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Stabat Mater aus Pergolesi
29 März 18 30 Uhr
Kreuzkirche Hohenzollerndamm 130, 14199 Berlin
Tickets bei Eventim Light une Abendkasse

Over the next few days, I’m again in a situation where two absolutely unmissable projects have collided! Unlike last year‘s overnight hop from Boston to Salzburg, this time the distance between them is a few hundred meters, which means I’m going to be rehearsing, recording, or performing both programs almost daily (and am amazed at the kindness and flexibility of my colleagues on both!! ❤️🙏). Details and tickets at the links below.

- this weekend (and in recording sessions throughout next week) I play recitatives on fortepiano for Haydn’s Die Schöpfung at Konzerthaus Berlin under @joanamallwitzofficial’s wonderful leadership, with a cast of exquisite singers: I’m so happy to be reunited with @elsa.dreisig @kierancarrel @tareq_nazmi from previous projects and to hear the gorgeous duets of @julia_grueter and @michaelnaglbassbariton soaring over my shoulder.

- just up the street at Staatsoper it’s another installment of the great Hofmusik baroque series in the Apollosaal. As usual I join Laura Volkwein and Otto Tolonen for instrumental works by Bach and other composers associated with this region of Germany, and this time the featured vocal music will be by Handel and his Hannover predecessor Steffani, whose intricate continuo duets on secular texts inspired Handel‘s own masterpieces in this genre. Opernstudio artists @serafina.starke and @jingjingxu_gin will be tackling the coloratura and pathos of this music in one of the most exciting programs we’ve presented in this series.

Would love to see you at either!! The Schöpfung this weekend is almost sold out but will be recorded by DG Stage+ and I’ll be sure to post when it’s released. Details of both concerts are easy to find on the Staatsoper and Konzerthaus websites - Hofmusik is 7/8 March at 15:00.

Over the next few days, I’m again in a situation where two absolutely unmissable projects have collided! Unlike last year‘s overnight hop from Boston to Salzburg, this time the distance between them is a few hundred meters, which means I’m going to be rehearsing, recording, or performing both programs almost daily (and am amazed at the kindness and flexibility of my colleagues on both!! ❤️🙏). Details and tickets at the links below.

- this weekend (and in recording sessions throughout next week) I play recitatives on fortepiano for Haydn’s Die Schöpfung at Konzerthaus Berlin under @joanamallwitzofficial’s wonderful leadership, with a cast of exquisite singers: I’m so happy to be reunited with @elsa.dreisig @kierancarrel @tareq_nazmi from previous projects and to hear the gorgeous duets of @julia_grueter and @michaelnaglbassbariton soaring over my shoulder.

- just up the street at Staatsoper it’s another installment of the great Hofmusik baroque series in the Apollosaal. As usual I join Laura Volkwein and Otto Tolonen for instrumental works by Bach and other composers associated with this region of Germany, and this time the featured vocal music will be by Handel and his Hannover predecessor Steffani, whose intricate continuo duets on secular texts inspired Handel‘s own masterpieces in this genre. Opernstudio artists @serafina.starke and @jingjingxu_gin will be tackling the coloratura and pathos of this music in one of the most exciting programs we’ve presented in this series.

Would love to see you at either!! The Schöpfung this weekend is almost sold out but will be recorded by DG Stage+ and I’ll be sure to post when it’s released. Details of both concerts are easy to find on the Staatsoper and Konzerthaus websites - Hofmusik is 7/8 March at 15:00.

🤓 post alert:
Due to a couple of clients needing recordings in A=392 this week and the problem of my cembalo not transposing, I decided to sight-transpose the material from A=415 (sometimes easy, sometimes yuck depending on the chromatics and clefs!) and therefore needed to invert the mean-tone temperament so that Ab Major is tuned like 1/4 comma A major, B major like C major, etc and the tuning will therefore be palatable in the A=392 sounding keys.

Before I switched back, I took some Bach WTC1 for a spin (in 415, no transpositions here!) and the results make me wonder whether there are recordings of this music already out with bespoke tuning for different key groups? Here‘s the F# major pair (sounding in F at modern pitch, but temperament matching G in 1/4 comma).

