Hermann Bäumer: Farewell from Mainz and new chapter in Prague!

Hermann Bäumer: Farewell from Mainz and new chapter in Prague!

Hermann Bäumer, the current general music director and chief conductor in Mainz, has announced that he will not extend his contract beyond the season 2024/25. From the season 2025/26 he will take over the position of the music director at the Prague State Opera, as Kulturfreil The State Theater and the Philharmonic State Orchestra Mainz congratulated him on this appointment, with director Markus Müller expressed his joy about Bäumer's new position and its outstanding qualities.

Bäumer, who has already worked with the Prague State Opera of Richard Strauss ’“ The Rosenkavalier ”and Dmitri Schostakovich's“ Lady Macbeth von Mzens ”, is enthusiastic about the new challenge. He describes the Prague State Opera as a house with fantastic singers, a versatile orchestra and a great team.

Details on future activity

his predecessor, Andriy Yurkevych, resigns for personal reasons. In addition to Bäumer's appointment, the Czech chord director Zuzana Kadlčíková was also announced, who will also switch to the State Opera. She follows Adolf Melichar, who remains as a chord director at the State Opera, such as Gramophone reported.

Before his farewell from Mainz, Bäumer will have several projects in the program, including the premiere of "L’Aiglon" by Jacques Ibert and Arthur Honegger on January 24th and the premiere of Leoš Janáček's "The Smart Füchslein" on June 28th. In addition, several symphony concerts are on his program, including the 5th Symphony Concert with works by Jón Leifs, Ludwig van Beethoven and Bohuslav Martinů on January 10th and 11th.

In the coming June, Bäumer will also conduct a new adaptation by Aribert Reimann's opera "Lear". After his work in Mainz, the audience can look forward to his further development at the Prague State Opera.

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