News
Anne-May has been appointed the artistic co-director of new festival zeit:fluss in Sils/Engadin
Anne-May will take over the co-direction of the first edition of newly inaugurated music festival zeit:fluss. Together with Mike Svoboda, she will curate a week-long series of events that are closely linked to the serene beauty of the alpine region around Sils-Maria in Engadin which inspired so many artists and thinkers over the last century. The new festival is an initiative of the famous Hotel Waldhaus and will take place both in the hotel's own – sometimes hidden – venues and public as well as private locations of Sils and the Fex valley. More information coming soon.
Opera premiere: Adam und Eva at Schwetzinger Festspiele 2025
Time flies: the next edition of the Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele will already see the world premiere of Adam und Eva by Mike Svoboda (music) and Anne-May Krüger (libretto). Co-produced by the Landestheater Linz/Austria, the piece will be staged by Andrea Moses and conducted by the composer. Click for more information.
New opera project: Die Schwarze Spinne
Anne-May will be featured both as librettist and lead singer in a new production of Heinrich Sutermeister's Die schwarze Spinne (1936). The re-working of Sutermeister's radio opera is part of the SNF-funded research project Code Word 'Black Spider”: Swiss Music Theater as a Resource for the Construction of Collective Identity of Hochschule der Künste Bern and Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, starting in fall 2024. The premiere is scheduled for May 2026. More information to follow.
Interview
Anne-May talks about her book Musik über Stimmen. Vokalinterpretinnen und Interpreten der 1950er und 60er Jahre im Fokus hybrider Forschung (Wolke Hochheim) in an interview with Irene Kurka. More information and orders.
"This book, as fascinating as it is illuminating, bridges the gap between scientific research and artistic practice, and is definitely of interest not only to singers, but also to those who are passionate about the diverse expressions of the human voice." (Matthias Roth, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Feb. 18, 2023)
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Next Dates
Mike Svoboda: Der Phonometrograph Erik Satie
Zionskirche, Bielefeld
FRAKZIONEN – Festival für zeitgenössische Musik Bielefeld
music by Erik Satie and Mike Svoboda
Anne-May Krüger - mezzo-soprano, barrel organ, melodica, toy piano
Nejc Grm - accordion, melodica, toy piano
Mike Svoboda - trombone, recitation, melodica, toy piano
Georges Aperghis: Sextuor – L'origine des espèces
Trier
Ensemble SoloVoices
Einat Aronstein, soprano
Svea Schildknecht, soprano
Francisca Näf, mezzo-soprano
Anne-May Krüger, mezzo-soprano
Barbara Ostertag, alto
Ellen Fallowfield, cello
Marcelo Cardoso Gama, stage direction/stage design
Mike Svoboda: Der Phonometrograph Erik Satie
H95, Basel
music by Erik Satie and Mike Svoboda
Anne-May Krüger - mezzo-soprano, barrel organ, melodica, toy piano
Nejc Grm - accordion, melodica, toy piano
Mike Svoboda - trombone, recitation, melodica, toy piano