Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe

Ralf Lukas, Baron Mirko Zeta
Rebecca Nelsen, Valencienne, his wife
Adrian Eröd, Count Danilo
Elissa Huber, Hanna Glawari
Maximilian Mayer, Camille de Rossillion
Ralph Morgenstern, Njegusch (Sprechrolle)
John Heuzenroeder, Vicomte Cascada
Tim Oliver, Raoul de Saint-Brioche

Bernd Mottl, staging
Friedrich Eggert, stage
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Christoph Jonas, choreography
Andreas Grüter, light
Svenja Gottsmann, dramaturgy

Andrea Sanguineti, conductor
Rustam Samedov, director of choir
Chor der Oper Köln
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (Kantate 1 - 3)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" BWV 63

Joanne Lunn, soprano
Silke Gäng, alto
Mauro Peter, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass

Gewandhaus Orchester
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Andreas Reize, conductor

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Soloists of the NDR Vokalensembles

NDR Vokalensemble
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Klaas Stok, artistic direction

Nikolaus Habjan, actor and puppeteer
Simon Meusburger, staging

Habjan's solo performance of the life story of Friedrich Zawrel, tortured in Nazi Austria by the "expert" prison doctor who officially met him again in the later Republic and locked him away once more, is ingenious puppetry for a story that no other genre could have handled so coherently. With sparingly dosed film inserts and linguistically and playfully sovereign handling of the angular loudmouth characters, it became grandiose documentary and emotional theatre in mutual embrace, which was awarded the Nestroy Prize.

ngelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Nicole Chirka, Hänsel
Nikola Hillebrand, Gretel
Markus Marquardt, Peter (father)
Christa Mayer, Gertrud (mother)
Jordanka Milkova, witch

Johannes Wulff-Woesten, conductor
Katharina Thalbach, staging
Hans-Georg Wegner, dramaturgy

Childrens choir der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Dancer of the Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden

Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (Kantate 1 - 3)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate "Christen, ätzet diesen Tag" BWV 63

Joanne Lunn, soprano
Silke Gäng, alto
Mauro Peter, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass

Gewandhaus Orchester
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Andreas Reize, conductor

Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe

Ralf Lukas, Baron Mirko Zeta
Claudia Rohrbach, Valencienne, his wife
Adrian Eröd, Count Danilo
Elissa Huber, Hanna Glawari
Maximilian Mayer, Camille de Rossillion
Ralph Morgenstern, Njegusch (Sprechrolle)
John Heuzenroeder, Vicomte Cascada
Tim Oliver, Raoul de Saint-Brioche

Bernd Mottl, staging
Friedrich Eggert, stage
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Christoph Jonas, choreography
Andreas Grüter, light
Svenja Gottsmann, dramaturgy

Andrea Sanguineti, conductor
Rustam Samedov, director of choir
Chor der Oper Köln
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Cantatas 1 - 3)

Joanne Lunn, soprano
Silke Gäng, alto
Mauro Peter, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass

Gewandhaus Orchester
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Andreas Reize, conductor

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Soloists of the NDR Vokalensembles

NDR Vokalensemble
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Klaas Stok, artistic direction

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Cantatas 1 - 3)

Joanne Lunn, soprano
Silke Gäng, alto
Mauro Peter, tenor
Lisandro Abadie, bass

Gewandhaus Orchester
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Andreas Reize, conductor