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Past Performances

Friday, May 30 - 31, 2025 at 7:30p

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton, Canada)

Illia Ovcharenko, Piano

Karen Kamensek, Conductor

 

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

Clyne: PIVOT

 

Sunday, May 11-18, 2025 at 7p

Bernstein: Candide

Semperoper Dresden (Dresden, Germany

Erzähler, Jan Josef Liefers

Candide, David Butt Philip

Cunegonde, Erin Morley

Old Lady, Tichina Vaughn

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Friday, April 25 at 7p

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra and Arctic Philharmonic

Stormen Concert Centre (Bodø, Norway)

Tuva Svendsen, dancer

Johannes Gudbrandsen-Stavland, dancer

Bodø High School Dancers  

Stian Vikjord Danielsen, choreography

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Lasse Thorsen: Rettferdighetens sol (The Sun of Justice)

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

 

Monday, March 3-29, 2025

Jake Heggie: Moby-Dick

Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera House (New York, NY)

Pip, Janai Brugger

Capitan Ahab, Brandon Jovanovich

Greenhorn, Stephen Costello

Flask, William Burden

Starbuck, Peter Mattei

Stubb, Malcomlm MacKenzie

Queequeg, Ryan Speedo Green

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

March 16, 2025 at 3p

Laffont Grand Finals Concert

Metropolitan Opera House (New York, NY)

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

The Met’s Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition is a nationwide program designed to discover promising young opera singers and assist in their artistic and professional development. Each season, more than 1,300 applicants participate in a series of auditions leading up to the Grand Finals Concert—featuring the Met Orchestra—in which a small group of finalists compete for cash prizes and the chance to launch a major operatic career. Since the program’s inauguration more than 70 years ago, the competition has discovered generations of star singers, including Jessye Norman, Frederica von Stade, Renée Fleming, Denyce Graves, Stephanie Blythe, Sondra Radvanovsky, Lawrence Brownlee, Lisette Oropesa, Jamie Barton, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Nadine Sierra, and Ryan Speedo Green.

 

Friday, January 24 - February 14, 2025 at 7:30p

Puccini: La bohème

Houston Grand Opera

Wortham Theater Center (Houston, TX)

Joshua Guerrero, Rodolfo

Yaritza Véliz, Mimi

Edward Parks, Marcello

Juliana Grigoryan, Musetta

Cory McGee, Colline

Héctor Vásquez, Benoit/Alcindoro

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 6p

Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra 

Philharmony Concert Hall (Krakow, Poland)

Aleksandra Świgut, piano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, Italian

 

Saturday, November 2 & 3, 2024 at 8p

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, MD)

Aaron Diehl Trio

Mikaela Bennett, soprano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Williams: Zodiac Suite

Respighi: Fountains of Rome 

Debussy: La Mer

September 14 - October 1, 2024 

Poul Ruders: Handmaid’s Tale

San Francisco Opera

War Memorial Opera House (San Francisco, CA)

Offred, Irene Roberts

Serena Joy, Lindsay Ammann

Aunt Lydia, Sarah Cambidge

The Commander, John Relyea

Offred Double, Simone McIntosh

Luke, Christopher Oglesby

Nick, Brenton Ryan

Janine / Ofwarren, Katrina Galka

Offred’s Mother, Gabrielle Beteag

Rita, Sara Couden

Doctor, Matthew DiBattista

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 7:30p

Tiroler Symphonierorchester Innsbruck

Courtyard of the Hofburg Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Austria)

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

All-Beethoven program 

 

Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 1pm 
Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
Wolkenturm (Grafenegg, Austria)
Carlos Núñez, bagpipe 
Jon Pilatzke, fiddle 
Bleuen Le Friec, harp
Xurxo Núñez, percussion
Gwilym Bowen Rhys, vocals
Karen Kamensek, conductor 

All-Beethoven program

Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 7p

Israel Philharmonic

Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Gil Shaham, violinist

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau)

Dvořák: Violin Concerto

R. Strauss: Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo

Dvořák: Slavonic Dances

Saturday, June 16-22, 2024 at 9p

Israel Philharmonic

Charles Bronfman Auditorium (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Jerusalem Theater (Jerusalem, Israel)

Baruch and Ruth Rappaport Center for Art and Culture (Haifa, Israel)

Sunday, June 6-9, 2024 at 2p

Seattle Symphony

S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium - Benaroya Hall (Seattle, WA)

Jan Lisiecki, piano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Fazil Say: Grand Bazaar

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

Walton: Symphony No. 1

Saturday, May 10-11, 2024 at 7:30p

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Jack Singer Concert Hall (Alberta, Canada)

