Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Kalle Kalima, electric guitar, composer
Cecila Bernardini. violin, concert master
Andreas Küppers, keys, musical direction
B’Rock Orchestra & Vocal Consort

Life & Death
It is always the existential questions that also lead to great art - when is it more beautiful and intense in music than when it comes to life and death? Together with the internationally sought-after mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen and the electric guitarist Kalle Kalima, B'Rock invites you to an evening of great emotions and navigates the audience between deep sadness and despair to exuberant joy, comfort and confidence.

Julian Prégardien, tenor
Christoph Prégardien, tenor

Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Harry Ogg, direction
Danae Dörken, piano

works by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert

Richard Strauss: Salome

Ambur Braid, Salome
Michael Schade, Herodes
Karita Mattila, Herodias
Frédéric Antoun, Narraboth
Carolyn Sproule, der Page

Johannes Debus, conductor
Atom Egoyan, director
Derek McLane, set designer
Catherine Zuber, costume designer
Michael Whitfield, original lighting designer
Phillip Barker, projections designer
Serge Bennathan, choreographer

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias, op. 70

Marlis Petersen, soprano

Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniele Gatti, conductor

Richard Strauss: Salome

Gerhard A. Siegel, Herodes
Michaela Schuster, Herodias
Malin Byström, Salome
Iain Paterson, Jochanaan
Hiroshi Amako, Narraboth
Patricia Nolz, Page
Thomas Ebenstein, Erster Jude
Andrea Giovannini, Zweiter Jude
Carlos Osuna, Dritter Jude
Robert Bartneck, Vierter Jude
Evgeny Solodovnikov, Fünfter Jude
Attila Mokus, Zweiter Nazarener
Wolfgang Bankl, Erster Soldat
Clemens Unterreiner, Zweiter Soldat

Philippe Jordan, conductor
Cyril Teste, stage director
Valérie Grall, stage design
Marie La Rocca, costumes
Julien Boizard, lighting 
Mehdi Toutain-Lopez, video

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias, op. 70

Marlis Petersen, soprano

Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniele Gatti, conductor

Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Adrian Eröd, Gunther
Markus Marquardt, Alberich
Stephen Milling, Hagen
Andreas Schager, Siegfried
Lise Lindstrom, Brünnhilde
Anna Gabler, Gutrune
Monika Bohinec, 1. Norn
Simone Schröder, 2. Norn
N.N., 3. Norn
Evelin Novak, Woglinde
Stepanka Pucalkova, Wellgunde
Simone Schröder, Floßhilde

Christian Thielemann, conductor
Willy Decker, staging
Wolfgang Gussmann, set design
Wolfgang Gussmann | Frauke Schernau, costume design
André Kellinghaus, choir
Klaus Bertisch, dramaturgy

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Richard Wagner: Siegfried

Anja Kampe, soprano (Brünnhilde)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano (Stimme des Waldvogels)
Gerhild Romberger, alto (Erda)
Simon O'Neill, tenor (Siegfried)
Peter Hoare, tenor (Mime)
Michael Volle, baritone (Wotan/Der Wanderer)
Georg Nigl, baritone (Alberich)
Franz-Josef Selig, bass (Fafner)

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Simon Rattle, conductor

Richard Strauss: Salome

Ambur Braid, Salome
Michael Schade, Herodes
Karita Mattila, Herodias
Frédéric Antoun, Narraboth
Carolyn Sproule, der Page

Johannes Debus, conductor
Atom Egoyan, director
Derek McLane, set designer
Catherine Zuber, costume designer
Michael Whitfield, original lighting designer
Phillip Barker, projections designer
Serge Bennathan, choreographer

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias, op. 70

Marlis Petersen, soprano

Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Daniele Gatti, conductor