Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold

Michael Volle, Wotan
Joachim Goltz, Donner
Aaron Cawley, Froh
Thomas Blondelle, Loge
KS Thomas de Vries, Alberich
Paul Kaufmann, Mime
Shavleg Armasi, Fasolt
Young Doo Park, Fafner
Katrin Wundsam, Fricka
Betsy Horne, Freia
Helena Köhne, Erda
Anastasiya Taratorkina, Woglinde
Fleuranne Brockway, Wellgunde
Silvia Hauer, Floßhilde

Michael Güttler, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Antje Sternberg, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Falko Sternberg, video
Katja Leclerc, dramaturgy

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Thomas Quasthoff, recitation
Lea Hausmann, violin
Samuel Shepherd, cello
Mengjie Han, piano

History often reduces wars to a collection of statistics. It is easy to forget that behind every number, every flag, every battle, there is a person who is someone's child, parent, spouse, or lover. During World War I, pen and paper was often all that many had to keep in touch with their far-flung loved ones.

Holger Speck, Musical Direction
Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano I
Sophie Harmsen, Soprano II
Benno Schachtner, Alto 
Florian Sievers, Tenor 
Konstantin Ingenpass, Bass 

Vocalensemble Rastatt, Choir 
Ensemble Resonanz, Orchestra 

Jules Massenet: Manon

Elbenita Kajtazi, Manon Lescaut
Pene Pati, Der Chevalier Des Grieux
Kartal Karagedik, Lescaut
Tigran Martirossian, Der Graf Des Grieux
Daniel Kluge, Guillot-Morfontaine
Alexey Bogdanchikov, von Brétigny
Narea Son, Poussette
Kady Evanyshyn, Javotte
Ida Aldrian, Rosette
David Minseok Kang, Der Wirt
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes, Gardist 1
Grzegorz Pelutis, Gardist 2

Giedré Šlekyté, Musical direction
David Bösch, Director
Patrick Bannwart, Sets
Falko Herold, Costumes
Michael Bauer, Lighting
Detlef Giese, Dramaturgy
Eberhard Friedrich, Chorus Master

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Julian Prégardien, tenor (Tamino)
Ludwig Mittelhammer, baritone (Papageno)
Christina Landshamer, soprano (Pamina)
Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Queen of the Night)
Tareq Nazmi, bass (Sarastro)
Alexandria Shiner, soprano (First Lady)
Jennifer Feinstein, mezzo-soprano (Second Lady)
Daryl Freedman, mezzo-soprano (Third Lady)
Rodell Rosel, tenor (Monostatos)
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone (Speaker of the Temple)
Owen McCausland, tenor (First Armored Man and Second Priest)
Kidon Choi, baritone (Second Armored Man and First Priest)
Ashley Emerson, soprano (Papagena)
Manuela Linshalm, puppeteer
Angelo Konzett, puppeteer
Bruno Belil Espinos, puppeteer

Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Nikolaus Habjan, Stage Director
Heike Vollmer, Set Designer
Denise Heschl, Costume Designer
Paul Grilj, Light Design
The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre

Marco Jentzsch, Siegmund
Young Doo Park, Hunding
Michael Volle, Wotan
Betsy Horne, Sieglinde
Manuela Uhl, Brünnhilde
Katrin Wundsam, Fricka
Vera Ivanovic, Helmwige
Sharon Kempton, Gerhilde
Britta Stallmeister, Ortlinde
Katrin Wundsam, Waltraute
Sarah Mehnert, Siegrune
Fleuranne Brockway, Rossweiße
Nora Kazemieh, Grimgerde
Helena Köhne, Schwertleite

Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden
Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden

Michael Güttler, conductor
Uwe Eric Laufenberg, director
Gisbert Jäkel, stage designer
Antje Sternberg, costume designer
Andreas Frank, lighting designer
Falko Sternberg, video
Katja Leclerc, dramaturgy

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix: Elias

Ilia Staple, Soprano
Valentina Kutzarova, Alto
Jan Petryka, Tenor
Klaus Kuttler, Bass

Chor & Orchester Sinfonia Christkönig
EDUARD MATSCHEKO

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Georg Zeppenfeld, Hans Sachs, Schuster
Günther Groissböck, Veit Pogner, Goldschmied
Wolfgang Koch, Sixtus Beckmesser, Schreiber
Martin Häßler, Fritz Kothner, Bäcker
David Butt Philip, Walther von Stolzing, ein junger Ritter aus Franken
Michael Laurenz, David, Sachsens Lehrbube
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Eva, Pogners Tochter
Christina Bock, Magdalene, Evas Amme
Nikita Ivasechko, Hermann Ortel

Philippe Jordan, Musical Director
Keith Warner, Director
Boris Kudlička, Staging
Kaspar Glarner, Costumes
John Bishop, Lighting
Akhila Krishnan, Video
Karl Alfred Schreiner, Choreography
Katharina Kastening, Production

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620

Dimitry Ivashchenko, Sarastro
Nikola Hillebrand, Pamina
Sebastian Wartig, Papageno

Gaetano d’Espinosa, conductor

History often reduces wars to a collection of statistics. It is easy to forget that behind every number, every flag, every battle, there is a person who is someone's child, parent, or lover. During World War I, pen and paper was often all that many had to keep in touch with their far-flung loved ones.

Based on these field letters, Quasthoff and the Amatis Trio trace the humanity in wartime and the personal struggle of the people behind the statistics.

Thomas Quasthoff | Recitation

Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann | Violine
Samuel Shepherd | Violoncello
Mengjie Han | Klavier