VMC & International Auditions
(It‘s not only what you know, but who knows you.)
Date: February 27., 28., 29. and March 1., 2012
Place: Wiener Kammeroper

• César Augusto Gutiérrez will sing the role of Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca at the Chemnitz Opera under
the conduction of Frank Beermann. Première: February 4th. Further dates:
February 7th and 26th, March 3rd and 14th, April 20th, May 13th and June 6th.

• Soprano Dana Marbach will sing Mendessohn Bartholdy's Symphony Nr.2 "Lobgesang" alongside Claudia
Barainsky and Christoph Genz at the Festival for ancient Music in Cologne. They are acompanied
by das Neue Orchester and Chorus Musicus Köln and conducted by Christoph Spering.

• Roberto Paternostro will conduct the Israel Chamber Orchestra at January 15/16, 2012 in Tel Aviv.
Pieces by Joseph Haydn: Symphonie Nr. 97, Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, Paul Ben Haim: Cellokonzert
• On January 25./26. he will conduct in Jerusalem the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
Pieces by C.M. von Weber: Freischütz-Ouvertüre, W.A. Mozart: Klarinettenkonzert, J. Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 4
• Between January 30 and February 5. he will conduct at the International Music Festival Eilat.
Pieces by Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven "Pastorale" u.o.

• Nadja Michael will sing the role of Eboli (“Don Carlos”) in Peter Konwitschnys cult-production at the
Hamburgische Staatsoper. Performances: 18. and 22.12.2011 as well as 8., 13. and 29.01.2012.

• Friedrich Haider conducts “Le nozze di Figaro” at the Teatro Wielki in Warsaw
on 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 22. of January 2012.

• Rainer Trost will sing G. F. Händels "Messiah" on Dezember 22, 2011 at the Wiener Musikverein together with
Christine Schäfer, Angelika Kirchschlager, Florian Boesch as well as the Arnold Schoenberg
Chor under the conductor Erwin Ortner and the Lautten Compagney Berlin.

• Roberto Paternostro will conduct Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel" at the Volksoper Vienna; director:
Karl Dönch. Performances: December 21, 23, 25, 28, 2011 and January 18, 2012.

2011

• Soprano Chen Reiss will sing at the Vienna State Opera at the 8., 12., and 15. of December the role
of Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) under Peter Schneider. In December she will sing as well
the role of Pamina by Mozarts “Die Zauberflöte” at the 20 and 22.

• Friedrich Haider conducts Don Giovanni at the Teatro Wielki in Warsaw on 2, 4, 6 and 8 December 2011.

•"Christmas in Vienna 2011: Christmas Gala Concert" with live TV broadcast throughout Europe.
Singers: Paul Armin Edelmann, Angela Denoke, Liliana Nikiteanu, Ramon Vargas. Orchestra: ORF-Radio
Symphonieorchester Vienna, conducted by Maestro Sascha Goetzel. Airing live on ORF, ARTE & 3Sat on December 17.

• Chen Reiss will give a recital together with the pianist Charles Spencer in Eppan/Südtirol
on November 29th 2011. The concert includes works by Clara and Robert Schumann
as well as Franz Liszt and Gaetano Donizetti.

VMC Friedrich Haider will conduct a “Johann Strauß Concert” in the Cologne Philharmonic Hall on November 26th 2011. In that concert, which will be repeated next day in the Essen Philharmonic Hall, Anna Korondi, Rainer Trost and Kay Stiefermann will sing excerpts from
“A Night in Venice” and “Carnival in Rome

• Soprano Chen Reiss will start her period at the Vienna State Opera at the 9th of November 2011 with Richard Wagners
“Siegfried” in the role of the Waldvogels under Christian Thielemann. In November she will sing as
well the role of Elvira by Rossinis “L'Italiana in Algeri” at the 16, 19, 22 and 25.

• Melba Ramos sings Verdis Messa da Requiem at the 20th of November 2011
at the Basilika Mariatrost in Graz under Fritz Lippe.