Antoine St-Onge, bassoon

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Program to include:

Weber: Bassoon Concerto

Walton: Symphony No. 1

 

Sunday, April 26-28, 2024 1:00p

Colorado Symphony

Boettcher Concert Hall (Denver, CO)

Natasha Paremski, piano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Fazil Say: Grand Bazaar

R. Strauss: Intermezzo, TrV 246, Op. 7: Four Symphonic Interludes

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Thursday, April 11-12, 2024 at 7:30p

Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE

Teatro Monumental (Madrid, Spain)

Leticia Moreno, violin

Karen Kamensek, director

Gabriela Ortiz: Antrópolis

Piazzolla: Las cuatro estaciones porteñas

Respighi: The Fountains of Rome / Pines of Rome Fuentes de Roma

 

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 8p

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Opera Berlioz | The Corum (Montpellier, France)

Xavier de Maistre, harp

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour

Glière: Concerto for harp and orchestra in E flat major opus 74

Sibelius: Symphony n°5 in E flat major opus 82

Saturday, March 14-16, 2024 at 2pm

Dalasinfonietta / Nordic Chamber Orchestra

Kristinehalle Falun (Falun, Sweden)

Tonhallen Sundsvall (Sundsvall, Sweden)

Clara Saitkoulov, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Jennifer Hidgon: Blue Cathedral

Korngold: Violin Concerto

Stravinsky: Petrushka

 

Friday, March 1, 2024 at 8p

Orquestra Filarmónica de Gran Canaria

Alfredo Kraus Auditorium (Canaria, Spain)

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Program to include:

Glass: Itaipu

Walton: Symphony No. 1

Monday, February 5-24, 2024 

Puccini: Tosca

The Royal Opera (London, England)

The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Floria Tosca, Ausrine Stundyte

Mario Cavaradossi, Marcelo Puente

Baron Scarpia, Gabriele Viviani

Spoletta, Peter Hoare

Cesare Angelotti, Grisha Martirosyan

Sacristan, Henry Waddington

Sciarrone, Jamie Woollard

Jonathan Kent, director

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Thursday, December 7, 2023 at 7:30p

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Liverpool, England)

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Prokofiev: Suite No. 1 from Cinderella

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (excerpts)

Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6p

Kuopio Symphony Orchestra

Kuopio Music Center (Kuopio, Finland)

Raschér Saxophone Quartet:

Christine Rall

Elliot Riley

Andreas van Zoelen

Oscar Trompenaars

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Thursday, October 18-19, 2023 at 7p

Norrköping Symphony Orchestra

De Geerhallen (Norrkõping, Sweden) 

Thorleif Thedéen, cello

Karen Kamensek Conductor

 

Clyne:  This Midnight Hour

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at 8p

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)

Pacific Chorale

Robert Istad, Artistic Director

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Adam Schoenberg: Cool Cat (world premiere, LA Phil commission)

Philip Glass: Violin Concerto No. 1

Holst: The Planets

Saturday, September 6-9, 2023 at 8p

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia)

Nicola Benedetti, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Marsalis: Violin Concerto

Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)

 

June 22 - July 12, 2023 

Bernstein: Candide

Welsh National Opera

Wales Millennium Centre (Cardiff, Wales)

Ed Lyon, Candide

Vuvu Mpofu, Cunégonde

Madeleine Shaw, The Old Lady

Mark Nathan, Maximilian

James Bonas, director

Karen Kamensek, conductor

March 11 - April 5, 2023 

Glass: Akhnaten

English National Opera

London Coliseum (London, England)

Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter-tenor

Nefertiti, Chrystal E. Williams

Queen Tye, Haegee Lee

Aye, Keel Watson

Scribe, Zachary James

Phelim McDermott, stage director

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 8p

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Haus des Rundfunks, Großer Sendesaal (Berlin, Germany)

Ultraschall Festival

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cello

Martin Helmchen, piano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Elena Mendoza: Still Life with Orchestra

York Höller: Concerto for Cello, Piano and Orchestra

Ying Wang:  528 Hz 8va. for Orchestra and Electronics

Sunday, January 13-15, 2023 at 3p

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Eastbourne Congress Theatre (Eastbourne, England)

Miloš Karadaglić, guitar

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Tuesday, January 1-3, 2023 at 8p

Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck

Metallwerk Plansee (Breitenwang, Austria)

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Friday, December 23, 2022 at 10:30p

Fundación Oquestra y Coro Comunidad de Madrid

National Music Auditorium, Symphony Hall (Madrid Spain)

Katerina Tretyakova, soprano

James Cleverton, baritone

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Robert Sierra: Missa Latina

Sunday, December 16-18, 2022 at 4pm

Orchestre national d’Île-de-France

Grande Salle Pierre Boulez – Philharmonie (Paris, France)

Lantern (Rambouillet, France)

Claude Debussy Theater (Maisons-Alfort, France)

Anaïk Morel, soprano

Loïc Félix, tenor

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Program to include arias and duets from Offenbach’s La Périchole, La Grande-Duchesse De Gérolstein, La Vie Parisienne and more.

