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Karsten Januschke
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Markus Oswald, Christian Rauch
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Sergej Prokofjew: Romeo und Julia
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Moskau, Tscherjomusc
Schauspielhaus Bochum
Ausschnitte aus Opern und Operetten von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giuseppe Verdi, Nikolai Rimskij-Korsakow, Richard Strauss, Franz Lehár, Adalbert Ketelbey, Johann Strauß, u. a.
Mainz, Rheingoldhalle
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 C-Dur op. 17
MODEST MUSSORGSKI: Bilder einer Ausstellung (orchestriert von Maurice Ravel)
Bochum
Der Ö1 Musikabend mit Gabriela Montero, dem ORF RSO Wien unter der Leitung von Karsten Januschke und dem Trio Schmid-Breinschmid-Carstensen. Präsentiert von Albert Hosp.
Wien
Wiederaufnahme
Symphonieorchester des Slowakischen Rundfunks
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Schloss Esterházy
Symphonieorchester des Slowakischen Rundfunks
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen
Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen
Chor des Theaters St. Gallen
Theater St. Gallen
u.a.
Siegfried-Idyll (Richard Wagner)
Wesendonck-Lieder (Richard Wagner)
Ausschnitte aus "Hänsel und Gretel" (Engelbert Humperndinck)
Natascha Young (Sopran)
Katarina Andersson (Mezzosopran)
Ulrich Noethen (Lesung)
Bremen, Glocke
Strawinsky, Igor: Der Feuervogel: Ein russisches Märchen im symphonischen Orchestergewand
Prinzregententheater München
Ludwig van Beethoven: Ouvertüre zum Trauerspiel »Coriolan« c-Moll op. 62
Johannes Brahms: Violinkonzert D-Dur op. 77
Robert Schumann: Sinfonie Nr. 4 d-Moll op. 120
Hilchenbach
Abschlusskonzert der XIII. Bochumer Orchesterakademie
Programm:
Edvard Grieg: Klavierkonzert a-Moll op. 16
Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 1 in f-Moll op. 10
Solistin: Tanja Zhou (Klavier)
Bochum, Anneliese-Brost-Musikforum
John Adams: »Lollapalooza«
Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op. 14
Antonín Dvořák: Sinfonie Nr. 9 e-Moll op. 95 »Aus der Neuen Welt«
Solist: Nemanja Radulovic
Leipzig, Gewandhaus
Miklós Rózsa Suite aus der Filmmusik zu "Das Dschungelbuch"
Großer Sendesaal
Berlin, Haus des Rundfunks
Dido & Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Béla Bartók)
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Aufführungen in Originalsprache
Oper Frankfurt
Sergei Prokofjew: Konzert für Violine und Orchester Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 19
Sergej V. Rachmaninoff: Symphonie Nr. 2 e-moll op. 27
Solistin: Lara Boschkor (Violine)
Volkstheater Rostock
ARNULF HERRMANN *1968
Oper und Text von Händl Klaus
nach Motiven des Romans Le Locataire chimérique (1964) von Roland Topor
Auftragswerk der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Oper Frankfurt
Die Zirkusprinzessin
Emmerich Kálmán
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Don Pasquale
Gaetano Donizetti
Neuproduktion am Vorarlberger Landestheater
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Vorarlberger Landestheater
Staatsorchester Darmstadt
Chor des Staatstheaters Darmstadt
Staatstheater Darmstadt
Der Diktator (Ernst Krenek)
Der zerbrochene Krug (Viktor Ullmann)
Neuproduktion im Cuvilliés-Theater
In deutscher Sprache mit deutschen Übertiteln
Münchener Kammerorchester
Bayerische Staatsoper
Orchester der Volksoper Wien
Chor der Volksoper Wien
Volksoper Wien
Johannes Brahms: Tragische Ouvertüre d-moll op. 81
Béla Bartók: Zwei Rhapsodien für Violine und Orchester, Sz. 87 und Sz. 90
Johannes Brahms: Sinfonie Nr. 4 in e-Moll op. 98
Solist: Juraj Tomka, Violine
Symphonieorchester des Slowakischen Rundfunks
Bratislava, Großer Sendesaal
Orchester des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Lost Highway
Olga Neuwirth *1968
Deutsche Erstaufführung/Neuproduktion
nach David Lynch und Barry Gifford
Libretto: Elfriede Jelinek und Olga Neuwirth
Uraufführung am 31. Oktober 2003
Ensemble Modern (EM)
Oper Frankfurt
Eröffnungskonzert der "Neuen Altstadt Frankfurt am Römer"
Konzertausschnitte aus der "West Side Story" sowie mit Werken von Mozart bis Dvorák
Solisten der Oper Frankfurt
Frankfurter Museumsorchester
Beginn: 20 Uhr
Am Römer
Olga Neuwirth im Porträt
Kasseler Musiktage
Südflügel KulturBahnhof
Olga Neuwirth: Aello – Ballet mécanomorphe for solo-flute, two muted trumpets, string ensemble, keyboard and typewriter (2017)
Olga Neuwirth: Hommage à Klaus Nomi (1988)
