Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elijah, op. 70

Christian Gerhaher, Elijah
Julia Kleiter, The Widow
Mauro Peter, Obadiah/Ahab
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, The Queen
Philharmonia Zurich
Zurich Opera Chorus

Gianandrea Noseda, musical director
Andreas Homoki, director
Hartmut Meyer, stage design
Mechthild Seipel, costumes
Franck Evin, lighting design
Ernst Raffelsberger, choral rehearsals
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy

Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: Cavatina "Se d’un Dio fui fatta madre"
Claudio Monteverdi: "Il pianto della Madonna"
Antonio Vivaldi: "Al Santo Sepolcro", RV169
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Rosenkranz Sonata No. 11 "The Resurrection"
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso Op. 6, No. 1 "Salve Regina"

It goes back to the great Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso (ca. 1532-1594), has a rich tradition and is now known beyond the borders of the country: the Hofkapelle München. This ensemble under the direction of Rüdiger Lotter, which is known for the joy of high-quality musicians in historically informed practice, has finally been brought to Melk. They will be joined by Olivia Vermeulen, who has already celebrated several appearances at the Barocktage. Together they will present a programme dedicated to the last third of the life of Saint Mary, ranging from the grieving mother to the resurrection of the Son and the transfiguration of Mary as the bringer of hope to humanity. A moving festival finale!

Rüdiger Lotter, conductor and violin
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Hofkapelle München

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Edgardo, Rocha, Count Almaviva
Marco Filippo Romano, Bartolo
Patricia Nolz, Rosina
Bryn Terfel, Don Basilio
Stefan Astakhov, Figaro

Marco Armiliato, Musical Direction
Herbert Fritsch, Stage Direction and Stage

Franz Liszt: Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S.260
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia aus der Kantate „Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal“ BWV 146
Johann Sebastian Bach: Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten, BWV 214
Johann Sebastian Bach: h-Moll-Messe BWV 232

Elisabeth Breuer, Soprano
Gunta Smirnova, Soprano
Valerie Eickhoff, Alto
Benedikt Kristjánsson, Tenor
Manuel Walser, Bass

Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Thomaskantor Andreas Reize, Conductor

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Lise Davidsen, Feldmarschallin
Günther Groissböck, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Emily D'Angelo, Octavian
Adrian Eröd, Herr von Faninal
Sabine Devieilhe, Sophie

Adam Fischer, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Rudolf Heinrich, stage
Erni Kniepert, costumes

Robert Schumann: »Scenes from Goethe's Faust«, WoO 3

Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano (Gretchen / Büßerin / Una Poenitentium)
Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor (Ariel / Pater Ecstaticus / Vollendeterer Engel / Jüngerer Engel)
Alastair Miles, Bass (Mephistopheles / Böser Geist)
David Steffens, Bass (Pater Profundus)
Maite Beaumont, Mezzosoprano (Mangel / Jüngerer Engel / Büßerin / Maria Aegyptiaca / Mater Gloriosa)

Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, Conductor

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elijah, op. 70

Christian Gerhaher, Elijah
Julia Kleiter, The Widow
Mauro Peter, Obadiah/Ahab
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, The Queen
Philharmonia Zurich
Zurich Opera Chorus

Gianandrea Noseda, musical director
Andreas Homoki, director
Hartmut Meyer, stage design
Mechthild Seipel, costumes
Franck Evin, lighting design
Ernst Raffelsberger, choral rehearsals
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy

Georg Friedrich Handel: Saul

Florian Boesch, Saul
Jake Arditti, David
Jasmin Delfs, Merab
Mary Bevan, Michal
James Ley, Jonathan
Tansel Akzeybek, Abner - High Priest - Doeg
Jake Ingbar, Witch of Endor

Leo Hussain, musical direction
Claus Guth, director
Christian Schmidt, stage & costumes
Bernd Purkrabek, lighting
Arian Andiel, video
Ramses Sigl, choreography
Juana Restrepo, scenic rehearsal
Jan Hoffmann, choir
Yvonne Gebauer, Benedikt Stampfli, dramaturgy

Saxon State Opera Choir Dresden
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden
A production of the Musiktheater an der Wien

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Edgardo, Rocha, Count Almaviva
Marco Filippo Romano, Bartolo
Patricia Nolz, Rosina
Bryn Terfel, Don Basilio
Stefan Astakhov, Figaro

Marco Armiliato, Musical Direction
Herbert Fritsch, Stage Direction and Stage

Robert Schumann: »Scenes from Goethe's Faust«, WoO 3

Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano (Gretchen / Büßerin / Una Poenitentium)
Jeremy Ovenden, Tenor (Ariel / Pater Ecstaticus / Vollendeterer Engel / Jüngerer Engel)
Alastair Miles, Bass (Mephistopheles / Böser Geist)
David Steffens, Bass (Pater Profundus)
Maite Beaumont, Mezzosoprano (Mangel / Jüngerer Engel / Büßerin / Maria Aegyptiaca / Mater Gloriosa)

Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España
David Afkham, Conductor