Every vocal artist does well to check the development and the displaying options of the own voice at any point of his or her career, to change the direction should the occasion arise or eventually to step forward to new shores of repertoire. Heidi Brunner, only few years ago a convincing interpret of the soprano part of the young Prioress Madame Lidoine in Poulenc’s opera Dialogues des Carmélites at the Theater an der Wien, follows the way which her voice displays. And this way guides her to her role-debut as Mêre Marie, a role from the mezzo-soprano repertoire, where the Swiss singer’s career originally started from. This is, however, no step back, but a large step forward!
Francis Poulenc’s opera has its premiere at the Klagenfurt Stadttheater under the musical direction of principal conductor Alexander Soddy and in the staging of the French director Richard Brunel on February 12th, 2015.
Consecutive performances of the production with the same cast will follow on February 14th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 26th and on March 1st, 4th and 6th.