2024 – 2025

APRIL 28, 2025

House of Culture “Sunrise”, Moscow, Russia

Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 (1912)

by Arnold Schoenberg

A song cycle of 21 melodramas for soprano and chamber ensemble in an atonal, expressionist setting of Albert Giraud’s poems that trace the surreal and emotional journey of the clown Pierrot under the moonlight.

Sonette der Elisabeth Barrett-Browning, Op. 52 (1934)

by Egon Wellesz

A song cycle of 5 songs for soprano and chamber orchestra, setting German translations of Barrett-Browning’s love sonnets in a richly textured, lyrical idiom that bridges late Romanticism and early modernism.

JUNE 22, 2025

Hermitage Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia

ANOTHER SUNRISE (2012)

by Jake Heggie

A dramatic monodrama in several scenes for soprano and chamber ensemble, based on the true story of Holocaust survivor Krystyna Żywulska, blending lyrical vocal writing and stark emotional storytelling in a powerful reflection on memory, trauma, and resilience.

Yulia Petrachuk (soprano)

New Moscow Orchestra

Conductor – Daiana Hofmann

Stage director – Elizaveta Korneeva

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025

Maryland Theater, Hagerstown, MD, USA

Baruchs Schweigen (2010)

by Ella Milch-Sheriff

A chamber one-act opera “Baruchs’ Silence” tells the haunting, semi-autobiographical story of the composer’s father — a Holocaust survivor who never spoke of his past — using expressive vocal writing, spoken text, and minimalist orchestration to explore memory, trauma, and the silence passed from one generation to the next.

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