Ensemble Modern, Daniel Gloger (Countertenor), Olga Neuwirth (Gesprächspartnerin), Olaf A. Schmitt (Moderation)
KulturBahnhof Kassel
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Sinfonie Nr. 4 A-Dur op.90 ("Italienische")
Ausschnitte, Arien und Duette aus Werken von Donizetti, Rossini und J. Strauss
Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin
Großes Haus
Neuproduktion am Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Vorarlberger Landestheater
Happy New Ears Konzert
Portrait Olga Neuwirth
Olga Neuwirth: Aello – Ballet mécanomorphe for solo-flute, two muted trumpets, string ensemble, keyboard and typewriter (2017)
Olga Neuwirth: Hommage à Klaus Nomi (1988)
Oper Frankfurt
New National Theatre Tokyo
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
New National Theatre Chorus
New National Theatre Tokyo
CD-Produktion mit dem Bass Andreas Bauer-Kanabas
Latvian Festival Orchestra tt
Programm:
VERDI (Arie König Phillippe II) DON CARLO
"Elle ne m'aime pas"
WAGNER (Monolog König Marke) TRISTAN
"Tatest du's wirklich"
RACHMANINOV (Cavatine Aleko) ALEKO
"Ves tabar spit"
VERDI (Arie und Cabaletta De Silva) ERNANI
"Che mai vegg'io"
VERDI (Arie Banco) MACBETH
"Studia il passo... Come dal ciel"
VERDI (Arie Zaccaria) NABUCCO
"Vieni o levita... Tu sul labbro"
DVORAK (Arie Wassermann) RUSALKA
"Běda, Běda..."
BARTÓK (7.TÜR) BLAUBARTS BURG
Riga Alte Gilde Konzertsaal
New production
Directors: Pienkos/Obonya
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Oper im Steinbruch St. Margarethen
Sopran: Olena Tokar
Bariton: Mathias Hausmann
MDR Sinfonieorchester
Ouvertüren, Intermezzi, Arien und Duette aus Werken von W. A. Mozart, G. Verdi, G. Puccini, P. Mascagni, G. Rossini
Open-Air Bad Elster
Tamerlano
G.F. Händel
New Production
Director: R.B. Schlather
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
Dramma per musica in three acts / 1724
Text Nicola Francesco Haym after Libretto Agostino Piovene and Ippolito Zanelli
Sung in italian language
Oper Frankfurt
Pjotr Tschaikowsky
Excerpts from ›The Nutcracker‹
presented by Christian Schruff
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Haus des Rundfunks
Orchestral Works by A. Dvorák and B. Smetana
with Karen Vuong, Martin Mitterrutzner and Andreas Bauer Kanabas
Orchestra of Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Festspielhaus
Gräfin Mariza
Operetta by Emmerich Kálmán
In German language with English surtitles
Orchestra of Volksoper Vienna
Volksoper Vienna
La Clemenza di Tito
Opera seria by W.A. Mozart (1791)
Director: Henry Arnold
Sung in italian language
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg
Chorus of the Bregenzer Festspiele
Vorarlberger Landestheater
Piano: Kit Armstrong
Orchestra of Festspiele Erl
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
Romeo & Julia Fantasy Overture
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 1 fis-Moll, op. 1
Piano Concerto No. 4 g-Moll, op. 40
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski
Nutcracker Suite (Excerpts)
Festspielhaus
Opera buffa in three acts
Librettist: Giovanni Ruffini
Director: Jossi Wieler
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
sung in Italian with german subtitles
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Catholic sequence/ Intermezzo in two parts
Lyrics by Gennarantonio Federico
Director: Katharina Thoma
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
In latin/italian language with german and english surtitles
Opera Frankfurt
Aria-Evening
With singers of Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Opernhaus
New Years Eve Concert with the Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
with soloists of the Opera Frankfurt
Program will be announced later
Opernhaus
Mozarts Birthday 2021
Live broadcast on ČT art 27 January 2021 at 20.15
Orchestra and Chorus of the National Theatre
W. A. Mozart:
La clemenza di Tito, Overture
La clemenza di Tito, Ah perdona al primo affetto (Duet Annio and Servilia)
La clemenza di Tito, Parto, ma tu, ben mio (Aria Sesto)
La clemenza di Tito, Deh, conservate, oh Dei (Quintet Vitellia, Servilia, Sesto, Annio, Publio with chorus)
W. A. Mozart:
Idomeneo, ballet music from opera
Idomeneo, Se il padre perdei (Aria Ilia)
Idomeneo, Fuor del mar (Aria Idomeneo, 12b)
Idomeneo, Andrò ramingo e solo (Quartet Ilia, Elektra, Idamante and Idomeneo)
Idomeneo, O voto tremendo! (chorus and high priest)
The Estates Theatre
Concert with the MDR-Sinfonieorchester
MDR-Rundfunkchor
Radiomusik
Ernst Toch: Bunte Suite für Orchester op. 48
Walter Gronostay: "Chicago Weizen zieht an"
