Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492

Joshua Hopkins, Count Almaviva
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Countess Almaviva
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Michael Sumuel, Figaro
Emily D'Angelo, Cherubino
Elizabeth Bishop, Marcellina
Eden Bartholomew, Barbarina
Joshua Sanders, Don Curzio
Patrick Carfizzi, Bartolo
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Fellows
James Darrah, stage director

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Andris Nelsons, conductor

Music and food - a match made in heaven! This programme brings the two together: renowned composers reveal their culinary side, and during the interval we will enjoy the very things we have just heard about.

Bach, Wolf, Bernstein, Satie, and Ravel approach the theme of food in playful and surprising ways.

After the interval, the culinary element gradually recedes.

Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel open up sound worlds poised between memory and dream, while Bryan Benner’s improvisations on the shakuhachi flute create a unique atmosphere.

This is a concert to be savoured with all your senses!
— Marite Männi

Lara Rieken, soprano
Silvia Hauer, mezzo-soprano
Heldur Harry Põlda, tenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Jasper Lampe, baritone
Johannes Held, baritone
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano
Marite Männi, piano
Bryan Benner, shakuhachi & baritone

Franz Schubert (1797–1828) was a man whom one could hardly have blamed for losing hope. Throughout his life, he longed for his breakthrough—for the moment when his music would bring him the success that today seems only fitting for a composer of his stature. Yet that moment never came. Until his death at the age of just thirty-one, he remained only moderately successful, never married, underwent repeated hospital treatment for syphilis, and ultimately died of typhus. And yet, in his music, there are again and again moments when everything heavy, everything that seems impenetrable, suddenly opens up, allowing us as listeners to experience that hope is always possible.

The poets of this evening are Friedrich Schiller and Johann Mayrhofer. Although Schubert most likely never met Schiller in person, the poet’s radiant optimism inspired some of his most beautiful songs. Johann Mayrhofer, on the other hand, was a high-ranking censor in the Imperial and Royal administration. In his case, it was the younger Franz Schubert—whose extraordinary talent he recognised—who gave him hope that things might one day be different.

Alongside the concert for adults, we are offering a free evening programme for children aged six to twelve. The children will listen to music, take part in activities of their own, and enjoy an experience created especially for them, while their parents can relax and enjoy the concert.

Lara Rieken, soprano
Silvia Hauer, mezzo-soprano
Heldur Harry Põlda, tenor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Jasper Lampe, baritone
Johannes Held, baritone
Bryan Benner, baritone
Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula, piano
Marite Männi, piano

The trio SchuBERG, consisting of Julian Prégardien, Bryan Benner, and Johannes Held, owes its name to the place where it was founded: high up in the Austrian mountains, in a small mountain hut, where the first rehearsals took place. And, of course, they perform only Schubert. Accompanied by Bryan on the guitar, the three singers bring rich harmonies to Schubert’s originally solo songs. And who knows—perhaps a few friends will join them as well!

Julian Prégardien, tenor
Johannes Held, baritone
Bryan Benner, guitar & baritone

Kate Lindsey, The Composer 
Christina Nilsson, The Prima Donna / Ariadne 
Eric Cutler, The Tenor / Bacchus 
Ziyi Dai, Zerbinetta 
Johannes Silberschneider, The Major-Domo 
Christoph Pohl, The Music Master 
Jonas Hacker, The Dancing Master 
Leon Košavić, Harlequin 
Michael Porter, Scaramuccio
Lukas Enoch Lemcke, Truffaldino 
Theodore Browne, Brighella 
Jasmin Delfs, Naiad 
Anja Mittermüller, Dryad
Marlene Metzger, Echo 

Manfred Honeck, Conductor 
Ersan Mondtag, Director / Sets / Costumes 
Henning Streck, Lighting 
Luis August Krawen, Video
Till Briegleb, Dramaturgy

Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren — Mozarts Clavichord

Georg Nigl, baritone
Dörte Lyssewski, recitation
Alexander Gergelyfi, clavichord

Mozart's Nachtmusik will be performed on Wolfgang A. Mozart's original clavichord. The Salzburg Festival would like to thank the Mozarteum Foundation for the use of this unique instrument, which is normally on display in Mozart's birthplace.