Conductor

Together with librettist Tom Holloway, Czech composer Miroslaw Srnka places a real-life criminal case during the Second World War at the center of his opera Voice Killer, which he wrote as a commissioned work for the MusikTheater an der Wien. His protagonist, a young soldier at a US army base in Australia, is obsessively searching for the voice of his deceased mother among women crossing his path - ultimately, this search turns him into a serial killer. Under the musical direction of Finnegan Downie Dear, Klangforum Wien will premiere the work at the Theater an der Wien.

Voice Killer

Theater an der Wien, Vienna

Der Rosenkavalier weaves opulent, bittersweet waltzes with lush late-Romantic orchestration, evoking both nostalgic elegance and the ache of time passing. Strauss’s co-creator, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, wrote of a world of ceremony and lavish ritual, in which the characters are helplessly entangled.

This is the much-anticipated return of Bruno Ravella and Gary McCann’s stylish and opulent 2021 production, which had to be performed to a limited audience after lockdown. Making their Garsington debuts are conductor Finnegan Downie Dear, Matilda Sterby, Andreas Bauer Kanabas and Niamh O’Sullivan, whose Octavian at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées received great acclaim. We are also delighted to welcome back Soraya Mafi as Sophie and Robert Murray as Valzacchi.

Conductor

Finnegan Downie Dear

Events

Upcoming events

May 28 - Jun 29, 2026

Der Rosenkavalier · Garsington Opera

Past events

13 - 23 Jun, 2025

Voice Killer · Klangforum Wien

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss

Garsington Opera

Conductor in Voice Killer by Srnka

Klangforum Wien

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