Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina

Günther Groissböck, Pope Pius IV.
Michael Nagy, Giovanni Morone
Michael Laurenz, Bernardo Novagerio
Wolfgang Bankl, Cardinal Christoph Madruscht
Wolfgang Koch, Carlo Borromeo, Roman Cardinal
Hiroshi Amako, Abdisu, Patriarch of Assyria
Adrian Eröd, Count Luna, Ambassador of the King of Spain
Norbert Ernst, Bishop of Budoja
Michael Gniffke, Theophilus, Bishop of Imola
Michael Spyres, Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Kapellmeister at the Church of St Maria Maggiore in Rome
Florina Ilie, Ighino, his son
Patricia Nolz, Silla, his pupil

Christian Thielemann, conductor
Herbert Wernicke, production
Herbert Wernicke, stage design, costumes and lighting

Christiane Karg, soprano
Gerold Huber, piano

Christmas songs by Engelbert Humperdinck, Peter Cornelius, Jean Sibelius, Robert Schumann, Gabriel Fauré, Eduard Toldra, Edvard Grieg, Maurice Ravel, Cecile Chaminade, Joseph Marx, Richard Strauss et al.

In this concert, soprano Christiane Karg takes us on a Christmas journey. She experiences the ‘festival of love’ through the eyes of a child and traces the ‘feeling of Christmas’ in different languages and cultures.

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45

Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Stéphane Degout, Baritone
Pygmalion - Choir & Orchestra
Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

John Osborn, Hoffmann
Alma Neuhaus, Muse/Nicklausse
Alex Esposito, Lindorf/Coppélius/Miracel/Dapertutto
Thomas Ebenstein, Andrès/Cochenille/Frantz/Pitichinaccio
Serena Sáenz, Olympia
Nicole Car, Antonia
Serena Sáenz, Giulietta

Bertrand de Billy, conductor
Andrei Serban, director
Richard Hudson, set and costume design
Niky Wolcz, choreography

Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame LidoineLes Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492

Andrè Schuen, Il Conte di Almaviva
Elbenita Kajtazi, La Contessa di Almaviva
Andrew Moore, Figaro
Nikola Hillebrand, Susanna
Kady Evanyshyn, Cherubino
Irène Friedli, Marcellina
Jens-Erik Aasbø, Bartolo
Christopher Willoughby, Basilio
Martin Zysset, Don Curzio
Marie Lombard, Barbarina
Ruben Drole, Antonio

Antonello Manacorda, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, stage director
Ben Baur, set design
Karin Jud, costumes
Martin Gebhardt, light
Tieni Burkhalter, video design
Ernst Raffelsberger, chorus master
Claus Spahn, dramaturgy
Philharmonia Zürich
Choir of the Opera Zürich

Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise, D 911, op 89

Michael Schade, tenor
André Ferreira, biedermeier guitar
Christoph Hammer, paino forte

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Kartal Karagedik, Peter
Katja Pieweck, Gertrud
Ida Aldrian, Hänsel
Olivia Boen, Gretel
Hellen Kwon, Knusperhexe
Aebh Kelly. Sandmännchen
Marie Maidowski, Taumännchen

Adam Hickox, conductor
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Kinderchor, Alsterspatzen | Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Luiz de Godoy, chorus master children's choir

Sergei Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges

Georg Zeppenfeld, The King of Clubs
Mauro Peter, The Prince
Nadezhda Karyazina, Princess Clarice
Neven Crnić, Leandro
Aaron Pegram, Truffaldino
Danylo Matviienko, Pantalone
Alexandros Stavrakakis, Chelio 
Flurina Stucki, Fata Morgana
Michal Doron, Linetta
Valerie Eickhoff, Nicoletta
Jasmin Delfs, Ninetta
Taras Shtonda, Cook
Tilmann Rönnebeck, Farfarello
Georgina Fürstenberg, Smeraldina
Gerald Hupach, The Master of Ceremonies

Erik Nielsen, Musical Director
Evgeny Titov, Director
Wolfgang Menardi, Staging
Emma Ryott, Costume
Fabio Antoci, Lighting
Jonathan Becker, Choir master
Benedikt Stampfli, Dramaturgy