Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Hob.XXI:2

Louise Alder, soprano
Bogdan Volkov, tenor
David Steffens, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Franz Schubert: Canon ‘Lacrimosa son io’ for three voices, D 131b
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater, D 175

Sabine Devieilhe, soprano
Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano
Kieran Carrel, tenor
Huw Montague Rendall, bass

Ensemble Pygmalion
Raphaël Pichon, conductor

Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Hob.XXI:2

Louise Alder, soprano
Bogdan Volkov, tenor
David Steffens, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Siegmund
Christopher Maltman, Wotan
Günther Groissböck, Hunding
Elza van den Heever, Sieglinde
Tamara Wilson, Brünnhilde
Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Fricka
Louise Foor, Gerhilde
Laura Wilde, Ortlinde
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Waltraute
Katharina Magiera, Schwertleite
Jessica Faselt, Helmwige
Ida Aldrian, Siegrunde
Marvic Monreal, Grimgerde
Marie-Luise Dreßen, Rossweise

Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Calixto Bieito, direction
Rebecca Ringst, stage design
Ingo Krügler, costume design
Michael Bauer, lighting
Sarah Derendinger, video
Bettina Auer, dramaturgy
Ching-Lien Wu, choirmaster

Thomas Quasthoff, jazz vocals
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Sharon Kam, clarinet
Lukas Sternath, piano
Selina Ott, trumpet
Tanja Tetzlaff, violoncello
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Annekatrin Hentschel, presenter

75 Years of Musical Excellence
International prizewinners of the ARD Music Competition as guests

The International ARD Music Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious classical music competitions and has brought together outstanding musicians from across the globe since 1952. Widely regarded as an important springboard for international careers and held annually in Munich, the competition celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2026.

On this occasion, internationally renowned former prizewinners will present a varied program in November at the Prinzregententheater.

Richard Wagner: Siegfried

Benjamin Bruns, Siegfried
Matthias Klink, Mime
Nicholas Brownlee, Der Wanderer
Georg Nigl, Alberich
Timo Riihonen, Fafner
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Erda
Simone Schneider, Brünnhilde

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, director
Rainer Sellmaier, set and costume design
Michael Bauer, lighting design
Manuel Braun/Jonas Dahl/Janic Bebi, video
Olaf Roth & Bettina Bartz, dramaturgy
Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges

Tiago Alexandre Neta Fonseca, Petruschka, der Clown
Pauliina Räsänen, Ptitschka, die Akrobatin
Slava Volkov, Patap, der Muskelmann

Patricia Nolz, Das Kind
Katarina Bradić, Die Mutter / Teetasse / Libelle
Sarah Aristidou, Sonne / Prinzessin / Nachtigal
Inés López Fernández, Weiße Katze / Eichhörnchen / Stuhl / Schäfer
Hellen Kwon, Schäferin / Fledermaus / Eule
Hubert Kowalczyk, Schaukelstuhl / Baum
Andrew Hamilton, Uhr / Schwarzer Kater
Jürgen Sacher, Mr. Mathe / Teekanne / Frosch

Vitali Alekseenok, musical direction
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Esme Appleton &Suzanne Andrade, direction
Paul Barritt, animation
Esme Appleton, Suzanne Andrade & Paul Barritt, conception
Pia Leong, stageing
Katrin Kath, costumes
Diego Leetz, light
Christian Günther, choir
Ulrich Lenz & Henriette von Schnakenburg, dramaturgy

Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Hob.XXI:2

Louise Alder, soprano
Bogdan Volkov, tenor
David Steffens, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor

Engelbert Humperdinck: Dornröschen

Elbenita Kajtazi/ Nicole Heesters, Röschen
Franziska Machens, Armgart, ihre Mutter
Tim Porath, Ringold, ihr Vater
Oleksiy Palchykov, Reinhold, Prinz
Elizaveta Kulagina, Rosa, Königin der Feen, eine Rose
Katja Pieweck, Morphina, Fee des Schlafes
Pavla Mlcakova, Sophia, Fee der Weisheit
Clara Kunzke, Mab, Fee des Frohsinns
Narea Son, Blanka, Fee der Unschuld, Quecksilber, Winde
Brigitta Listra, Bella, Fee der Schönheit
Kady Evanyshyn, Viola, Fee der Bescheidenheit
Ida Aldrian, Pietas, Fee der Frömmigkeit
Mariana Poltorak, Veritas, Fee der Wahrheit, Vergissmeinnicht, Sonne
Veselina Teneva, Flora, Fee der Blumen
Milena Juhl, Poesis, Fee der Dichtkunst
Inés López Fernández, Hulda, Fee der Häuslichkeit
Annika Schlicht, Dämonia, die böse Fee

Anna Bergmann, direcion
Jo Schramm, staging
Lane Schäfer, costumes
Jonas Link, video
Johannes Hofmann, sounddesign
Henning Streck, lighting
Jan Koester (Talking Animals), animation
Christopher Warmuth, dramaturgy

Markus Poschner, conductor
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, choir
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, orchestra

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Camilla Nylund, Die Feldmarschallin
Peter Rose, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Nikola Hillebrand, Sophie
Roman Trekel, Herr von Faninal
etc.

Christian Thielemann, conductor
André Heller, director
Staatskapelle Berlin