Sergej Prokofiev: Alexander Newski op.78, cantata for mezzosoprano, choir and orchestra
Gewandhaus
Opening Concert of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl
PJOTR ILJITSCH TSCHAIKOWSKI
Suite Op. 71a from "Nutcracker"
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS
2. Piano Concerto in g-minor op. 22
PJOTR ILJITSCH TSCHAIKOWSKI
Romeo and Juliet
Soloist: Claire Huangci
Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Festspielhaus
Richard Wagner Concert
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude 1st Act
Lohengrin, Prelude 1st Act
Lohengrin, Prelude 3rd Act
Der fliegende Holländer, Prelude
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude 3rd Act
Tannhäuser, Prelude
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude
Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod
Soloist: Christiane Libor, Soprano
Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Tiroler Festspiele Erl
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
Live TV-Konzert on CT Art
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
Further performances will follow
Nationaltheater Prag
Königskinder
Märchenoper in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto: Elsa Bernstein-Porges
Director: Matthew Wild
Stage and Costumes: Herbert Murauer
Lightdesigner: Reinhard Traub
Orchestra and Chorus of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Tiroler Festspiele Erl
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Opera in two acts by W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder
Regie Barrie Kosky
Animations Paul Barritt
Stage&Costumes Esther Bialas
Choir Bernhard Moncad
With the Orchestra and Choir of the Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsoper Stuttgart
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Opera in two acts by W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder
Regie Barrie Kosky
Animations Paul Barritt
Stage&Costumes Esther Bialas
Choir Bernhard Moncad
With the Orchestra and Choir of the Staatsoper Stuttgart
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Così fan tutte
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Opera in two acts of W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
World Premiere: 26. Januar 1790
Regie: Tatjana Gürbaca
Stage and Costumes: Ingrid Erb
Light design: Stefan Bolliger
Orchestra and Choir of National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
Symphony Concert with Staatskapelle Halle
Program:
Modest Mussorgski: A Night on Bald Mountain
Robert Schumann: Cello-Concert a-minor op. 129
Ottorino Respighi: La boutique fantasque
Soloist: Maximilian Hornung
Staatskapelle Halle
Georg-Friedrich-Händel Halle
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
LA GAZZA LADRA (The Thieving Magpie)
Melodramma in two acts by Gioachino Rossini
Text: Giovanni Gherardini after Théodore Baudouin d’Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez
Director David Alden
Stage Charles Edwards
Costumes Jon Morrell
Light Design Olaf Winter
Orchestra and Choir of the Opera Frankfurt
Oper Frankfurt
Drame-lyrique in three acts by Ernest Chausson
Libretto: Ernest Chausson
Directress: Rodula Gaitanou
Stage & Costumes: takis
Light Design: Simon Corder
Orchestra and Chorus of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Tiroler Festspiele Erl
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Opera buffa in four acts
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Christiane Pohle
in italian language
Choir of the State Opera Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Staatsoper Stuttgart
Così fan tutte
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Opera in two acts of W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
World Premiere: 26. Januar 1790
Regie: Tatjana Gürbaca
Stage and Costumes: Ingrid Erb
Light design: Stefan Bolliger
Orchestra and Choir of National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
TAMERLANO
G.F. Händel
Director: R.B. Schlather
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
Dramma per musica in three acts / 1724
Text Nicola Francesco Haym after Libretto Agostino Piovene and Ippolito Zanelli
Sung in italian language
Oper Frankfurt
EUGENE ONEGIN
Lyric Scenes in 3 acts
Libretto by the composer & Konstantin S. Schilowsky
First performed March 29 1879, Maly Theatre Moscow
This production first seen November 20 2016
Director: Dorothea Kirschbaum
Oper Frankfurt´s Chorus
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
Sung in Russian with German & English surtitles
Oper Frankfurt
4. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
Farzia Fallah: New Composition (2022) – World Premiere
Robert Schumann: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra a-minor op. 129
Ralph Vaughan Williams: »A London Symphony« (2. Symphony)
Violoncello Julian Steckel
Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg
Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis 2023
Aula der neuen Universität
DON GIOVANNI (Il dissoluto punito ossia Il Don Giovanni) KV 527
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
Director: Alexander Moerk-Eidem
Orchestra and Choir of the National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
Così fan tutte
New Production in Estates Theatre Prague
Opera in two acts of W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Lorenzo da Ponte
World Premiere: 26. Januar 1790
Regie: Tatjana Gürbaca
Stage and Costumes: Ingrid Erb
Light design: Stefan Bolliger
Orchestra and Choir of National Theatre Prague
National Theatre Prague
6. Sinfoniekonzert
Robert Schumann Ouvertüre, Scherzo and Finale
Katherine Balch Concert for Violoncello (World Premiere together with Dallas and BBC Symphony)
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 4 B-Dur op. 60
Violoncello Maximilian Hornung
State Orchestra Darmstadt
Staatstheater Darmstadt
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE
Opera in two acts by W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder
Regie Josef E. Köpplinger
Stage and Animations Walter Vogelweider
Costumes Dagmar Morell
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Semperoper Dresden
Königskinder
Märchenoper in three acts by Engelbert Humperdinck
Libretto: Elsa Bernstein-Porges
Director: Matthew Wild
Stage and Costumes: Herbert Murauer
Light Design: Reinhard Traub
Orchestra and Chorus of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Tiroler Festspiele Erl
DIE BANDITEN (Les Brigands)
Opéra bouffe in three acts
Text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
World Premiere 1869, Théâtre des Variétés, Paris
Director Katharina Thoma
Stage Etienne Pluss
Costumes Irina Bartels
Chorus of the Opera Frankfurt
Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester
Sung in german language with german and english subtitles
Oper Frankfurt
HÄNSEL UND GRETEL
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Adelheid Wette based on the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
Sung in german language with german and english subtitles
Director Axel Ranisch
Stage Saskia Wunsch
Costumes Alfred Mayerhofer
Choreography Janine Grellscheid
Light Design Reinhard Traub
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Childrens Choir of Opera Stuttgart
Oper Stuttgart
SANCTA SUSANNA / EINE FLORENTINISCHE TRÄGODIE
Concert Performance
Sancta Susanna: Opera in one act by Paul Hindemith after as Scene Ein Gesang der Mainacht by August Stramm
Florentinische Tragödie: Opera in one act by Alexander Zemlinsky. Text by Max Meyerfeld after Oscar Wilde
Orchestra of the State Opera Prague
State Opera Prague
Mazeppa
Opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by the composer and Viktor Burenin, based on the poem "Poltava" by Alexander Pushkin
Directed by Matthew Wild
Set & Costume Design by Herbert Murauer
Lighting by Reinhard Traub
Video by Bibi Abel
Dramaturgy by Max Enderle
Orchestra and Choir of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Lingual by Bernd Alois Zimmermann for speaker, soprano and baritone solos, three choirs, electronic sounds, orchestra, jazz combo, and organ, based on texts by various poets, reports, and articles (1969)
With Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel
Director: Karsten Wiegand
Lighting: Reinhard Traub
Choral preparation for Concert Choir Darmstadt: Wolfgang Seeliger
Choral preparation for Symphonic Choir Bamberg: Mikko Sidoroff, Tristan Meister
Baritone: David Pichlmaier
Soprano: Anja Petersen
Opera Chorus of the State Theatre Darmstadt
Concert Choir Darmstadt
Symphonic Choir Bamberg
State Orchestra Darmstadt
State Theatre Darmstadt
Opera in two acts by W.A. Mozart
Libretto: Emmanuel Schikaneder
Director Barrie Kosky
Animations Paul Barritt
Stage & Costumes Esther Bialas
Choir David Cavelius
Dramaturge Ulrich Lenz
Choir: Chorus soloists of the Komische Oper Berlin
Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin
Komische Oper Berlin
Romantic opera in three acts
Director: Ole Anders Tandberg
Set Design: Martin Černý / Ole Anders Tandberg
Costumes: Maria Geber
Lighting: Åsa Frankenberg
Dramaturgy: Jitka Slavíková
