12.09.2021

SUMI HWANG makes her debut as Mozart's Contessa in Wiesbaden

As a new member of the ensemble of Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, the internationally up-and-coming lyric soprano Sumi Hwang will place a special focus on central Mozart roles in the current 2021/2022 season, starting with her debut as Countess in Le nozze di Figaro. Uwe Eric Laufenberg's production from autumn 2020 provides a fitting setting for this debut, whilst Konrad Junghänel is entrusted with the musical direction.

In the course of the season, Sumi Hwang will further appear in Wiesbaden as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Ilia in Idomeneo. 

Cast 

Benjamin Russell, Count Almaviva 
Sumi Hwang, Countess Almaviva 
Anna El-Khashem, Susanna 
Konstantin Krimmel, Figaro
Heather Engebretson, Cherubino
Romina Boscolo, Marcellina
Erik Biegel, Basilio
Osvaldo Navarro-Turres, Don Curzio
Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Bartolo
Wolfgang Vater, Antonio
Stella An, Barbarina

Konrad Junghänel, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Jessica Karge, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Albert Horne, chorus master
Daniel C. Schindler, dramaturgy

Chor & Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden
Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden