Alex as a member of the Associate Choir of the Municipal Theatre (Stadttheater) in Freiburg, Germany Please wait for the Java-Applet to be loaded. See stage of Ballo in Maschera with all participants here The operas I sang in are Don Carlo (Guiseppe Verdi), opened September 1990, cond. by Donald Runnicles, with Helen Bickers as Elisabeth and Ulla Sippola as Eboli Billy Budd (Benjamin Britten), opened Feb. 1991, cond. by Donald Runnicles Carmen (George Bizet), cond. by Donald Runnicles (opened April 1992), with Alexandra Hughes as Carmen, Kurt Westi and Ruben Broitman as Don Jose Jenufa (Leos Janacek), opened April 1993, with Helen Bickers in the title role La Traviata (Verdi), opened in 1993 Pagliacci (Ruggero Leoncavallo), opened in 1994 Simon Boccanegra (Verdi), opened in 1994, staged by Andreas Homoki Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi), opened in 1995, staged by Anthony Pilavachi Oedipus Rex (Strawinsky), opened 1996, staged by Gerd Heinz Opera performances I would not have liked to miss were (besides the Gruberova performances that are reported on a different section of my website) Fidelio (Beethoven) with Rene Kollo and Hildegard Behrens (my first performance at Vienna State Opera, June 1986) Tosca with Luciano Pavarotti in Vienna (1989) Don Carlo staged by Ruth Berghaus in Basel (around 1992) Othello in the Arena di Verona during a warm summer night in 1994 Thanhäuser (Wagner), staged by Gerd Heinz (Freiburger Theater, 1994) Die Walküre by Wagner, staged by Harry Kupfer (Hamburg, around 1994) Die Fledermaus (Strauss), staged by Harry Kupfer (Komische Oper Berlin, 1998) Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner), with Simon Estes (Dt. Oper Berlin, 1995) Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck), some repertoire-performance (Gärtnerplatz-Theater München, 1995) Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart), staged by Christoph Loy (Freiburger Theater, 1994) Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), with Sylvia McNair (Susanna), Bernd Weikl and Margret Price (Vienna State Opera, 1989) Street Scene (Kurt Weill), staged by Gerd Heinz, Stadttheater Freiburg Viva la mamma! by Donizetti - the first opera I saw at the age of six at the Stadttheater in Freiburg Please come back some other time, when I report on the performances I hated! That might be even more interesting. Back to Alex's Page