• Nadja Michael will sing Marie in Alban Bergs opera “Wozzeck” at the Staatsoper Berlin im Schillertheater
under Daniel Baremboim. Performances will take place on October 26., 28. and 30, 2011.

• Chen Reiss will give a recital together with the pianist Alexander Schmalcz in Hamburg on October 20th 2011.
The concert, including works by Donizetti, Schubert and Liszt, will take place at the „Laeiszhalle".

• Rainer Trost will sing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts “La clemenza die Tito” at the Opera Cologne.
Performances: 09. 12. 15. 19. 21. 23. October 2011

• Kay Stiefermann will sing the role of Pantalone at the Prinzregententheater/Munich in
"Die neugierigen Frauen" by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. Date: October 9

• Chen Reiss sings “Christus am Ölberge” at the Beethovenfest Bonn
at the 7th of October together with the Concerto Köln under Ivor Bolton.

• Soprano Anna Korondi sings at October 10th Gustav Mahler’s Symphony Nr. 2 in c-Minor under
Johannes Skudlik and the Symphony Prague in Landsberg am Lech.

•Werner Ehrhardt is conducting the Sinfonieorchester Aachen at October 3rd with pieces by J. S. Bach.

•Chen Reiss is singing Schumanns Faust-Szenen at the Hamburger Laeiszhalle
under chief conductor Jeffrey Tate, September 29

• VMC & International Auditions
(It‘s not only what you know, but who knows you.)

22, 23, 24 . September 2011

• Friedrich Kleinhapl (cello) and Ingolf Turban (violin) are playing Franz Schubert
at the Mumuth in Graz, September 22.

• Friedrich Haider will conduct Gaetano Donizettis “Roberto Devereux” in a Bavarian State Opera
Tour through Japan. The performances will take place on September 23rd 2011
in Yokohama and on September 27th and October 1st 2011 in Tokyo..

• Nadja Michael sings the title role in Luigi Cherubinis Médée at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brusel.
Performances at the 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22 September 2011

• Chen Reiss will sing on September 18, 20, 22 and 24 at the Teatro Campoamor in Oviedo/Spain the
part of Adele in Johann Strauss “Die Fledermaus” under Eric Hull.

• VMC just took over the General Management of renowned German soprano Nadja Michael.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing the title role in Strauss’' ARABELLA at the
Vienna State Opera. Performances at the 5. and 8. of September 2011.

• VMC is very proud to present the new solo CD “Liaisons” with arias by Cimarosa, Mozart and Salieri
of soprano Chen Reiss and the ensemble l’arte del mondo under conductor Werner Ehrhardt.

• Wolfgang Holzmair will give a matinee recital together with Imogen Cooper (piano) in the garden hall
of “Schloss Grafenegg” on August 31st 2011 at 11:30am. He will sing Lieder by Robert Schumann,
based on lyrics from Heinrich Heine.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing the empress in Richard Strauss´ opera “Die Frau ohne Schatten”
at the Salzburg Festival 2011. The first performance , directed by Christian Thielemann will take place
on July 29th 2011, further performances on August 1st, 4th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 21st 2011.

• Rainer Trost will sing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts “Idomeneo” in a new production in
Berlin at the “Komische Oper”. The first performance will take place at
May 14th 2011, further performances on May 20th, 29th, June 2nd, 12th, 25th and on July 15th.

• Barbara Emilia Schedel will sing “Eisberg nach Sizilien”, a work by Kurt Schwertsik at the National
Theatre in Mannheim. The first performance will take place on April 29th 2011, further performances
on May 2nd, 3rd, 4th, on June 30th and on July 11th, 12th and 13th 2011.

• Barbara Emilia Schedel will sing Mozarts “Exultate Jubilate” in the “Herz-Jesu Kirche” in Bad
Homburg on June 26th 2011 at 11am and on July 2nd 2011 she will give a recital with Baroque
Arias in the Castle of Bad Krozingen at 8pm.

• Thomas Michael Allen will sing the tenor arias in Bachs St John Passion
in the “Nikolaikirche” in Leipzig on June 16th 2011.

