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

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

Mit

Anne Sofie von Otter
Tamara Bounazou
Christina Daletska
Emily Hindrichs
Philipp Hochmair
Dmitriy Ivanchey
Martin Koch
Sebastian Rudolph
Lucas Singer
KS Miljenko Turk
Olivia Vermeulen
Patrycia Ziolkowska

N.N., conductor
Nicolas Stemann, production
Katrin Nottrodt, stage
Katrin Wolfermann, costumes
IXA (Claudia Lehmann, Konrad Hempel), media production
Rainer Casper, lighting design
IRCAM, sound direction & live electronics
Rustam Samedov, choral conducting
Patrick Hahn, libretto & dramaturgy
Stephan Steinmetz, dramaturgy

Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Chor der Oper Köln

Mit

Anne Sofie von Otter
Tamara Bounazou
Christina Daletska
Emily Hindrichs
Philipp Hochmair
Dmitriy Ivanchey
Martin Koch
Sebastian Rudolph
Lucas Singer
KS Miljenko Turk
Olivia Vermeulen
Patrycia Ziolkowska

N.N., conductor
Nicolas Stemann, production
Katrin Nottrodt, stage
Katrin Wolfermann, costumes
IXA (Claudia Lehmann, Konrad Hempel), media production
Rainer Casper, lighting design
IRCAM, sound direction & live electronics
Rustam Samedov, choral conducting
Patrick Hahn, libretto & dramaturgy
Stephan Steinmetz, dramaturgy

Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Chor der Oper Köln

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

Mit

Anne Sofie von Otter
Tamara Bounazou
Christina Daletska
Emily Hindrichs
Philipp Hochmair
Dmitriy Ivanchey
Martin Koch
Sebastian Rudolph
Lucas Singer
KS Miljenko Turk
Olivia Vermeulen
Patrycia Ziolkowska

N.N., conductor
Nicolas Stemann, production
Katrin Nottrodt, stage
Katrin Wolfermann, costumes
IXA (Claudia Lehmann, Konrad Hempel), media production
Rainer Casper, lighting design
IRCAM, sound direction & live electronics
Rustam Samedov, choral conducting
Patrick Hahn, libretto & dramaturgy
Stephan Steinmetz, dramaturgy

Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Chor der Oper Köln

Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise, D 911, op 89

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Klavier

Béla Bartók: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine

Florian Boesch, Herzog Blaubart
Christel Loetzsch, Judith
Vera Lotte Boecker, La Femme

Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Martin Rajna, Musical Direction
Claus Guth, Stage Director
Monika Pormale, Stage
Anna Sofie Tuma, Costumes
Michael Bauer, Light
Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturge

N.N., Soprano I
Simone Schneider, Soprano II
Natasha Te Rupe Wilson, Soprano III
Stine Marie Fischer, Alto I
Maria Theresa Ullrich, Alto II
Benjamin Bruns, Tenor
Johannes Kammler, Baritone
David Steffens, Bass

Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor & Kinderchor Stuttgart
Manuel Pujol, Rehearsal master Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Bernhard Moncado, Rehearsal master Kinderchor

With Gustav Mahler's monumental Eighth Symphony, Cornelius Meister and the State Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle and, together with eight vocal soloists, the children's choir and the State Opera Choir, bring the symphony concert series to a crowning conclusion. Shortly after completing the score, Mahler said in 1907: "The symphony must be like the world. It must encompass everything". This central credo for Mahler is reflected in the variety of forms and musical characters of his Eighth Symphony. Baroque fugue techniques can be found in it as well as a tonal language influenced by Richard Wagner. The first and only two performances during his lifetime were Mahler's greatest triumph. After the premiere in 1910, Thomas Mann commented that Mahler embodied "the most serious and sacred artistic will of our time".