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Published: 12 May 2013
Leo Hussain conducts Mark-Antony Turnage’s Greek at the Salzburg Landestheater, in a production directed by Andreas Gergen. The role of Eddie is sung by Intermusica baritone John Chest, who makes both his role and house debut in this performance. The cast also includes Erin Snell, Frances Pappas, and Stephen Bronk. The opera is a modern take on the ancient Oedipus story, relocated to London in the 1980s. The production opens on 26 May with...
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Published: 30 January 2013
Leo Hussain returns to the Berliner Staatsoper to conduct performances of Aida directed by Pat Halmen and Tosca directed by Carl Riha in February and March. Performances of Tosca will be on 2 and 8 February, and Aida on 17, 21 and 24 February, and 1 and 7 March.Upcoming highlights for Leo Hussain include debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper with L’elisir d’amore and Royal Danish Opera with Falstaff, as well as returns to the Theater an der Wien...
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Published: 20 December 2012
On December 20 and 21, Leo Hussain will conduct the Essener Philharmoniker in a programme of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.7 and Mozart’s Concerto in A major for Clarinet and Orchestra, with soloist Sabine Meyer.Later this season Hussain will also conduct the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, with operatic highlights including Tosca and Aida at the Berliner Staatsoper and Berlioz’s Beatrice et Benedict at...
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Published: 09 January 2012
Leo Hussain makes his United States debut this month, conducting two subscription concerts with the Indianapolis Symphony (January 20 and 21).The programme includes Prokofiev Lieutenant Kije Suite, Shostakovics Violin Concerto No.2 and Mozart Symphony No.40.
Following this Hussain returns to the UK for concerts with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and BBC Philharmonic.
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Published: 26 October 2011
After a great success with the DSO Berlin opening their season at the Musikfest Berlin last month, Leo Hussain conducted the premiere of a new production of Enescu’s Oedipe at la Monnaie in Brussels last Saturday, October 22.
Legendary Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus is directing this major new production.
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Published: 06 September 2011
Leo Hussain will be conducting the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin in their season opening concert on September 13 as part of the Musikfest Berlin at the Berlin Philharmonie.
The concert features Liszt’s Two Episodes from Lenau’s Faust, Wolfgang Rihm’s Viola Concerto No.2 with soloist Tabea Zimmermann and Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony).
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Published: 23 May 2011
Leo Hussain has received critical acclaim for his conducting of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the English National Opera, in a new production by Christopher Alden. Here is a selection of the reviews:
“Leo Hussain and the orchestra spun a web of magic, making this one of the most intoxicating and disturbing ENO shows in recent memory.”
Financial Times
"The orchestra, under the incisive baton of Leo Hussain, dazzled."
The...
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Published: 06 May 2011
Leo Hussain returns to the English National Opera to conduct a new production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening on May 19 with nine performances to follow. The production will be directed by Christopher Alden and the cast includes Anna Christy as Tytania, Iestyn Davies as Oberon and Sir Willard White as Bottom. Intermusica singers Benedict Nelson and Michael Colvin perform as Demetrius and Flute respectively.
Hussain also recently...
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Published: 01 February 2011
Recently described by the Salzburger Nachrichten as “one of the great hopes of his profession”, the British conductor Leo Hussain will conduct the premiere of a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Salzburger Landestheater on February 11.
Hussain, who is a regular on the podium of the Orchestre symphonique de la Monnaie, received rave reviews for the new production of Janacek’s Katya Kabanova , which was premiered last October....
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Published: 10 January 2011
Having recently received critical acclaim for his performance of Janacek's Katya Kabanova at La Monnaie (debut), where he conjured “breathtaking momentum” whilst succeeding to form “a completely coherent whole” (Salzburger Nachrichten), Leo Hussain conducts a selection of Haydn and Bartók in a concert at the Auditorium Palais Stéphanie in Cannes on January 28.