• Siphiwe KcKenzie Edelmann and Paul Armin Edelmann will sing Carmina Burana on
June 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th 2011 at the Carl Orff Festival in Andechs.

•Chen Reiss will sing Gilda in a new “Viennese Festival 2011” production” of Giuseppe Verdis “Rigoletto”,
directed by Luc Bondy in the “Theater an der Wien”. The first performance will take place
on May 29th, further performances on June 1st, 3rd and 5th.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing “Marschallin” in Richard Strauss´ opera “Der Rosenkavalier”
at the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam. The performances, conducted by
Sir Simon Rattle will take place on May 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 26th and 29th 2011.

• Kay Stiefermann will sing Gyges in the famous Hans Neuenfels production of
Alexander Zemlinskys opera “Der König Kandaules” at the Vienna Volksoper.
Performances will take place on May 5th, 8th, 12th, 17th, 23rd and 26th 2011.

• Friedrich Haider will take part at the “60th German Mozart Festival” in Augsburg. On May 22nd he will conduct the “Camerata Salzburg” with works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Rainer Trost will sing arias from Idomeneo and Lucio Silla.

• Philipp Pointner will conduct a gala concert with the Nürnberg Symphony Orchestra
on May 21st at the “Bronnbacher Musikfrühling”.

• Wolfgang Holzmair and Charles Spencer will give a recital with works by
Gustav Mahler on May 17th 2011 in the Brucknerhaus in Linz.

• José Bros will sing “Duca” in Giuseppe Verdis Rigoletto on May 14th and 18th 2011
at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest.

• Chen Reiss will sing on May 6th at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2011 the soprano part
in Johannes Brahms´ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” conducted by Zubin Mehta.

• Friedrich Haider will conduct Vincenzo Bellinis “Norma” at the Bavarian State Opera.
The performances will take place on April 10th, 15th and 20th 2011.

• Thomas Michael Allen will sing the tenor part in the Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach in
the “Konzerthuset” in Copenhagen” on April 14th 2011.

• César Gutierrez will sing in Beethovens “Christus am Ölberge” in Bilbao
on April 15th 2011, conducted by Christoph Spering.

• VMC and Nightingale Classic is pleased to present Wolfgang Holzmairs latest CD “The Mahler Album”.

• VMC is pleased to present our latest project, the “VMC News”. You can read or download it via the link
“Agency” and “Newspaper”. Enjoy and have fun!

• Thomas Michael Allen will sing the tenor arias in Johann Sebastian Bachs “St John Passion”
on April 20th 2011 in the Mozart Hall in Zaragoza and on April 22nd 2011 in the festival hall in Baden Baden.

• Pietro Rizzo had a very big success conducting a new production of Giuseppe Verdis “Rigoletto”
on March 25th 2011 at the Dallas Opera House. Further performances will take place
on March 30th and on April 2nd, 7th and 10th 2011.

• Wolfgang Holzmair is organizing a festival dedicated to Gustav Mahler, called “lied lab 2011”, at the “Radio Kulturhaus” in Vienna from March 27th to April 6th 2011. During that festival he will give a recital with Lieder from Wolf and Mahler on March 27th, further recitals with the artist will take place on March 31st with the “Rückert Lieder”, on April 3rd with “Lieder aus des Knaben Wunderhorn” and on April 6th with the “Lied von der Erde”.

• Anne Schwanewilms will give a recital in Cologne alongside the WDR Broadcast Orchestra with scenes and
arias by Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Schumann und Schreker. The performance, conducted
by Frank Beermann will take place at the “Funkhaus Wallrafplatz” on March 31th 2011 at 8 pm.

• VMC and DACAPO KLASSIK are pleased to announce, that Wolfgang Holzmair will be interviewed by
Mag. Ursula Magnes (Radio Stephansdom) on April 4th 2011 at 6p.m. The conversation, including also
the presentation of Holzmairs new CD “Das Mahler Album”, will take place at DACAPO KLASSIK,
Seilerstätte 30 (the corner of Krugerstrasse), 1010 Vienna.

