Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43
Antonín Rejcha: "Lenore" Storm (2nd part) , op. 74
Julius Rietz: Hero and Leander, Ouverture, op.11
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn: Hero und Leander
Carl Maria von Weber: Cavatina of Rezia from "Oberon"
Carl Maria von Weber: "Prayer" from Oberon

Sophie Karthäuser, soprano
Insula orchestra
Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Carlus Padrissa – La Fura dels Baus, staging and video
Mihael Milunovic, drawing and scenography

Beware of the elements! Terrestrial catastrophe is at the heart of the first part of this programme that explores the relationship between man and Nature. Prometheus, symbolising human destiny, opens the long list of climatic disasters with a cataclysmic tempest, followed by a storm described by Anton Reicha, and the floodwaters that sweep through the love story uniting Hero and Leander, in a setting by Julius Rietz and Fanny Hensel. The carnage caused by human hand adds to the elemental fury as war is at the heart of Weber’s cantata Battle and Victory, while the poignant allegretto of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony sounds like a premise of the long, slow exodus of migrants. In contrast with all this tumult, the prevailing mood of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, the Pastoral, forming the second half of the programme, is more appeased, a true hymn to nature and peace.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte KV 588

Nicole Car, Fiordiligi
Serena Malfi, Dorabella
Heidi Stober, Despina
Ben Bliss, Ferrando
Luca Pisaroni, Guglielmo
Gerald Finley, Don Alfonso

Harry Bicket, conductor
Phelim McDermott, stage director
Tom Pye, stage design
Laura Hopkins, costumes
Paule Constable, light design

Antonín Dvořák: Biblical songs op. 99, B. 185
Antonín Dvořák: "Notturno" for string orchestra H-Dur op. 40
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for strings E-Dur op. 22
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in A-major KV 201

Bernarda Fink, mezzosoprano

Camerata Salzburg
Gregory Ahss, concert master and artistic direction

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll op. 125

Laura Aikin, soprano
Anke Vondung, alto
Brenden Gunnell, tenor
Thomas Johannes Mayer, bass

La Fenice Orchestra & Choir
Chorus Master Claudio, Marino Moretti
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

Liang Li, Sarastro
Oleksiy Palchykov, Tamino
Katharina Konradi, Pamina
Levente Páll, Sprecher
Hiroshi Amako, Priester
Antonina Vesenina, Königin der Nacht
Hellen Kwon, Erste Dame
Kady Evanyshyn, Zweite Dame
Ida Aldrian, Dritte Dame
Zak Kariithi, Papageno
Peter Galliard, Monostatos
Larissa Wäspy, Papagena
Jürgen Sacher, Erster Geharnischter
Hubert Kowalczyk, Zweiter Geharnischter
Solist des Tölzer Knabenchors , Drei Knaben

Nicolas André, conductor
Jette Steckel, director
Florian Lösche, stage designer
Pauline Hüners, costume designer
Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann, dramaturgy
EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge), video
Paulus Vogt, lighting concept
Eberhard Friedrich, choir

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Antonín Dvořák: Biblical songs op. 99, B. 185
Antonín Dvořák: "Notturno" for string orchestra H-Dur op. 40
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for strings E-Dur op. 22
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in A-major KV 201

Bernarda Fink, mezzosoprano

Camerata Salzburg
Gregory Ahss, concert master and artistic direction

Johann Strauß: Die Fledermaus

Norbert Ernst, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Anke Krabbe, Rosalinde
Stefan Heidemann, Gefängnisdirektor Frank
Maria Boiko, Prinz Orlofsky
Jussi Myllys, Alfred
Christoph Filler, Dr. Falke
Luis Fernando Piedra, Dr. Blind
Lavinia Dames, Adele
Helena Günther, Ida
Wolfgang Reinbacher, Frosch
Chin-A Hwang, Birgit Mühlram, Anna Pawlowa-Lichtenwald, Amanda Cruz-Portuondo, Marina Aikaterini Rouka, Chiara Jovy, Ewa Bienkowska, Sofia Klein-Herrero | female dancers

Benjamin Reiners, conductor
Axel Köhler, stage director
Frank Philipp Schlößmann, stage and costume designer
Volker Weinhart, lightning designer
Patrick Francis Chestnut, choir
Mirko Mahr, choreographer
Hella Bartnig, dramaturgy

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll op. 125

Laura Aikin, soprano
Anke Vondung, alto
Brenden Gunnell, tenor
Thomas Johannes Mayer, bass

La Fenice Orchestra & Choir
Chorus Master Claudio Marino Moretti
Hartmut Haenchen, conductor

Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer

Andrzej Dobber, Holländer
Allison Oakes, Senta
Michael Schade, Erik
Wilhelm Schwinghammer, Daland
Daniel Kluge, Steuermann
Katja Pieweck, Mary

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Christof Prick, conductor
Marco Arturo Marelli, stage-director
Dagmar Niefind-Marelli, costumes

Antonín Dvořák: Biblical songs op. 99, B. 185
Antonín Dvořák: "Notturno" for string orchestra H-Dur op. 40
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for strings E-Dur op. 22
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in A-major KV 201

Bernarda Fink, mezzosoprano

Camerata Salzburg
Gregory Ahss, concert master and artistic direction