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Season 2018/2019 at the Royal Danish Opera
Robert will conduct the re-premiere of Die Fledermaus on 24 November, with performances running into 2019. There will be a live cinema relay of the show on 9 December. Later in the season will come performances of Tosca – and a popular return of the orchestra’s Christmas concerts in December. The concert on 21 December will be broadcast live on DR.
Robert is absolutely delighted to make his debut with the Athelas Ensemble, Copenhagen’s orchestra for new music, in Hans Abrahamsen’s already iconic work, Schnee. The performance will be on 2 December 2018.
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May 2018
In Spring 2018 Robert conducted the Danish premiere of Thomas Adès’ monumental new opera, The Exterminating Angel in the production by Tom Cairns. He also conducted performances of Verdi’s Rigoletto, and of the Puccini opera La Fanciulla del West. Another highlight was to play Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps with wonderful musicians from the Kongelige Kapel: violinist Emma Steele, clarinettist John Kruse and cellist Kim Bak Dinesen.
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October 2017
A rare pleasure to play the early Piano Quintet (1903) by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the first chamber concert of the new season with players of the Royal Danish Orchestra.
Violin: Emma Steele, Viola: Alexander Ølgaard, Cello: Kim Bak Dinesen, Double Bass: Ramsey Harvard, Piano: Robert Houssart
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March 2017
Performances of Le Nozze di Figaro, conducting Elise Kragerup’s production as it tours Denmark
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January-February 2017
Robert conducted Graham Vick’s sensational new production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Robert also conducted the Royal Danish Opera’s Opera2Go project this season.
Public stage rehearsals, followed by complete performances of Act 4 of Puccini’s La Bohème – in Elisabeth Linton’s production (new to the company this season). All performances are on the main stage (Store Scene) of the Copenhagen Opera, with the Kongelige Kapel and cast:
Yana Kleyn/Sophie Jensen/Gert Henning Jensen/Palle Knudsen/Leif Jone Olberg/Henning von Schulman
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December 21 & 22, 2016
Sing Jul Ind!
Christmas concert with the Royal Danish Orchestra brass and chorus
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June – July 2016
Conducting Tom Guthrie’s new production of Le Nozze di Figaro at the wonderful Longborough Festival
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June 12 2016
Powder Her Face is named Årets Opera/Opera of the Year at the Danish Theatre awards – the Reumert Awards
Staging: Orpha Phelan/Madeleine Boyd
Cast: Anne Margrethe Dahl/Sophie Jensen/Alexander Sprague/Sten Byriel
Musicians of the Kongelige Kapel/Robert Houssart
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June 3 2016
Robert replaced the indisposed Michael Boder to conduct Strauss’ Salome at the Kongelige Opera, Copenhagen.
Staging: Stefan Herheim/Heike Scheele/Gesine Völlm
Cast: Gisela Stille/Randi Stene/Sabrina Kögel/Adam Frandsen/Michael Christensen/Thomas C Hall u.a.
Kongelige Kapel/Robert Houssart