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September 8, 2013 By Ian Sidden

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View of Theater Dortmund foyer from practice room.

In September, I’m joining Theater Dortmund in Dortmund, Germany as a full time member of their opera chorus for two years. I’m thrilled to be working with them, and I’m very much looking forward to the season that they have planned.

Check out their website here (in German):

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Rehearsals begin in September, the first premiere is Don Carlo on Sept. 29, and for now my wife and I are settling into our lives in Dortmund.

Lots of changes and excitement!

PREMIERE: Tosca

Tonight at Opernhaus Dortmund, we’re premiering our “Tosca”, which is the first premiere including the chorus since March 13, 2020.

One Year Later

On March 13, 2020, we had our last large premiere at Theater Dortmund with the chorus onstage. We performed “Die Stumme von Portici” to a nearly empty auditorium, a so-called Geisterpremiere. We nevertheless, of course, gave it our all. There have been other premieres since then as the lockdowns have come and gone, but so […]

Premiere: La muette de Portici

Tonight at Theater Dortmund, we’re having our premiere of Auber’s La muette de Portici. However, it will be a closed performance.

The Stress Feedback Loop

Anything can turn into a habit if we practice it enough, and we walk around with habitual physical stress making us feel and sound stressed.

“Im weißen Rössl” Morning After

Last night, we had the premiere of “Im weißen Rössl” at Theater Dortmund. I don’t think I’ve ever heard our audience laugh as hard or as consistently as they did last night. The creative combination of the cast and Regie team has really made magic here. For my part, I enjoy singing the tunes, and […]