Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Michael Volle, Wotan
Joachim Goltz, Donner
Aaron Cawley, Froh
Thomas Blondelle, Loge
KS Thomas de Vries, Alberich
Paul Kaufmann, Mime
Shavleg Armasi, Fasolt
Young Doo Park, Fafner
Katrin Wundsam, Fricka
Betsy Horne, Freia
Helena Köhne, Erda
Anastasiya Taratorkina, Woglinde
Fleuranne Brockway, Wellgunde
Silvia Hauer, Floßhilde
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
Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden
Holger Speck, Musical Direction
Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano I
Sophie Harmsen, Soprano II
Benno Schachtner, Alto
Florian Sievers, Tenor
Konstantin Ingenpass, Bass
Vocalensemble Rastatt, Choir
Ensemble Resonanz, Orchestra
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