"Humanity in War"

Thomas Quasthoff | Recitation
Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann | Violin
Samuel Shepherd | Cello
Mengjie Han | Piano

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 the First World War, pen and paper were often all that many had to keep in touch with their distant loved ones. Based on these field post letters, Quasthoff and the Amatis Trio trace the humanity of wartime and the personal struggle of the people behind the statistics.

Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina

Günther Groissböck, Pope Pius IV.
Michael Nagy, Giovanni Morone
Michael Laurenz, Bernardo Novagerio
Wolfgang Bankl, Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
Wolfgang Koch, Carlo Borromeo, Roman Cardinal
Hiroshi Amako, Abdisu, Patriarch of Assyria
Adrian Eröd, Count Luna, Ambassador of the King of Spain
Norbert Ernst, Bishop of Budoja
Michael Gniffke, Theophilus, Bishop of Imola
Michael Spyres, Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Kapellmeister at the Church of St Maria Maggiore in Rome
Florina Ilie, Ighino, his son
Patricia Nolz, Silla, his pupil

Christian Thielemann, conductor
Herbert Wernicke, production
Herbert Wernicke, stage design, costumes and lighting

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem d-Moll KV 626

Chelsea Marylin Zurflüh, Soprano
Anja Mittermüller, Mezzosoprano
Michael Schade, Tenor
David Steffens, Bass

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich
Konzertchor Interpunkt
Andreas Ottensamer, Conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, Rè di Creta KV 366

Diana Haller, Elettra
Lavinia Bini, Ilia
Jeremy Ovenden, Idomeneo
Ida Ränzlöv, Idamante
Charles Sy, Arbace
Aleksander Myrling, Voce di Nettuno

Cornelius Meister, conductor
Bastian Kraft, director
Peter Baur, stage design
Jelena Miletić, costumes
Sophie Lux, videos
Gerrit Jurda, lighting design
Manuel Pujol, chorus master
Franz-Erdmann Meyer-Herder, dramaturgy

Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte KV 588

Agneta Eichenholz, Fiordiligi
Alice Coote, Dorabella
Rainer Trost, Ferrando
Russell Braun, Guglielmo
Georg Nigl, Don Alfonso
Nicole Chevalier, Despina

Fabio Biondi, musical director
Dmitrij Tscherniakow, director, stage design
Elena Zaytseva, costumes
Gleb Filshtinsky, lighting
Emmanuelle Bizien, vocal conductor

VOLT Kamerkoor
Luxembourg Philharmonic
New production of the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
In co-production with the Théâtre du Châtelet; Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg; Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Hanns Eisler: Gegen den Krieg
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

Eleanor Lyons, Soprano
Sophie Harmsen, Mezzo-soprano
Ilker Arcayürek, Tenor
Jarrett Ott, Bass

Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry

Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser

Wilfried Zelinka, Landgraf Hermann
Samuel Sakker, Tannhäuser
Nikita Ivasechko, Wolfram von Eschenbach
Ted Black, Walther von der Vogelweide
Markus Butter, Biterolf
Euiyoung Peter Oh, Heinrich der Schreiber
Will Frost, Reinmar von Zweter
Erica Eloff, Elisabeth
Mareike Jankowski, Venus
Ekaterina Solunya, Ein junger Hirt
Ingrid Niedermair-Miller | Lenka Jombíková | Dominika Blazek | Agustina Calderón, 4 Edelknaben

Johannes Braun, musical director
Evgeny Titov, director
Christian Schmidt, stage design
Esther Bialas, costumes
Sebastian Alphons, lighting design
Katharina John, dramaturgy
Johannes Köhler, chorus master

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125

Eleanor Lyons, Soprano
Sophie Harmsen, Mezzo-soprano
Ilker Arcayürek, Tenor
Jarrett Ott, Bass

Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Collegium Vocale Gent

Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

Georg Zeppenfeld, The King of Clubs
Mauro Peter, The Prince
Nadezhda Karyazina, Princess Clarice
Neven Crnić, Leandro
Aaron Pegram, Truffaldino
Danylo Matviienko, Pantalone
Alexandros Stavrakakis, Chelio 
Flurina Stucki, Fata Morgana
Michal Doron, Linetta
Valerie Eickhoff, Nicoletta
Jasmin Delfs, Ninetta
Taras Shtonda, Cook
Tilmann Rönnebeck, Farfarello
Georgina Fürstenberg, Smeraldina
Gerald Hupach, The Master of Ceremonies

Erik Nielsen, Musical Director
Evgeny Titov, Director
Wolfgang Menardi, Staging
Emma Ryott, Costume
Fabio Antoci, Lighting
Jonathan Becker, Choir master
Benedikt Stampfli, Dramaturgy