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

Richard Wagner: Siegfried

Thomas Blondelle, Siegfried
Thomas Ebenstein, Mime
Simon Bailey, Der Wanderer
Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, Fafner
Gerhild Romberger, Erda
Åsa Jäger, Brünnhilde

Kent Nagano, conductor
Dresdner Festspielorchester
Concerto Köln

What began in 2023 with the concert performance of ‘Rheingold’, continued in 2024 with ‘Die Walküre’ and is now being continued with the production of ‘Siegfried’ can be considered a benchmark for Wagner interpretation. The project ‘The Wagner Cycles’ is dedicated to Richard Wagner's monumental opera tetralogy in a unique fusion of science and practice. The result of this spectacular sound workshop and the historically informed view of Wagner's epochal music theatre work was celebrated as revolutionary in Dresden as well as on tour through European music centres. In the third part of the ‘Ring’, the ‘Siegfried’, images of nature and the vivid depiction of plot elements show Wagner at the height of his expressive possibilities as a painter of sound. The newly acquired transparent orchestral sound and the focus on the linguistic realisation by the singers will also provide a new kind of listening experience in 2025.

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

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

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

Stefan Birnhuber, musical direction
Friedrich Eggert, stage
Alfred Mayerhofer, costumes
Friedrich Eggert, lighting
Katharina Rückl, dramaturgy
Andrea Fournier, vocal coach

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

Christiane Karg (soprano)
Ulrike Payer (piano)
Dominique Horwitz (recitation)
Aris Quartett, Anna Katharina Wildermuth, Noémi Zipperling (violin)
Caspar Vinzens (viola)
Lukas Sieber (violoncello)
Frank Siebert (concept)

Maurice Ravel: À la manière de Chabrier, Vocalise, String Quartet in F major op. 35, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Valses nobles et sentimentales No. 1: Modéré - très franc, Le tombeau de Couperin
No. 2: Fugue, Sérénade grotesque, Le tombeau de Couperin
No. 1: Prélude, Prélude, Pavane pour une infante défunte, ‘Kaddish’ from ‘Deux Mélodies, hébraïques’