Thomas Quasthoff, Voice
Rüdiger Baldauf, Trumpet
Wolfgang Meyer, Guitar

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".

Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin op. 25, D 795

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Piano
Manuela Linshalm, Puppeteer, Narration

Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D795
Poetry by Wilhelm Müller and Felicitas Magdalena Pfaus "Sichtweisen der Müllerin"

Julian Pregardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Piano
Manuela Linshalm, Puppeteer

Hans Werner Henze: Das Floß der Medusa

Kathrin Zukowski, La Mort
Georg Nigl, Jean-Charles
Jakob Diehl, Charon

Choir of the Bavarian Radio
Max Hanft, choral rehearsals
WDR Radio Choir
Paul Krämer, Alexander Lüken, Regina Sgier, Wolfgang Götz | choral rehearsals
Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

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

Florian Boesch, Herzog Blaubart
Christel Loetzsch, Judith
Barbara Hannigan, 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

Richard Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau

Peter Rose, Sir Morosus
Iris Vermillion, his housekeeper
Samuel Hasselhorn, Barber Schneidebart
Siyabonga Maqungo, Henry Morosus
Brenda Rae, Aminta, his wife
Evelin Novak, Iostta
Rebecka Wallroth, Carlotta
Dionysios Avgerinos, Morbio
Manuel Winchhler, Vanuzzi
Friedrich Hamel, Farfallo

Christian Thielemann, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, production
Ben Baur, stage
Justina Klimczyk, costumes
Dani Juris, chorus rehearsals
Detlef Giese, dramaturgy

Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Georg Nigl, Baritone
Birgit Minichmayr, Narrator
Olga Pashchenko, Pianoforte & Piano

Lieder by
Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Arnold Schönberg, Hanns Eisler,
Pascal Dusapin, Wolfgang Rihm and texts by Maria Lassnig

Franz Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G major D 167

Juliane Banse, soprano
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Konrad Jarnot, baritone

Officium Ensemble / Pedro Teixeira
Marvão Festival Ensemble
Christoph Poppen, conductor

Music by Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn and Johannes Brahms

Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Silke Avenhaus, piano