Igor Strawinsky: Die Geschichte vom Soldaten

Thomas Quasthoff, narrator
7 musicians from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Valery Gergiev, conductor

Seven members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra together with Valery Gergiev and Thomas Quasthoff tell this unique story about a devil's violin, love, promise, happiness and morality.

Ludwig van Beethoven: „Coriolan“ overture, Op. 62
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86 for soli, choir und orchestra 

Kristian Bezuidenhout, pianoforte
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor & -Solisten
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor 

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra in C minor, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86 for soli, choir und orchestra 

Kristian Bezuidenhout, pianoforte
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor & -Solisten
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor 

Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff

Ambrogio Maestri, Falstaff
Markus Brück, Ford
Oleksiy Palchykov, Fenton
Jürgen Sacher, Dr. Cajus
Daniel Kluge, Bardolfo
Tigran Martirossian, Pistola
Maija Kovalevska, Alice Ford
Elbenita Kajtazi, Nannetta
Nadezhda Karyazina, Mrs. Quickly
Ida Aldrian, Meg Page

Axel Kober, conductor
Calixto Bieito, director
Susanne Gschwender, set designer
Anja Rabes, costume designer
Michael Bauer, lighting designer
Bettina Auer, dramaturgy

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Alban Berg: Lulu

Barbara Hannigan, Lulu
Anne Sofie von Otter, Gräfin Geschwitz
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Dr. Schön | Jack
Charles Workman, Alwa
Ivan Ludlow, Ein Tierbändiger | Ein Athlet
Sergei Leiferkus, Schigolch
Peter Lodahl, Der Maler | Der Neger
Dietmar Kerschbaum, Der Prinz | Kammerdiener | Marquis
Martin Pawlowsky, Der Medizinalrat Dr. Goll | Polizist | Der Professor
Denis Velev, Theaterdirektor
Marc Bodnar, Auguste Artinelli
Liliana Benini, Bianetta Gazil
Begona Quinones, Madeleine de Marelle
Sasha Rau, Ludmilla Steinherz
Sylvana Seddig, Kadéga di Santa Croce

Veronika Eberle, Eine Violinistin
Bendix Dethleffsen, Ein Pianist

Kent Nagano, conductor
Christoph Marthaler, director
Anna Viebrock, stage and costume designer
Martin Gebhardt, light designer
Malte Ubenauf, dramaturgy

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Anyone who loves Lulu is killed by that love. To men, Lulu is the instrument satisfying their sexual desires, yet irritatingly, she remains autonomous and intact throughout, which makes her seem even more attractive. Attractive because her libidinous rules are in seductive contrast with the moral mainstream. Everything she does, she does with her body, and men experience ecstatic happiness, ecstatic aggression, ecstatic death. Lulu fuels this mechanism. “If people have killed themselves for my sake, that does not diminish my value.” Both battlefields – love and money – are threatened by bad speculation. On the stock market shares are traded, rising and falling just like the value of erotic attraction. The final crash drags Lulu down with it. 

Awarded with the German Theatre Price DER FAUST 2017 and named „production of the year“ by the journal Opernwelt.
 

Patricia Petibon, soprano
Susan Manoff, piano

"L'amour, la mort et la mer"
Recital with works by Manuel de Falla, Nicolas Bacri, Gabriel Fauré,
Joaquín Turina, Enrique Granados, Claude Debussy, Henri Collet

Antonín Rejcha: Leonore

Martina Janková, Lenora
Pavla Vykopalová, Matka
Jiří Brückler, Vilém

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Petr Fiala, chorusmaster
Filharmonie Brno
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

Joseph Haydn: The Creation, Hob.XXI:2

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Florian Boesch, bassbaritone

Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs Elysées
Philippe Herreweghe, conductor

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

Christina Poulitsi, Violetta Valery
Ida Aldrian, Flora Bervoix
Katja Pieweck, Annina
Liparit Avetisyan, Alfredo Germont
Markus Brück, Giorgio Germont
Peter Galliard, Gastone
Nicholas Mogg, Il Barone Douphol

David Minseok Kang, Il Marchese d'Obigny
Hubert Kowalczyk, Il Dottore Grenvil
Hiroshi Amako, Giuseppe

Giampaolo Bisanti, conductor
Johannes Erath, director
Annette Kurz, stage designer
Herbert Murauer, costume designer
Olaf Freese, lighting designer
Francis Hüsers, dramaturgy
Christian Günther, choir 

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Antonín Rejcha: Leonore

Martina Janková, Lenora
Pavla Vykopalová, Matka
Jiří Brückler, Vilém

Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Petr Fiala, chorusmaster
Filharmonie Brno
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor