Jules Massenet: Manon

Elbenita Kajtazi, Manon Lescaut
Pene Pati, Der Chevalier Des Grieux
Kartal Karagedik, Lescaut
Tigran Martirossian, Der Graf Des Grieux
Daniel Kluge, Guillot-Morfontaine
Alexey Bogdanchikov, von Brétigny
Narea Son, Poussette
Kady Evanyshyn, Javotte
Ida Aldrian, Rosette
David Minseok Kang, Der Wirt
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Gardist 1
Grzegorz Pelutis, Gardist 2

Giedré Šlekyté, Musical direction
David Bösch, Director
Patrick Bannwart, Sets
Falko Herold, Costumes
Michael Bauer, Lighting
Detlef Giese, Dramaturgy
Eberhard Friedrich, Chorus Master

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Julian Prégardien, Tenor (Tamino)
Ludwig Mittelhammer, Baritone (Papageno)
Christina Landshamer, Soprano (Pamina)

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, Stage Director
The Cleveland Orchestra

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

Marco Jentzsch, Siegmund
Young Doo Park, Hunding
Michael Volle, Wotan
Betsy Horne, Sieglinde
Manuela Uhl, Brünnhilde
Katrin Wundsam, Fricka
Vera Ivanovic, Helmwige
Sharon Kempton, Gerhilde
Britta Stallmeister, Ortlinde
Katrin Wundsam, Waltraute
Sarah Mehnert, Siegrune
Fleuranne Brockway, Rossweiße
Nora Kazemieh, Grimgerde
Helena Köhne, Schwertleite

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Michael Güttler, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Antje Sternberg, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Falko Sternberg, video
Katja Leclerc, dramaturgy

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sarastro
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Sebastian Wartig, Papageno

Gaetano d’Espinosa, conductor

History often reduces wars to a collection of statistics. It is easy to forget that behind every number, every flag, every battle, there is a person who is someone's child, parent, or lover. During World War I, pen and paper was often all that many had to keep in touch with their far-flung loved ones.

Based on these field letters, Quasthoff and the Amatis Trio trace the humanity in wartime and the personal struggle of the people behind the statistics.

Thomas Quasthoff | Recitation

Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann | Violine
Samuel Shepherd | Violoncello
Mengjie Han | Klavier

Handel, Georg Friedrich: Jephta

Jeremy Ovenden, Jephtha
Sophie Harmsen, Storgé
NN, Iphis
Tim Mead, Hamor
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Zebul
NN, Angel

Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Christophe Rousset, Director
Thibaut Lenaerts, Choirmaster

Charles Gounod: Faust

Piotr Beczala, Doktor Faust
Nicole Car, Marguerite
Adam Palka, Méphistophélès
Stefan Astakhov, Valentin
Jusung Gabriel Park, Wagner
Patricia Nolz, Siébel
Monika Bohinec, Marthe

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Frank Castorf, Production
Aleksandar Decić, Stage Design
Adriana Braga Peretzki, Costume Design
Lothar Baumgarte, Lightning Design
Wolfgang Gruber, Director's Assistant
Tobias Dusche und Daniel Keller, camera
Ann-Christine Mecke, Dramaturge

Joseph Haydn: Te Deum C-Dur Hob. XXIIIc:2
Franz Schubert: Messe Nr. 2 in G-Dur D 167
Richard Strauss: Aus Italien, op.16

Siobhan Stagg, Soprano
Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Vito Priante, Bassbaritone
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Riccardo Muti, Conductor

Handel, Georg Friedrich: Jephta

Jeremy Ovenden, Jephtha
Sophie Harmsen, Storgé
NN, Iphis
Tim Mead, Hamor
Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Zebul
NN, Angel

Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de Chambre de Namur
Christophe Rousset, Director
Thibaut Lenaerts, Choirmaster

Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Andreas Schager, Siegfried
Joachim Goltz, Gunther
KS Thomas de Vries, Alberich
Albert Pesendorfer, Hagen
Manuela Uhl, Brünnhilde
Betsy Horne, Gutrune / Dritte Norn
Katrin Wundsam, Waltraute / Erste Norn
Silvia Hauer, Floßhilde / Zweite Norn
Anastasiya Taratorkina, Woglinde
Fleuranne Brockway, Wellgunde

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Chor, Extrachor & Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Michael Güttler, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Antje Sternberg, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Falko Sternberg, video
Albert Horne, chorus master
Katja Leclerc, dramaturgy