Janina Baechle

Dvorak: Rusalka (2012)

A legend of mermaids, mere mortals, and sylvan glades. Be transported to a mystical world of water sprites, witches, and wood nymphs. In exchange for love, Rusalka will relinquish not only her mermaid magic, but also her voice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Grimm  •  Martin Kušej
CAST:  Kristine Opolais  •  Klaus Florian Vogt  •  Tara Erraught  •  Ulrich Reß

A legend of mermaids, mere mortals, and sylvan glades. Be transported to a mystical world of water sprites, witches, and wood nymphs. In exchange for love, Rusalka will relinquish not only her mermaid magic, but also her voice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Grimm  •  Martin Kušej
CAST:  Kristine Opolais  •  Klaus Florian Vogt  •  Tara Erraught  •  Ulrich Reß

Engelbert Humperdinck - Hänsel & Gretel (2015)

Since its premiere in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck's fairytale opera »Hansel and Gretel« has awakened a passion for music theatre in generations of children. Even his great contemporaries – such as Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler or Johannes Brahms – were delighted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Noble
CAST:  Adrian Eröd  •  Janina Baechle  •  Daniela Sindram  •  Ileana Tonca

Since its premiere in 1893, Engelbert Humperdinck's fairytale opera »Hansel and Gretel« has awakened a passion for music theatre in generations of children. Even his great contemporaries – such as Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler or Johannes Brahms – were delighted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adrian Noble
CAST:  Adrian Eröd  •  Janina Baechle  •  Daniela Sindram  •  Ileana Tonca

Rusalka - Bayerische Staatsoper (2010)

Rusalka is not a happily tragic fairy tale. Rusalka’s lake is a dark, damp cellar, where she is imprisoned with her sisters by her abusive father. But once she finally escapes, she is thrown mute and alone into an equally brutal world where she is utterly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Grimm
CAST:  Kristine Opolais  •  Klaus Florian Vogt  •  Nadia Krasteva  •  Günther Groissböck

Rusalka is not a happily tragic fairy tale. Rusalka’s lake is a dark, damp cellar, where she is imprisoned with her sisters by her abusive father. But once she finally escapes, she is thrown mute and alone into an equally brutal world where she is utterly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Grimm
CAST:  Kristine Opolais  •  Klaus Florian Vogt  •  Nadia Krasteva  •  Günther Groissböck