QUASTHOFF | MASTERCLASS LIED
Singers of the Atelier Lyrique

Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone, mentor and teacher
James Baillieu, piano

Guided by bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, the singers of the Atelier Lyrique explore Lied as a conversation between word and music. These sessions invite a direct, sincere, and deeply musical approach to interpretation. 

Georg Friedrich Händel: Alcina

Jeanine De Bique, Alcina
John Holiday, Ruggiero
Avery Amereau, Bradamante
Elsa Benoit, Morgana
Carine Tinney, Oberto
Julian Prégardien, Oronte
Gerrit Illenberger, Melisso

Stefano Montanari, conductor
Johanna Wehner, stage director
Benjamin Schönecker, stage
Ellen Hofmann, costumes
Saskia Kruse, dramaturge
Bayerisches Staatsorchester

VIKTOR ULLMANN (1898-1944)
The Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke, a melodrama for narrator and piano, based on the prose poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

Thomas Quasthoff, storyteller/narrator
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren — Mozarts Clavichord

Georg Nigl, baritone
Dörte Lyssewski, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, clavichord

Mozart's Nachtmusik will be performed on Wolfgang A. Mozart's original clavichord. The Salzburg Festival would like to thank the Mozarteum Foundation for the use of this unique instrument, which is normally on display in Mozart's birthplace.

To be or not to be — A Shakespeare evening

Georg Nigl, baritone
Dörte Lyssewski, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, tafelklavier

"Hunting and Gathering" is the title of a novel by Anna Gavalda. And so, today, you will not only hear a duet at the beginning, but an entire group of artists: the ensemble of this year’s festival. We will perform songs and music in which we find hope - sometimes quite explicitly, because the texts speak of hope, and sometimes because the music itself gives us hope.

Some of the people on stage have appeared in Sindelfingen many times before, while others are here for the first time. Some have been part of this world for many years; others are just taking their first steps into professional life. And you, too, can be part of the journey! Join us as we make our way through the festival and look forward to special moments shared with both new and old friends.

Lara Rieken, soprano
Silvia Hauer, mezzo-soprano
Heldur Harry Põlda, tenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Jasper Lampe, baritone
Johannes Held, baritone
Bryan Benner, baritone & guitar
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano
Marite Männi, piano
George Bailey, piano

Im Sommer war das Gras so tief — A François-Villon-evening

Georg Nigl, baritone
Dörte Lyssewski, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, tafelklavier

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt op. 27
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klavierkonzert Nr. 20 in d-Moll KV 466
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67

Lukas Sternath, Klavier
Camerata Salzburg
Antonello Manacorda, Dirigent

Rich harmonies, long melodic lines, and dramatic expression unite the late-Romantic art songs of Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composed around the turn of the twentieth century.

Julian Prégardien, tenor
Heldur Harry Põlda, tenor
Lara Rieken, soprano
Marite Männi, piano
Silvia Hauer, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano
Jasper Lampe, baritone
Johannes Held, baritone

The concert Longing for Peace is presented in cooperation with the Stuttgart Ballet.

Johannes Held, baritone
Doriana Tchakarova, piano
Lara Rieken, soprano
Silvia Hauer, mezzo-soprano
Heldur Harry Põlda, tenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Jasper Lampe, baritone
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano