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“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)
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!
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETSJoseph 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
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