Thursday, December 9-15, 2022 at 8:30p

Orchestre national d’Île-de-France

Yerres Valley Theater (Brunoy, France)

Jacques Carat Theater (Cachan, France)

Andre Malraux Theater (Rueil-Malmaison, France)

Grande Salle Pierre Boulez – Philharmonie (Paris, France)

Anaïk Morel, soprano

Loïc Félix, tenor

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Program to include arias and duets from Offenbach’s La Périchole, La Grande-Duchesse De Gérolstein, La Vie Parisienne and more.

November 17-19, 2022

Pacific Symphony

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (Costa Mesa, CA)

Stefan Jackiw, violin

Women of Pacific Chorale, Robert Istad, artistic director

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Anna Clyne: PIVOT

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy

Holst: The Planets

Saturday, November 11-12, 2022 

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

The Orpheum (British Columbia, Canada)

Christie Reside, principal flute (Ron and Ardelle Cliff Chair)

Jon Kimura Parker, Piano

 

Kodály: Dances of Galánta

Fung: Flute Concerto (VSO Commission)

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety

Friday, October 28, 2022 at 8:15pm

Brussels Philharmonic

The Flagey (Brussels, Belgium)

Eline Groslot, harp

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Camille Pépin: Vajrayāna

Philip Glass: The Light

Geoffrey Gordon: Eolian - A Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (world premiere)

Claude Debussy: La mer

Friday, September 15-16, 2022 

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra

Jack Singer Concert Hall (Calgary, AB)

Karen Gomyo, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Moussa: Violin Concerto (Adrano)

Chausson: Poème

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 3p and 8p

English National Opera Orchestra

BBC Proms

Printworks London (London, England)

Anthony Roth Costanzo, counter-tenor

George Condo, live painting

Jason Singh, nature beatboxer/vocal sound designer

Justin Peck, choreographer

Raf Simmons, costumes

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Music, dance, theatre, video, audio soundscapes and haute couture come together in a unique project in the vast space of Printworks London. Works by Handel and Philip Glass collide in a spectacle conceived by Anthony Roth Costanzo that includes a world premiere by Philip Glass.

 

Created and co-produced with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Cath Brittan, Visionaire and the English National Opera, in collaboration with Printworks London.

Friday, August 20-26, 2022

Bernstein: Wonderful Town

Norwegian Opera & Ballet

Oslo Opera House (Oslo, Norway)

Eileen Sherwood, Beate Mordal

Ruth Sherwood, Astrid Nordstad

Robert Baker, Jørgen Backer

Wreck, Aleksander Nohr

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Saturday, May 28 - June 11, 2022
Verdi: Rigoletto

The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera House (New York, NY)

Gilda, Erin Morley
Maddalena, Yulia Matochkina
The Duke of Mantua, Stephen Costello
Rigoletto, Quinn Kelsey
Sparafucile, Ante Jerkunica
Karen Kamensek, conductor

Friday, May 19 - June 10, 2022 

Glass: Akhnaten

The Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera House (New York, NY)

Rihab Chaieb, Nefertiti

Anthony Roth Costanzo, Akhnaten

Zachary James, Amenhotep III

Phelim McDermott, director

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Saturday, April 22 - 23, 2022

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (Charlotte, NC)

Knight Theater 

Calin Ovidiu Lupanu, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Borisova-Ollas: Angelus

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


 

Sunday, April 8- 17, 2022

Mozart: Così fan tutte

Arizona Opera (Phoenix, AZ)

Symphony Hall 

Karen Kamensek, conductor

E. Loren Meeker, director

Wednesday, February 11-23, 2022

Philip Glass: Alice (World Premiere)

Opéra National du Rhin (Mulhouse, France)

Mulhouse, La Filature

Karen Kamensek, conductor

Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn, choreographers

Sunday, January 21-22, 2022

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Alberta, Canada)

Jack Singer Concert Hall

Diana Cohen, violin

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Marjan Mozetich:  Fantasia... sul linguaggio perduto

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 (Turkish)

Schumann: Symphony No. 3

Saturday, January 9, 2022 at 4:30pm

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris (Paris, France)

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie de Paris 

Patricia Petibon, soprano

Karen Kamensek, conductor

 

Mostly Bernstein

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