• Chen Reiss will sing the soprano part in Gustav Mahlers Symphony no 2 on March 25th 2011 in Valencia.
The concert, conducted by Jiri Belohlávek, will take place at the Palau de la Musica at 7:30pm.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing Richard Strauss´ “Four last songs” on March 15th 2011 in Paris.
The concert, conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus will take place at Salle Pleyel at 8pm.

• Friedrich Haider will conduct Giuseppe Verdis “Rigoletto” at the Wielki Theatre in Warszawa.
The first performance will take place on March 17th 2011, further performances on March 18th, 19th and 20th 2011.

• Melba Ramos will sing Giorgetta in a new production of Giacomo Puccinis “Il Tabarro” (sung in German) at the
“Volksoper” in Vienna. The first performance, directed by Robert Meyer, will take place
on February 26th 2011, further performances with Melba Ramos on March 1st, 10th, 20th and 23rd 2011.

• Rainer Roos will conduct a concert version of Richard Rodgers Musical “Oklahoma” in Cologne.
The performance will take place at the “Funkhaus Wallrafplatz” on February 26th 2011 at 8p.m..

• Friedrich Haider will conduct Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts“The Abduction from the Seraglio” at the
“Staatsoper im Schillertheater” in Berlin. The performances will take place on
February 12th, 15th, 18th, 23rd and 27th, on Mai 28th and on June 1st, 4th and 13th 2011.

• Barbara Emilia Schedel will take part at a new production of “The Io Passion” by Harrison Birtwistle at the
“Kammeroper” in Vienna. The first performance will take place on February 10th 2011,
further performances on February 12th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 22nd and 24th 2011 at 7:30 pm.

• Thomas Michael Allen will sing the part of the Fairy Manto in a new production of Jean Philippe Rameaus opera “Les Paladins” at the “Deutsche Oper am Rhein” in Düsseldorf. The first performance is on January 28th 2011, further performances are on January 31st, on February 5th, 7th, 11th, 14th in Düsseldorf and on April 29th, on May 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th 2011 in Duisburg

• Chen Reiss and Paul Armin Edelmann will give a recital, with songs by Clara and Robert Schumann at the Philharmonie in Berlin, Martina Gedeck and Sebastian Koch will read letters from that couple. The concert will take place on February 21st 2011 at 8p.m.

• Juanita Lascarro and Thomas Michael Allen will sing alongside l´arte del mondo conducted by Werner Ehrhardt in Josef Mysliveceks opera “Medonte”. The performance will take place in the “Bayer Kulturhaus” in Leverkusen on December 12th 2010 at 6p.M.

The concert will be broadcasted by WDR 3 on February 20th 2011 at 8p.m.

• VMC
Juanita Lascarro, Chen Reiss, Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann, Thomas Michael Allen, Wolfgang Holzmair, Paul Armin Edelmann and Rainer Trost will sing in a concert version of Joseph Haydns opera “La Vera Costanza” in Cologne. The concert with the WDR Broadcast Orchestra, conducted by Manuel Hernández-Silva will take place in the “Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz” at February 19th 2011 at 8pm.

• Dana Marbach is on tour with a production of Henry Purcells semi-opera “The Fairy Queen”.
Next performances will take place in Rotterdam on February 9th, in London on February 11th, in Gateshead
on February 12th, in Paris on February 15th, in Chalons – en – Champagne on February 17th and
in Manchester on February 20th.

• Chen Reiss will sing in Gabriel Faurés Requiem the soprano part alongside Matthias Goerne in Paris.
The concerts, conducted by Paavo Järvi will take place on February 9th and 10th 2011 in the Salle Pleyel at 8pm.

• Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann will sing the title role in Jules Massenets opera “Manon” in a new production
at the Theatre of St. Gallen. Her first performance will take place on February 9th,
further performances on February 27th, on March 1st and 27th and on May 28th 2011

• Ernst Theis will be interviewed by Otto Brusatti in the Radio Kulturhaus in Vienna on February 5th 2011 at 10:05 am.
The interview will be broadcasted live by radio Ö1.

