Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Julian Prégardien, tenor (Tamino)
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone (Papageno)
Christina Landshamer, soprano (Pamina)
Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Queen of the Night)
Tareq Nazmi, bass (Sarastro)
Alexandria Shiner, soprano (First Lady)
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano (Second Lady)
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano (Third Lady)
Rodell Rosel, tenor (Monostatos)
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Speaker of the Temple)
Owen McCausland, tenor (First Armored Man and Second Priest)
Kidon Choi, baritone (Second Armored Man and First Priest)
Ashley Emerson, soprano (Papagena)
Manuela Linshalm, puppeteer
Angelo Konzett, puppeteer
Bruno Belil Espinos, puppeteer

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, Stage Director
Heike Vollmer, Set Designer
Denise Heschl, Costume Designer
Paul Grilj, Light Design
The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

Marco Jentzsch, Siegmund
Young Doo Park, Hunding
Michael Volle, Wotan
Betsy Horne, Sieglinde
Manuela Uhl, Brünnhilde
Katrin Wundsam, Fricka
Vera Ivanovic, Helmwige
Sharon Kempton, Gerhilde
Britta Stallmeister, Ortlinde
Katrin Wundsam, Waltraute
Sarah Mehnert, Siegrune
Fleuranne Brockway, Rossweiße
Nora Kazemieh, Grimgerde
Helena Köhne, Schwertleite

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Michael Güttler, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Antje Sternberg, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Falko Sternberg, video
Katja Leclerc, dramaturgy

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Georg Zeppenfeld, Hans Sachs, Schuster
Günther Groissböck, Veit Pogner, Goldschmied
Wolfgang Koch, Sixtus Beckmesser, Schreiber
Martin Häßler, Fritz Kothner, Bäcker
David Butt Philip, Walther von Stolzing, ein junger Ritter aus Franken
Michael Laurenz, David, Sachsens Lehrbube
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Eva, Pogners Tochter
Christina Bock, Magdalene, Evas Amme
Nikita Ivasechko, Hermann Ortel

Philippe Jordan, Musical Director
Keith Warner, Director
Boris Kudlička, Staging
Kaspar Glarner, Costumes
John Bishop, Lighting
Akhila Krishnan, Video
Karl Alfred Schreiner, Choreography
Katharina Kastening, Production

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sarastro
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Sebastian Wartig, Papageno

Gaetano d’Espinosa, conductor

History often reduces wars to a collection of statistics. It is easy to forget that behind every number, every flag, every battle, there is a person who is someone's child, parent, or lover. During World War I, pen and paper was often all that many had to keep in touch with their far-flung loved ones.

Based on these field letters, Quasthoff and the Amatis Trio trace the humanity in wartime and the personal struggle of the people behind the statistics.

Thomas Quasthoff | Recitation

Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann | Violine
Samuel Shepherd | Violoncello
Mengjie Han | Klavier

Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis

Julia Kleiter, soprano
Catriona Morison, alto
Maximilian Schmitt, tenor
Florian Boesch, bass

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Singverein
Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor

Handel, Georg Friedrich: Jephta

Jeremy Ovenden, Jephtha
Sophie Harmsen, Storgé
Déborah Cachet, Iphis
Tim Mead, Hamor
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Zebul
Soprano from the Choeur de Namur, Angel

Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Christophe Rousset, Director
Thibaut Lenaerts, Choirmaster

Charles Gounod: Faust

Piotr Beczala, Doktor Faust
Nicole Car, Marguerite
Adam Palka, Méphistophélès
Stefan Astakhov, Valentin
Jusung Gabriel Park, Wagner
Patricia Nolz, Siébel
Monika Bohinec, Marthe

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Frank Castorf, Production
Aleksandar Decić, Stage Design
Adriana Braga Peretzki, Costume Design
Lothar Baumgarte, Lightning Design
Wolfgang Gruber, Director's Assistant
Tobias Dusche und Daniel Keller, camera
Ann-Christine Mecke, Dramaturge

Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin op. 25, D 795

Florian Boesch, bass-baritone
Musikbanda Franui

Joseph Haydn: Te Deum C-Dur Hob. XXIIIc:2
Franz Schubert: Messe Nr. 2 in G-Dur D 167
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien, op.16

Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Vito Priante, Bassbaritone
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Riccardo Muti, Conductor