Chorus and Orchestra of the National Theatre Prague
State Opera Prague
Opera in four acts by Aribert Reimann
Libretto by Claus H. Henneberg after Yvan Goll
World Premiere: 1971, Schwetzingen Castle Theater
Production: Aileen Schneider
Set Design: Christoph Fischer
Costumes: Lorena Díaz Stephens
Lighting: Jan Hartmann
Dramaturgy: Maximilian Enderle
In German with German surtitles
Frankfurter Opern-und Museumsorchester
Opera Frankfurt
“Conducting the MDR Symphony Orchestra was Karsten Januschke, who already enjoys a very good reputation. The reason why became clear in the “Reiheins” concert. Januschke breathed new life into Dvorak's Symphony 'From the New World'. This is no hyped-up young star flailing about on the podium to push himself into the Best Of list, but rather a great talent working on sophisticated ways of connecting the musical work to musical partners. The enthusiastic final applause was warmly shared by orchestra and conductor together.”
Leipziger Volkszeitung on the concert at Gewandhaus Leipzig
Within the space of a few years, Karsten Januschke has made a name for himself in the field of concerts and opera as a great talent of the younger generation of conductors. Characterised by a natural authority and an expressive conducting technique, his communication with orchestras, soloists and singers is commanding and collegial. The prerequisite for his rehearsals is an in-depth study of the work in hand, and he takes an approach that combines a clear sound concept with great efficiency producing concerts and performances of extraordinary emotion and artistic flexibility.
After a production of Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa at the Tiroler Festspiele in July 2024, which was celebrated by both the press and the public, Karsten Januschke will open the 2024/25 season at the Staatstheater Darmstadt with a new production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Requiem for a Young Poet paired with Morton Feldman's Rothko Chapel. Following this, he will make his debut at the Komische Oper Berlin with The Magic Flute in a production by Barrie Kosky, and he will conduct a series of performances of The Flying Dutchman at the National Theatre Prague. Additionally, Karsten Januschke will lead the new production of Aribert Reimann's Melusine at the Frankfurt Opera, honoring the composer who passed away in 2024.
In recent years, Karsten Januschke has made notable debuts at the Semperoper Dresden, the New National Theatre Tokyo, and the National Theatre Prague with Don Giovanni, as well as at the Bavarian State Opera, the National Theatre Prague (with Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy) and the Volksoper Vienna. He has received repeat invitations to the Frankfurt Opera (for new productions of Lost Highway by Olga Neuwirth, Handel's Tamerlano, and Offenbach's The Bandits), the Stuttgart State Opera (for Hansel and Gretel and The Marriage of Figaro), Bregenz (Fidelio), and Oper im Steinbruch. In 2021, Oehms Classics released the album Love and Despair featuring bass Andreas Bauer Kanabas and the Latvian Festival Orchestra under the direction of Karsten Januschke.
In symphonic concerts he conducted the world premiere of a work by Farzia Fallah with the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the German premiere of a concerto by Katherine Balch with the State Orchestra Darmstadt featuring cellist Maximilian Hornung.
Additionally, Karsten Januschke has appeared as a guest conductor in the symphonic realm with ensembles such as the MDR Symphony Orchestra, the DSO Berlin, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Halle, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, the RSO Vienna, the Budapest Philharmonic, and Ensemble Modern.
A defining period in Karsten Januschke‘s career was spent at the Oper Frankfurt where he was solo repetiteur from 2008 and subsequently became Kapellmeister. He conducted works from every era here, such as Don Carlos, La Traviata, Eugen Onegin or Bartók’s Bluebeard. Mozart‘s works soon emerged as a particular focus and his spirited and energetic renditions, especially of the Da Ponte operas, have confirmed his position as an expert.
Originally from Schleswig-Holstein, Karsten Januschke studied piano and musicology, and completed his conducting studies with Prof. Georg Mark at the Vienna Conservatoire with honours. During this time, he worked at the Vienna State Opera as a solo repetiteur and conductor of children‘s operas, as well as at the Theater an der Wien and later at the Bayreuth Festival.