• Michael Leslie will give a recital in Munich on February 2nd 2011. The concert with works by
Schubert, Haydn and Beethoven will take place at the “Allerheiligen Hofkirche der Residenz” and starts at 7:30 pm.

• Anna Korondi will take part at the “toujours mozart” festival in Magdeburg. From the
29th until the 30th of January 2011 she will sing works by Mozart, Haydn and CPE Bach.

• Chen Reiss will give a recital together with the pianist Alexander Schmalcz in Hamburg on January 16th 2011.
The concert, including works by Schubert and Beethoven will take place at the "Laeiszhalle" and starts at 7:30pm.

• Chen Reiss will give a recital together with the pianist Charles Spencer in Gstaad on January 6th 2011. The concert, including works by Clara and Robert Schumann will take place
in the "Lauenenkirche" and starts at 7pm.

2010

• Friedrich Haider will conduct in Dallas a new year concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
The concert with works by the “Strauß Dynasty” will take place at December 31st 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

• Kay Stiefermann will sing the part of Danilo in Franz Lehárs "The Merry Widow" at the
"Deutsche Oper am Rhein" in Düsseldorf on December 31st 2010.

• Chen Reiss will sing alongside the “Tonkünstlerorchester Niederösterreich” conducted by Alfred Eschwé in some new year concerts arias by Donizetti, Verdi and Millöcker. The first performance will take place in the Golden Music Hall of the “Wiener Musikverein” on December 28th at 7:30p.m. Further performances she will sing at the same place on January 4th and 12th 2011 (7:30p.m.), in the Auditorium Grafenegg at December 31st 2011 (6:30p.m.) and in the St. Pölten Festival Hall on January 8th 2011 (6p.m.) and 9th 2011 (11a.m.).

• Paul Armin Edelmann will sing the role of Eisenstein and Cesar Gutierrez the role of Alfred in a new production of Johann Strauß masterwork “Die Fledermaus” at the state opera in Stuttgart. This production will be directed by Philipp Stölzl and conducted by Manfred Honeck. The first performance is on October 30th 2010. Further performances: 3th, 6th, 13th, 16th and 20th of November 2010. 9th, 23th, 27th and 31th of December 2010. 5th, 8th, 10th, 15th, 23th and 26th of January 2011.

• On December 24th and 25th 2010 at 5:30pm, Radio NDR Classic is presenting a concert, recorded in the
Michaeliskirche in Hamburg. Thomas Michael Allen is singing the Evangelist in the
"Weihnachtsoratorium" by Johann Sebastian Bach, conducted by Christoph Schoener.

• Dana Marbach will sing the part of Aeneas in a new production of Henry Purcells opera “Dido and Aeneas”
at the Semperoper in Dresden. The first performance will take place at December 12th 2010,
further performances on December 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st 2010, and
on January 8th, 9th, 22nd, 23rd 2011 and on June 11th, 12th, 13th, 19th 2011.

• Wolfgang Holzmair gives together with Charles Spencer a recital on the 9th of December
in Eppan in South Tyrol. The concert with works from Gustav Mahler take place
in the Raiffeisen Forum and starts at 8p.M.

• Paul Armin Edelmann will sing songs by Robert Schumann on December 12th 2010 at the “Prinzregententheater”
in Munich. The actors Martina Gedeck and Sebastian Koch, will also be reading letters from Clara
and Robert Schumann. The concert will start at 8pm.

• Juanita Lascarro and Thomas Michael Allen will sing alongside l´arte del mondo conducted by Werner Ehrhardt in Josef Mysliveceks opera “Medonte”. The performance will take place in the “Bayer Kulturhaus” in Leverkusen on December 12th 2010 at 6p.M.

• Chen Reiss gives a recital together with the pianist Charles Spencer in Düsseldorf on
the 4th of December. The concert, including works by Clara and Robert Schumann
will take place in the Tonhalle and starts at 8p.M.

