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
Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: Cavatina "Se d’un Dio fui fatta madre"
Claudio Monteverdi: "Il pianto della Madonna"
Antonio Vivaldi: "Al Santo Sepolcro", RV169
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Rosenkranz Sonata No. 11 "The Resurrection"
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso Op. 6, No. 1 "Salve Regina"
It goes back to the great Renaissance composer Orlando di Lasso (ca. 1532-1594), has a rich tradition and is now known beyond the borders of the country: the Hofkapelle München. This ensemble under the direction of Rüdiger Lotter, which is known for the joy of high-quality musicians in historically informed practice, has finally been brought to Melk. They will be joined by Olivia Vermeulen, who has already celebrated several appearances at the Barocktage. Together they will present a programme dedicated to the last third of the life of Saint Mary, ranging from the grieving mother to the resurrection of the Son and the transfiguration of Mary as the bringer of hope to humanity. A moving festival finale!
Rüdiger Lotter, conductor and violin
Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Hofkapelle München
Breakfast matinée with Michael Schade
Karolina Ellinger, moderator
Musical organisation:
Franziska Hoffmann, clarinet & basset horn
Christine Foidl, clarinet & basset horn
Simon Pibal, clarinet & basset horn
It's entertaining, enjoyable and gets Whit Monday off to a good start: the now traditional breakfast with Michael Schade is a convivial way to start the day, with the Melk artistic director chatting away and telling backstage stories and tales.
FURTHER INFORMATIONS & TICKETSJoseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten, Hob. XXI:3
Gli Angeli Genève - Benjamin Lévy
Judith van Wanroij, Soprano
Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Stephan MacLeod, Bass
Franz Schubert/Aribert Reimann Mignon
Wolfgang Amadé Mozart String Quartet No. 19 in C major KV 465 ‘Dissonance Quartet’
Robert Schumann/Aribert Reimann ‘Herzeleid’ from: 6 Gesänge op. 107
Johannes Brahms/Aribert Reimann Five Ophelia Songs WoO 22
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy/Aribert Reimann ‘... or shall it mean death?’
Christiane Karg, soprano
Aris Quartet:
Anna Katharina Wildermuth, violin
Noémi Zipperling, violin
Caspar Vinzens, viola
Lukas Sieber, violoncello
Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Edgardo, Rocha, Count Almaviva
Marco Filippo Romano, Bartolo
Patricia Nolz, Rosina
Bryn Terfel, Don Basilio
Stefan Astakhov, Figaro
Marco Armiliato, Musical Direction
Herbert Fritsch, Stage Direction and Stage
Franz Liszt: Präludium und Fuge über den Namen BACH, S.260
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sinfonia aus der Kantate „Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal“ BWV 146
Johann Sebastian Bach: Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten, BWV 214
Johann Sebastian Bach: h-Moll-Messe BWV 232
Elisabeth Breuer, Soprano
Gunta Smirnova, Soprano
Valerie Eickhoff, Alto
Benedikt Kristjánsson, Tenor
Manuel Walser, Bass
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Thomaskantor Andreas Reize, Conductor
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Lise Davidsen, Feldmarschallin
Günther Groissböck, Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau
Emily D'Angelo, Octavian
Adrian Eröd, Herr von Faninal
Sabine Devieilhe, Sophie
Adam Fischer, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging
Rudolf Heinrich, stage
Erni Kniepert, costumes
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
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