok | Lighting Designer
Laura Osterhaus @lauraoysters | Choreographer/Intimacy Coordinator
Emma Gustafson @emmadoeswiggies | Hair & Makeup
Designer
José Luis @gutierrezconductor | Assistant Conductor
@celestemariejohnson | Chorus Master
@kennedyniska | Chorus Master
@laurapoepiano | Principal Coach
@connor.d.buckley | Repetiteur
@chloejkim.piano | Repetiteur
@aislinn_curry | Production Manager
@katefehan | Stage Manager
Heather Pearson @larsandhelga | Costume Coordinator
#Carmen #operalover #operalife #donjosé #operasingers
Igor Stravinsky? More like Igor Rex! The GIANT of his time, the Einstein of 20th century music, was born #otd in 1882. “Nonne monstrum rescituri.“
Here is an excerpt from @studiowaynemcgregor `s production of OEDIPUS REX from @operaen_ . I look forward to returning to Czechia next week to sing this great work with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (@symfonickyorchestrero) at the @smetanovalitomysl Festival.
#oedipusrex #kingigor #czechia #thebes
#tbt to a wonderful week at the Prague Spring Festival (@prazskejaro), performing Berlioz’s LA DAMNATION DE FAUST alongside an incredible cast, orchestra, and team.
Faust | Paul Appleby
Méphistophélès | @alexandervinogradovbass
Marguerite | @stepanka_pucalkova_mezzo Brander | @pavelsvingr
@netopiltom | Conductor
Prague Symphony Orchestra | @orchestrfok
@praguephilharmonicchoir
@lukasvasilek | Chorus Master
Prague Spring Festival @prazskejaro
📻: Live recording of the performance available until June 23, 2026. Link in bio
📷: @HajskaPetra
#classicalmusicians #collaborations #ladamnationdefaust #berlioz
⚓️ BILLY BUDD on @francemusique
📻 Tune in this Saturday, May 2
Samedi à l‘opéra with @JudithChaine for a radio broadcast from @operadelyon
Finnegan Downie Dear | Conductor
@RichardBrunel | Director
Paul Appleby | Captain Vere
@SeanMichaelPlumb | Billy Budd
@Derek.Welton | John Claggart
@Alexander.w.h.deJong | Mr. Redburn
@RafalPawnuk | Mr. Flint
@Daniel.Miroslaw | Lt. Ratcliffe
@OliverJohnston5580 | Red Whiskers
@MichalMarhold | Donald
Scott @Wildebass | Dansker
William Morgan | The Novice
@GuillaumeAndrieux_ | Novice‘s Friend
@FilippVarikOfficial | Squeak
@benedict.kearns | Chorus Master
@Stephan_Zimmerli | Set Designer
Bruno de Lavenère | Costume Designer
Laurent Castaingt | Lighting Designer
📷: Léo Poudré
#billybudd #operalife #operasinger #collaborations #benjaminbritten
Made some new friends last week—two of Prague‘s finest: Antonín Dvořák and Franz Kafka.
A #photodump from my brief but wonderful time in the "City of a Hundred Spires.“ I’m already looking forward to returning two more times this season…
🗓️ 25 May 2026
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
@netopiltom | conductor
Prague Symphony Orchestra @orchestrfok
🗓️ 28 June 2026
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex
@p_popelka | conductor
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
@symfonickyorchestrcro
@smetanovalitomysl
#classicalmusicians #collaborations #czechrepublic🇨🇿 #statuesofinstagram
Memories from Monday: Czech 🇨🇿 debut at the beautiful Rudolfinum in Prague
Oedipus Rex | Stravinsky
@P_Popelka | Conductor
@LukasVasilek | Choirmaster
@PraguePhilharmonicChoir
@symfonickyorchestrero
Paul Appleby | Oedipus Rex
@EsterPavlu | Jocasta
@Jiri_Bruckler | Creon & Messenger
@PavelSvingr | Tiresias
@Daniel_Matousek | Shepherd
Igor Bareš | Narrator
📷: (1,2,3) Matěj Komár
Looking forward to reuniting with this wonderful group of artists at the @smetanovalitomysl Festival in June 2026.
#oedipusrex #stravinsky #performances #stagephoto #classicalmusicians
Vere is one of the greatest roles I’ve had the privilege of wrestling with and I am honored to bring this complex character to life for the final time tonight in Benjamin Britten‘s BILLY BUDD at @operadelyon . Thank you to the wonderful crew aboard the Indomitable and to the fantastic crew backstage who made the magic happen every night. ✨
Cast & Creative
@Benedict.Kearns | Conductor & Chorus Director
@RichardBrunel | Director
Paul Appleby | Captain Vere
@SeanMichaelPlumb | Billy Budd
@Derek.Welton | John Claggart
@Alexander.w.h.deJong | Mr. Redburn
@RafalPawnuk | Mr. Flint
@Daniel.Miroslaw | Lt. Ratcliffe
@OliverJohnston5580 | Red Whiskers
@MichalMarhold | Donald
Scott @Wildebass | Dansker
William Morgan | The Novice
@GuillaumeAndrieux_ | Novice‘s Friend
@FilippVarikOfficial | Squeak
@Stephan_Zimmerli | Set Designer
Bruno de Lavenère | Costume Designer
Laurent Castaingt | Lighting Designer
#benjaminbritten #operalife #billybudd #hermanmelville
Captain Vere is ready for performance no. 4 of BILLY BUDD at @operadelyon. Toi toi toi to all of my fantastic colleagues!
Cast & Creative
Finnegan Downie Dear | Conductor
@RichardBrunel | Director
Paul Appleby | Captain Vere
@SeanMichaelPlumb | Billy Budd
@Derek.Welton | John Claggart
@Alexander.w.h.deJong | Mr. Redburn
@RafalPawnuk | Mr. Flint
@Daniel.Miroslaw | Lt. Ratcliffe
@OliverJohnston5580 | Red Whiskers
@MichalMarhold | Donald
Scott @Wildebass | Dansker
William Morgan | The Novice
@GuillaumeAndrieux_ | Novice‘s Friend
@FilippVarikOfficial | Squeak
@Benedict.Kearns | Choir Director
@Stephan_Zimmerli | Set Designer
Bruno de Lavenère | Costume Designer
Laurent Castaingt | Lighting Designer
🗓️ Performance Dates
March 21, 23, 27, 29, 31
April 2 & 4
#benjaminbritten #hermanmelville #operasinger #classicalmusician #timelapseart
Photo Credit: Pascal Victor (Festival d’Aix)
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