• Thomas Michael Allen and Juanita Lascarro are singing in an Opera Gala in Steinfurt alongside
l´arte del mondo, conducted by Werner Erhardt on the 4th of December.
The concert with works from Josef Myslivicek takes place at the Bagno Kulturgalerie and starts at 8p.M.

• Melba Ramos will sing Cho Cho San in a resumption of Puccinis “Madama Butterfly”
at the State Theatre in Nürnberg. The first performance is at November 6th 2010,
further performances at November 10th, 12th, 21st and 28th and December 12th, 14th and 20th.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing the part of the Marschallin in the legendary Herbert Wernicke production of Richard Strauss´opera “Der Rosenkavalier” at the Teatro Real in Madrid. The performances conducted by Jeffrey Tate will
take place on December 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 17th, 19th and 22nd 2010.

• Chen Reiss will sing the title role in a concert performance of Franz Lehars “Das Fürstenkind”
in Munich on November 28th. The recital, conducted by Ulf Schirmer will
take place at Prinzregententheater and starts at 7p.M.

• Friedrich Haider has been honored with the Oviedo Filarmonia gold medal by the mayor of Oviedo, Gabino de Lorenzo,
for the excellent cooperation in the last 7 years. This award has been given to him for the outstanding progress
of the orchestra both in concerts and at recordings of CDs with main focus on Wolf Ferrari.

• Friedrich Haider conducts a Concert Version of Johann Strauß “Die Fledermaus” in the Cologne Philharmonic Music Hall with many VMC artists. Chen Reiss will sing Adele, Natascha Petrinsky Prince Orlowsky, Rainer Trost Alfred and Paul Armin Edelmann Eisenstein. The concert, accompanied by the Cologne Broadcast Orchestra will take place at November 13th at 8p.m.

• On October 29th 2010 , Chen Reiss and Ingolf Turban will perform in a concert alongside the Radio
Broadcast Orchestra of Cologne, conducted by Frank Beermann. The concert with works by Rossini,
Cimarosa, Beethoven und Paganini will take place in the Parktheater in Iserlohn at 8pm.

• Chen Reiss will sing together with l´arte del mondo conducted by Werner Ehrhardt, arias
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn. The concert will take place at Börsesaal
of the IHK in Cologne on October 23th 2010.

• Thomas Michael Allen will sing the role of Athamas in Semele by Georg Friedrich Händel
at the Beijing Music Festival on October 24th, 2010.

• VMC and Gramola DaCapo are pleased to announce, that Ms. Anne Schwanewilms will be
interviewed by Mag. Ursula Magnes (Radio Stephansdom) on the 16th of October 2010 at 6 pm.
The conversation will take place at Gramola DaCapo , Seilerstätte 30 (the Corner of Krugerstrasse), 1010 Vienna.

• On October 13th, soprano Juanita Lascarro will sing in "Armida - ein interkulturelles Opernpasticcio"
with the enselmble l'arte del mondo under Werner Ehrhardt at the Berliner Philharmonie.

• Paul Armin Edelmann will take part in a programme of songs and letters by Clara and Robert Schumann.
The performance will take place at the opera house in Düsseldorf on October 3rd 2010.

• Together with l’arte del mondo and Werner Ehrhardt, Kremena Dilcheva and
Barbara Emilia Schedel will perform in Gluck’s Le Cinesi.
Performances at the Theater Winterthur on September 23, 24 and 25.

• On 18 September 2010, Pietro Rizzo will conduct the Oviedo Filarmonía in an opera gala at the Teatro
Colón in LA CORUÑA. The programme features works by Puccini, Mascagni, Verdi and Giordano. Soprano
Daniela Dessi is the soloist.

•Manuel Hernández Silva will appear at the Festival de Música de Canarias, the oldest and one of the most
prestigious festivals in Spain. He will conduct the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife on January
15 and 16 2011, in a program of Chausson (Poème), Ravel (Tzigane) and
Shostakovich (Symphony no. 12).

