The name Machreich stands not only for an invitation to active music-making and the economic success resulting from it. The agency’s founder and her colleagues dedicate themselves first and foremost to the unique artistic development of each of their singers. In an atmosphere of mutual trust and personal connection, individual projects can be conceived and inspiring constellations initiated. Intuition and discretion are the highest precepts for the work of a highly qualified team, which engages in its work with heart and mind.
(photo credit: Stephan Doleschal)
“Art is not, after all, a pretty add-on – it is the umbilical cord which connects us to the divine; it guarantees our identity as humans.”
(Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
Pavol Breslik, Tamino
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Aleksandra Olczyk, Queen of the night
Jean Teitgen, Sarastro
Mathias Vidal, Monostatos
Mikhail Timoshenko, Papageno
Ilanah Lobel-Torres, Papagena
Nicolas Cavallier, Speaker of the Temple
Margarita Polonskaya, First Lady
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Second Lady
Claudia Huckle, Third Lady
Niall Anderson, First Priest, Second Man in Armour
Nicholas Jones, Secons Priest, First Man in Armour
Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine, Three children
Oksana Lyniv, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Stage Director
Michael Levine, Set design
Patra Reinhardt, Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Martin Eidenberger, Video design
Ian Burton, Dramaturgy
Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Mathieu Pordoy, Piano
Richard Strauss: Mädchenblumen op. 22 (1886–1888)
Franz Liszt: Die Loreley S 273/1 (1841)
Germaine Tailleferre: Six chansons françaises (excerpts) (1930)
and Lieder by Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss and Lili Boulanger
Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, op. 50
Elsa Dreisig, Sopran I (Peri)
Sarah Defrise, soprano II
Sophie Rennert, mezzo soprano
Werner Güra, tenor I
Cameron Becker, tenor II
Daniel Schmutzhard, baritone
Levente Páll, bass
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Christof Loy, staging
Franz Schubert: Prometheus
Robert Schumann: Der Schatzgräber, Frühlingsfahrt
Hugo Wolf: Der Rattenfänger
Carl Loewe: Archibald Douglas, Graf Eberstein
Hugo Wolf: Ritter Kurts Brautfahrt
Carl Loewe: Tom der Reimer, Herr Oluf, Der Erlkönig, Hochzeitslied
Robert Schumann: Belsatzar
Carl Loewe: Odins Meeresritt
David Steffens, Bass
Akemi Murakami, Piano
Franz Schubert: Ouverture to Rosamunde D 797
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor (Double Concerto)
Richard Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Umberto Clerici, conductor & cello
Natsuko Yoshimoto, concertmaster
Eleanor Lyons, soprano
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Juan Diego Flórez, Hoffmann
Alex Esposito, Lindorf/Coppélius/Dr Miracle/Dapertutto
Olga Pudova, Olympia
Ermonela Jaho, Antonia
Marina Costa-Jackson, Giulietta
Julie Boulianne, Nicklausse
Christophe Mortagne, Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio
Vincent Ordonneau, Spalanzani
Alastair Miles, Crespel
Christine Rice, Muse & Geist von Antonias Mutter
Jeremy White, Luther
Grisha Martirosyan, Hermann/Schlemil
Ryan Vaughan Davies, Nathanael
Antonello Manacorda, Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sergey Levitin, Concert Master
William Spaulding, Chorus Director
Royal Opera Chorus