Georg Nigl, moderation
Catharina von Bülow, stage direction
Martin Zehetgruber & Stephanie Wagner, set design

THE OPERA QUIZ WITH GEORG NIGL
Useful and useless knowledge about...

As an enthusiastic opera lover, you naturally know in which city the highest opera house is located, what Callas' shoe size was, and whether there is a metro station under the Paris Opera. Or maybe not?

The opera quiz with Georg Nigl is not a tough exchange of blows, but a humorous and witty evening about the premieres at the Vienna State Opera and opera in general. The quiz candidates are made up of the stars currently singing at the State Opera, courageous guests from the audience and colleagues from the State Opera who are not necessarily known from the stages that supposedly mean the world. When does the stage manager start work, when does the make-up department open its doors? Quizmaster Georg Nigl wants to find out this and much more together with the audience, including star guests and show acts!

Joseph Haydn: Symphony Nr. 45 F # minor "Farewell"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, "Lobgesang"

Siobhan Stagg, Soprano l
Ann Hallenberg, Soprano ll
Werner Güra, Tenor

Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro RTVE
Christoph König, Conductor

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Rafał Tomkiewicz, Oberon
Ekaterina Solunya, Tytania
Fausto Israel, Puck
Daeho Kim, Theseus
Mareike Jankowski, Hippolyta
Ted Black, Lysander
Nikita Ivasechko, Demetrius
Sofia Vinnik, Hermia
Sieglinde Feldhofer, Helena
Ivan Oreščanin, Bottom
Will Frost, Quince
Martin Fournier, Flute
Wilfried Zelinka, Snug
Euiyoung Peter Oh, Snout
Markus Butter, Starveling

Johannes Braun, musical direction
Friedrich Eggert, Stage
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Friedrich Eggert, lighting
Katharina Rückl, dramaturgy
Andrea Fournier, Singing School

Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette

Aida Garifullina, Juliette
Patricia Nolz, Stéphano
Benjamin Bernheim, Roméo
Hiroshi Amako, Tybalt
Stefan Astakhov, Mercutio
Peter Kellner, Frère Laurent

Marc Leroy-Calatayud, Musical Direction
Jürgen Flimm, Stage Direction
Patrick Woodroffe, Set Design and Light Design
Birgit Hutter, Costumes
Renato Zanella, Choreographer

Alban Berg: Wozzeck

Michael Kupfer-Radecky, Wozzeck
Ambur Braid, Marie
Matthew Cairns, Drum Major
Michael Schade, Captain
Anthony Robin Schneider, Doctor
Krisztina Szabó, Margret
Owen McCausland, Andres
Michael Colvin, The Fool

Johannes Debus, Conductor
William Kentridge, Stage Director
Luc De Wit, Co-Director
Sabine Theunissen, Set Designer
Urs Schoenbaum, Lighting Designer
Catherine Meyburgh, Projection Designer
Sandra Horst, Price Family Chorus Master

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection"

Christiane Karg, Soprano
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzo-soprano

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Groot Omroepkoor
Iván Fischer, Conductor

Thomas Quasthoff, Voice & Moderation
Simon Oslender, Keys
Wolfgang Meyer, Giutar
Shawn Grocott, Trombone

Ambroise Thomas: Scenes from »Hamlet«. Opera in five acts (1860–1864)
Hector Berlioz: Tristia. Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet
Gabriel Fauré: Requiem

Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Stéphane Degout, Baritone

Pygmalion, Choir and Orchestra
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Texts from “Capriccio” by Richard Strauss and Clemens Krauss
Richard Strauss: Sextet for strings from the opera “Capriccio”
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major op. 59 No. 3
Toshiro Mayuzumi: Prelude for string quartet
Poems from the “Book of Songs” by Heinrich Heine
Robert Schumann: Poet's Love op. 48 - arrangement for voice and string quartet by Wim ten Have

Ida Aldrian, mezzo-soprano
Iris Icellioglu, viola
Merllin Schirmer, violoncello
Amaris Quartett:

Hibiki Oshima, violin
Felix Heckhausen, violin
Maria Rallo Muguruza, viola
Clara Grünwald, violoncello

Making music together in the Amaris Quartet is like a refreshing breath for my artistic work in the orchestra. These concerts are undoubtedly the most musically exhilarating moments that I can experience as a musician. They sharpen my hearing and subtly inspire my love of music.
Felix Heckhausen, second violinist

Given the cruelty of the Second World War, Richard Strauss' "Capriccio" seems removed from the world: using the musical means of the late 19th century, the time of the late 18th is described here in the 20th century. In the string sextet with which the action begins, this “rapture” is captured as if in a snapshot. Ludwig van Beethoven's third string quartet was also considered to be incomparably out of time. The “crazy” music, described as “a madman’s patchwork,” was met with incomprehension among the audience. Beethoven consciously sought to confront expectations when he took chamber music out of the living rooms and brought it into the large halls. The music of the Japanese Toshirō Mayuzumi is also permeated by the adventure-seeking desire to experiment: his music oscillates between the traditional style of late romanticism, jazz, early electronic sounds and the musical idioms of Asia. Schumann also took a big leap when he began his “poet love” in 1840. Until then he had only published piano music for ten years. At the moment of emotional emergency, Schumann had just married Clara Wieck, the musical monument of Heinrich Heine's great words and, above all, of great love was created.

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection"

Christiane Karg, Soprano
Anna Lucia Richter, Mezzo-soprano

Budapest Festival Orchestra
Groot Omroepkoor
Iván Fischer, Conductor