Our first concert this year: Stabat Mater Pergolesi29.03.2026 Kreuzkirche Berlin-Schmargendorf (Großer Saal), Berlin.
Natalia Lemercier soprano
Ana Navarro alto
Daniela Lewynsohn (Violin I)
Constanza García Bórquez (Violin II)
Raúl A. Celis Maturana (Viola)
Peter Lange (Violoncello)
Musical director: Tim Ribchester
Tickets available on Eventimlight
https://sl1nk.com/stabatmater

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

Happy 2026 from @anepretorius_soprano and me!! We were 10 days off the grid in Scotland with family and exploring Andalucia - highlights included great seafood in Leith, Portobello, and Granada, a successful cross-town quest for firewood and fresh octopus to cook at home in the Albaicín, the best chuletón of our lives in Sevilla, the secret free Alhambra teaser tour (sadly it's become an influencer Disneyland, full tickets need to be booked two months ahead), and an extraordinary group of flamenco artists at Cueva Los Amayas, outdoing anything I'd seen on my previous two trips to Granada for fearless grit and spiritual commitment as a group - something all classical musicians should witness and learn from.
Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral deserves a special mention. It's been a long time since any architecture made my jaw drop the way it did when we emerged from the low-ceilinged, intricate, infinitely arched echoes of the mosque to the dazzling baroque blaze of the cathedral, embedded within it like a lost spaceship. Very few things embody a constructive dialogue between belief systems the way that building does. I attempted a video but it's not worth posting, one has to be inside the space, participating. Let's make 2026 about creating and inhabiting real spaces that bring us together, and ensuring digital platforms remain a mere tool that helps to point the way.

It’s been six months of exciting planning and zoom calls, and I can now confirm that @operaboxhk has secured a wonderful mandate and funding to build a main stage production and educational festival around my L’incoronazione di Poppea orchestration in January 2027. On top of that they have secured the amazing @eldridge.greg who directed my very first Poppea brilliantly under challenging circumstances for both of us in 2016, and whose brainstorming and constant support led to me believing in the piece and persevering to create my own version. It could not be therefore more fitting that we reunite 10 years later in partnership with producer and Opera Box artistic director @itsjessicang who sang Drusilla so superbly for us, and bring this work to Hong Kong alongside many projects to stimulate enthusiasm for baroque and seicento opera among singers, instrumentalists, and audiences.

After the US conservatory premiere at @necmusic in Boston this past April, this is the logical next step toward publication of the edition, and I cannot wait to develop the multiple facets of the project with this dream team. 🍀🎉🎈

Calling all aspiring singers!

Opera Box’s 2026 programme offers singers opportunities to participate in staged productions, baby operas, concerts and masterclasses with leading professionals, all of which will culminate in our flagship production in January 2027: Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea.

*To apply, please submit recent video recordings of the following:
1. An Italian Baroque aria
2. An art song or aria in English

Please send your files to info@operabox.org. Kindly ensure that your files are clearly labeled with your full name.*

🕰️ Applications close at 11:59 PM on February 13, 2026, so if you’d like to perform with us, don’t forget to submit your application by then!

Pre-screening of videos: Feb 13 2026

Live auditions for shortlisted singers: Mar 2026 in Hong Kong

Rehearsals begin Nov/Dec 2026, Hong Kong

Singers of all voice types and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have the right to work in Hong Kong for the contract period (Nov 2026 – Jan 2027).

#OperaAuditions #ClassicalSinger #Opera #HongKong #Opera2027 #藝能發展資助 #ACDFS

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NYC it's been too long! I'll be in town for a whole week starting December 8th, book your coaching slots now and let me know who's around for skating etc ⛸️🎄⛄️❄️🍸🍻

Ready to Duparc in Dakar with wonderful @pumezasoprano in this masterpiece of architecture we’ll also be filling with Puccini, Schumann, Heggie, Catalani and two isiXhosa songs by Sibusiso Njeza. People here are so friendly and I’m excited to explore the city and islands over the weekend 🛥️🏖️

𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕜-𝕚𝕟-ℙ𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤: 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Yesterday Tim came from Berlin to Dresden to give me a 5-hour Monteverdi boot camp at @elbe_415 , with a hiatus to teach me how to tune Clara in mean-tone. To say my brain was toast by the end is an understatement. Still have a lot of work to do to get more comfy in this repertoire, but at least it’s fun.

#operasingersofinstagram #soprano #poppea #valletto #baroque #monteverdi #music #dresden #fyp

Great to be back here for the new Spielzeit! Dusting off my Proper Oxford English 🤓 to coach the new cast of our legendary Sasha Waltz production of Dido and Aeneas. Rehearsals start in a few weeks and I’m already excited to see that live aquarium again 🐟🦑

In London for one day only, book now for 5 Sept!🫖🥪 🎼