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: 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
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Mitten wir im Leben sind op. 23/3 (Drei Kirchenmusiken) (1830)
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Fürchte dich nicht" BWV 228
Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Stéphane Degout, Baritone
Pygmalion - Choir & Orchestra
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Manon Lamaison, 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
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
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
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Manon Lamaison, 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
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Mitten wir im Leben sind op. 23/3 (Drei Kirchenmusiken) (1830)
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Johann Sebastian Bach: "Fürchte dich nicht" BWV 228
Sabine Devieilhe, Sopran
Stéphane Degout, Bariton
Pygmalion - Chor & Orchester
Raphaël Pichon, Dirigent
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
Christiane Karg, soprano
Gerold Huber, piano
Christmas songs by Engelbert Humperdinck, Peter Cornelius, Jean Sibelius, Robert Schumann, Gabriel Fauré, Eduard Toldra, Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel, Cecile Chaminade, Joseph Marx, Richard Strauss et al.
In this concert, soprano Christiane Karg takes us on a Christmas journey. She experiences the ‘festival of love’ through the eyes of a child and traces the ‘feeling of Christmas’ in different languages and cultures.