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".

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

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

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

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

Richard Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau

Peter Rose, Sir Morosus
Iris Vermillion, seine Haushälterin
Samuel Hasselhorn, Barbier Schneidebart
Siyabonga Maqungo, Henry Morosus
Brenda Rae, Aminta, seine Gattin
Evelin Novak, Iostta
Rebecka Wallroth, Carlotta
Dionysios Avgerinos, Morbio
Manuel Winchhler, Vanuzzi
Friedrich Hamel, Farfallo

Christian Thielemann, Musikalische Leitung
Jan Philipp Gloger, Inszenierung
Ben Baur, Bühne
Justina Klimczyk, Kostüme
Dani Juris, Einstudierung Chor
Detlef Giese, Dramaturgie

Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

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

Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

Kate Lindsey, Elisabetta
Lisette Oropesa, Maria Stuarda
Bekhzod Davronov, Roberto, Count Leicester
Aleksei Kulagin, Giorgio Talbot
Thomas Lehman, Lord Guglielmo Cecil

Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Ulrich Rasche, direction and stage
Sara Schwartz, costumes
Florian Hetz, video
Gerrit Jurda, lighting
Paul Blackman, choreography
Yvonne Gebauer, dramaturgy
Dennis Krauß, collaboration director

Dancers from
SEAD - Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
Concert Association Vienna State Opera Choir
Angelika Prokopp Summer Academy of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Abendempfindung - Mozart's Clavichord

Georg Nigl, baritone
August Diehl, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, Clavichord

Far from the beautiful earth - a Schubert evening

Georg Nigl, baritone
August Diehl, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, square piano