The name Machreich stands not only for an invitation to active music-making and the economic success resulting from it. The agency’s founder and her colleagues dedicate themselves first and foremost to the unique artistic development of each of their singers. In an atmosphere of mutual trust and personal connection, individual projects can be conceived and inspiring constellations initiated. Intuition and discretion are the highest precepts for the work of a highly qualified team, which engages in its work with heart and mind.
(photo credit: Stephan Doleschal)
“Art is not, after all, a pretty add-on – it is the umbilical cord which connects us to the divine; it guarantees our identity as humans.”
(Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
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
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87 (74a)
Robert Murray, Mitridate
Nikola Hillebrand, Aspasia
Olivia Boen, Sifare
Adriana Bignani Lesca, Farnace
Seungwoo Simon Yang, Marcio
Kady Evanyshyn, Arbate
Adam Fischer, musical direction
Birgit Kajtna-Wönig, staging
Marie-Luise Otto, stage and costumes
Bernd Gallasch, lighting
Mara Wild, video
Michael Sangkuhl, dramaturgy
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Thomas Quasthoff, Voice & Moderation
Simon Oslender, Piano & Keyboard
Dieter Ilg, Bass
Wolfgang Haffner, Percussion
Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Mathieu Pordoy, Piano
Lieder by Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc and others
Marlis Petersen
Elenora Pertz, piano
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: String Quartet in E flat major op. 12
Schubert/Reimann: Songs of Mignon from Goethe's ‘Wilhelm Meister’
Schumann/Reimann: Herzeleid (Ullrich), op. 107/1
Brahms/Reimann: Ophelia songs from Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet’
Mendelssohn/Reimann: „ . . . oder soll es Tod bedeuten?“ Eight songs and a fragment after poems by Heinrich Heine
Christiane Karg, soprano
Aris Quartet
Anna Katharina Wildermuth (violin)
Noémi Zipperling (violin)
Caspar Vinzens (viola)
Lukas Sieber (violoncello)