• On September 4th, Chen Reiss will perform in a concert in Steinfurt (Steinfurt-Bagno Konzertgalerie), alongside l´arte del mondo and Werner Ehrhardt. In the following week, the artist will record a CD in Leverkusen of works by Mozart, Haydn, Paisiello, Cimarosa and Salieri. Featuring the same orchestra and conductor, this recording is for the label Berlin Classics.

• Katarzyna Dondalska and Andreas Scheidegger will perform in a gala concert of operetta music
alongside the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by Antony Hermus. Concerts will take
place on 21 August 2010 in Bad Salzuflen (Konzerthalle, 7.30 pm) and 22 August 2010 in Essen
(Grugapark, 3 pm).

• Soprano Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann and tenor César Augusto Gutiérrez will perform in
an operetta gala concert in the context of the Rheingau Festival with
the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne on 3 July.

• Natascha Petrinsky will sing in Mahler's Third Symphony in Rio de
Janeiro and Sao Paulo in July 2010.

• VMC is pleased to announce that Chen Reiss has signed a long-term
recording contract with Berlin Classics. The first recording is
scheduled for the spring of 2011.

• Susanna Martin perform in Paul Abraham’s operetta Ball im Savoy at the Cologne Philharmonie
on 25 June 2010. The WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne is conducted by Eckehard Stier.

• On 30 June and 4 July, 2010, Friedrich Haider conducts Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Roberto Devereux
at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

• Paul Armin Edelmann sings Papageno at the Opera Festival in St. Margarethen, Austria. Conductor: Manfred Waba.
The open-air performances are to be recorded for CD and DVD.
Dates in July: 14, 16, 18, 22, 25, 29, 31. Dates in August: 1, 5, 7, 12, 14.

• Natascha Petrinsky will sing in Peter Stein's staging of Alban Berg's
opera "Lulu". This production, conducted by Daniele Gatti, is part of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen).

• On 20 June, 2010, Chen Reiss and Paul Armin Edelmann will give a recital with music by Alma & Gustav Mahler in Vilshofen, Germany (Europäische Festwochen Passau). Other performers in the programme, entitled "Alma Mahler – a Portrait of a Lady", are Stephan Matthias Lademann (piano) and Angela Winkler (narrator).

• On 19 and 20 June, 2010, Wolfgang Holzmair performs at Wigmore Hall. The entire weekend is dedicated to
the music written by composers in Theresienstadt.

• On Friday, June 11th, 2010, Barbara Emilia Schedel and Kremena
Dilcheva will perform in Gluck's "Le Cinesi" at Sanssouci Castle in
Potsdam. The orchestra l'arte del mondo is conducted by Werner Ehrhardt

• Pietro Rizzo will conduct the Oviedo Filarmonía on June 10th and 11th,
2010. The programme will be Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

• Juanita Lascarro will perform in "Armida - an intercultural opera pasticcio", with l'arte del mondo
and Werner Ehrhardt, in the Ulrichskirche in Halle/Saale on June 6th.

• Thomas Michael Allen will give two performances of Händel's "Messiah" with l'arte del mondo and Werner Ehrhardt.
The first performance will take place in Altenberg Cathedral near Cologne on June 4th, the second
in the Marktkirche in Halle/Saale on June 5th (Händelfestspiele).

• Thomas Michael Allen will perform with l'Orchestre de Poitou-Charentes (OPC - Poitiers - France),
singing Britten's Serenade for Tenor and Horn from May 24th to May 29th
(3 concerts on May 27, 28 and 29).

• Chen Reiss will sing the part of Blonde in Mozart's "Die Entführung
aus dem Serail" at this year's Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Zubin Mehta
conducts performances on May 14th, 16th, 19th and 21st.

• On May 8th, 12th, 16th and 24th, soprano Susanna Martin will perform in P. Eötvös` opera "Love and other Demons”,
conducted by Markus Stenz, at Cologne Opera House.
•On May 9th, 2010, Susanna Martin will sing in F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Walpurgisnacht".
The concert will take place in the Kreuzkirche in Düsseldorf.

