Anna Netrebko will make her role debut as la Contessa in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro in Baden-Baden on 17. May 2013

Anna Netrebko will make her role debut as la Contessa in a new Philipp Himmelmann's production of Mozart's masterpiece Le Nozze di Figaro at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden with Luca Pisaroni in the title role, Mojca Edmann as Susanna and Erwin Schrott as il Conte di Almaviva. Thomas Hengelbrock conducts the Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Choir.

Four performances are scheduled on 17., 20., 23. and 26. May 2013. Ticket prices range from 93 to 310 Eur.

Le Nozze di Figaro, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 17. May 2013 – Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Mojca Erdmann (Susanna), Erwin Schrott (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Netrebko* (La Contessa), Katija Dragojevic (Cherubino), NN (Marcellina), Jonathan Lemalu (Doctor Bartolo), James Elliott (Don Basilio), Thomas Michael Allen (Don Curzio), Regula Mühlemann (Barbarina); Philipp Himmelmann (Staging), Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock 

Le Nozze di Figaro, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 20. May 2013 – Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Mojca Erdmann (Susanna), Erwin Schrott (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Netrebko (La Contessa), Katija Dragojevic (Cherubino), NN (Marcellina), Jonathan Lemalu (Doctor Bartolo), James Elliott (Don Basilio), Thomas Michael Allen (Don Curzio), Regula Mühlemann (Barbarina); Philipp Himmelmann (Staging), Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock 

Le Nozze di Figaro, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 23. May 2013 – Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Mojca Erdmann (Susanna), Erwin Schrott (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Netrebko (La Contessa), Katija Dragojevic (Cherubino), NN (Marcellina), Jonathan Lemalu (Doctor Bartolo), James Elliott (Don Basilio), Thomas Michael Allen (Don Curzio), Regula Mühlemann (Barbarina); Philipp Himmelmann (Staging), Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock 

Le Nozze di Figaro, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden 26. May 2013 – Luca Pisaroni (Figaro), Mojca Erdmann (Susanna), Erwin Schrott (Il Conte di Almaviva), Anna Netrebko (La Contessa), Katija Dragojevic (Cherubino), NN (Marcellina), Jonathan Lemalu (Doctor Bartolo), James Elliott (Don Basilio), Thomas Michael Allen (Don Curzio), Regula Mühlemann (Barbarina); Philipp Himmelmann (Staging), Balthasar Neumann Orchestra and Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock

Universal Music launches the new Centre Stage Artist Management (CSAM) agency

Universal Music Group has launched Centre Stage Artist Management (CSAM), a new Berlin and London-based agency to provide management services to classical singers.

Judith Neuhoff, who had been working with Jeffrey D. Vanderveen in IMG Artists and Universal Music Classical Management and Productions, has been appointed as Managing Director of CSAM.

Neuhoff said the company’s philosophy was about supporting individual clients and added “Through in-depth collaboration with opera houses and concert halls, record labels, PR agencies and promoters around the world, we are able to offer unique perspective and guidance to artists. We will continue to develop an artist roster of supreme excellence, with quality, transparency and accountability as our guiding principles.”

CSAM is currently working with Anna Netrebko, Mojca Erdmann, Ruxandra Donose, Joseph Calleja, Massimo Giordano, Rolando Villazón, Thomas Hampson and Roman Trekel.