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

At / as part of the stARTfestival organised by Bayer Kultur

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’

Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Edgardo, Rocha, Graf Almaviva
Marco Filippo Romano, Bartolo
Patricia Nolz, Rosina
Bryn Terfel, Don Basilio
Stefan Astakhov, Figaro

Marco Armiliato, Musical Direction
Herbert Fritsch, Stage Director & Stage

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

Krassimira Stoyanova, Feldmarschallin
Günther Groissböck, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Emily D'Angelo, Octavian
Adrian Eröd, Herr von Faninal
Sabine Devieilhe, Sophie
Jenni Hietala, Marianne Leitmetzerin
Norbert Ernst, Valzacchi
Wolfgang Bankl, A Police Commissioner
Devin Eatmon, Faninal's Major-Domo
Marcus Pelz, A Notary
Angel Romero, An Italian Singer
Hannah-Theres Weigl, A Milliner
Jörg Schneider, An Innkeeper

Adam Fischer, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Rudolf Heinrich, stage
Erni Kniepert, costumes

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

Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, op. 48

The ‘Dichterliebe’ is one of Robert Schumann's best-known and most important works and is one of the masterpieces of the Romantic Lied genre. In this cycle, Schumann unites Heinrich Heine's poetry with his unmistakable musical language, which captures the entire spectrum of heartfelt affection, fleeting happiness, disappointed hope and finally a quiet, almost conciliatory resignation. Julian Prégardien, currently one of the leading figures in the Lied world, performs this magnificent work together with his long-standing piano partner Daniel Heide with a fine feel for the complexity of music and text. In the second half of the concert, the audience can expect a special surprise: Schubert songs on request. The audience can submit their requests in advance by e-mail or text message, and Prégardien and Heide will then perform a selection. A unique opportunity to be serenaded by two greats in their respective fields!

Julian Prégardien, tenor
Daniel Heide, piano