• Kay Stiefermann will sing at the Wiener Volksoper on 5 May 2010
the role of Graf Danilo in Lehar’s "Die lustige Witwe".

• Rainer Trost will be in Oviedo between April 23rd and 29th. With the
Oviedo Filarmonía conducted by Friedrich Haider, he will sing the part
of the Evangelist in Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari´s opera Talitha Kumi, to be
performed on April 29th in the Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Oviedo.

• Barbara Emilia Schedel and Kremena Dilcheva will take part in a
concertante performance of Gluck´s Le Cinesi on April 30th 2010 at 8
pm. L´arte del mondo, conducted by Werner Ehrhardt, is the orchestra
for this event at the Steinfurt Bagno Konzertgalerie.

• On April 29th, Chen Reiss will sing the part of Falke in Die Frau ohne
Schatten by Richard Strauss. This performance, conducted by Zubin
Mehta, is part of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence.

• Anne Schwanewilms will sing Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony in Graz on
April 12 and 13, 2010. Conductor: Johannes Fritzsch.

• On 7 April 2010, the world-renowned soprano Anne Schwanewilms will give a lied recital in Eppan / South Tyrol in
the Raiffeisen-Forum of the Lanserhaus. The programme will feature a selection of songs by
Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. The artist will be accompanied by
pianist Charles Spencer.

• Mezzo soprano Kremena Dilcheva will sing works by Gustav Mahler, Morton Feldman, Alban Berg and Ernst Krenek
in the Hubert-Burda-Saal of the Jewish Centre in Munich (Jüdisches Zentrum Jakobsplatz). The
concert will take place on 24 March 2010; the Orchester Jakobsplatz
München will be conducted by Daniel Grossmann.

• On March 12th, 14th and 19th, baritone Wolfgang Holzmair will perform at the Hugo-Wolf-festival, which is
organised by the Austrian broadcaster ORF. All festival concerts will take place in the
RadioKulturhaus at 7.30 pm.

• Gramola DaCapo and VMC are pleased to announce that Mr. Rainer Trost will be interviewed by Dr. Wilhelm Sinkovicz
on March 19th at 6.30 pm. The conversation will take place at Gramola DaCapo,
Seilerstätte 30 (the corner of Krugerstraße), 1010 Vienna.

• Rainer Trost will sing the part of Pylade in Torsten Fischer`s new production of Gluck`s Iphigénie en Tauride at
the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. Conducted by Harry Bicket,
performances will take place on
March 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th and 23rd.

• VMC is pleased to announce that, as of March 1st, 2010, it is taking on the exclusive representation of renowned
Spanish soprano Ainhoa Arteta
for Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

• Sopran Chen Reiss sings her debut in Paris as Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff, conducted by Daniele Gatti.
Performances take place at Théatre des Champs-Élysées
on February 24, 26, 28 and March 2, 2010.

• Star soprano Anne Schwanewilms will perform the Countess of W. A. Mozarts „Le nozze di Figaro“ on the
28th of February at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Further performances: March 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 27th.

• On February 07 the soprano Siphiwe McKenzie Edelmann will perform the female role Laya in the operetta
“Die Blume von Hawaii” by Paul Abraham at the Vienna Volksoper.
Other Performances. 07. 09. 12. 15. 18. 21. February
03. 13. 21. 24. 29. March 10. 12. April

• On January 21st, soprano Juanita Lascarro will sing the title role in
Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Theater an der Wien.
Further performances on January 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th and 31st.

• Gramola DaCapo and VMC are pleased to announce that Ms Juanita Lascarro will be
interviewed by Dr Otto Brusatti on January 22nd at 6.30 pm. The conversation will take place at Gramola
DaCapo, Seilerstätte 30 (the corner of Krugerstraße), 1010 Vienna.

Please confirm your attendance by calling 0676 603 4889 or sending an
e-mail to astnervmc@viemuc.com

• World-renowned baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, a new VMC artist, will sing the part of Sorceress in two performances
of Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas". Concerts will take place at the Vienna Musikverein on January
9th and 10th, under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.