Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto

Pavel Petrov, Duke of Mantua
Nicoloz Lagvilava, Rigoletto
Ekaterina Solunya, Gilda
Daeho Kim, Count Monterone
Lovro Korošec, Count Ceprano
Nikita Ivasechko, Marullo
Janwei Liu, Borsa
Wilfried Zelinka, Sparafucile
Neira Muhić, Maddalena
Leah Bedenko, Giovanna
Dimitri Fontolan, A Court Usher
Christian Scherler, A Page

Vassilis Christopoulos, conductor
Ulises Maino, conductor
Ute M. Engelhardt, director
Stephanie Rauch, stage design
Katharina Tasch, costume design
Stefan Schlagbauer, lighting concept
Christian Hagemann, dramaturgy
Johannes Köhler, chorus master

Grazer Philharmoniker
Herrenchor der Oper Graz
Statisterie der Oper Graz

Thomas Quasthoff, vocals/narrator
Rolf Zielke, piano
Olaf Casimir, double bass
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Shawn Grocott, trombone
Thomas Alkier, drums
special guests: Gitte Haenning & Peter Weniger

Jörg Widmann: Towards Paradise (Labyrinth VI) for trumpet and orchestra
Gustav Mahler: Symphony Nr. 4 in G-Major for orchestra and soprano solo

Christiane Karg, Soprano
Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet

Concertgebouworkest
Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Thomas Quasthoff, vocals/narrator
Rolf Zielke, piano
Olaf Casimir, double bass
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Shawn Grocott, trombone
Thomas Alkier, drums
special guests: Gitte Haenning & Peter Weniger

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve

Violeta Urmana, The Tsarina
Sergei Leiferkus, The Village Headman
Dmitry Ulyanov, Chub
Elena Tsallagova, Oksana
Ekaterina Semenchuk, Solocha
Sergey Skorokhodov, Wakula
Milan Siljanov, Panas
Vsevolod Grivnov, Deacon Ossip Nikiforovich
Matti Turunen, Pazjuk
Tansel Akzeybek, The Devil
Alexandra Durseneva, A woman with a violet-blue nose
Laura Aikin, A Woman with an Ordinary Nose

Vladimir Jurowski, musical direction
Barrie Kosky, production
Klaus Grünberg, stage and lighting
Klaus Bruns, costumes
Otto Pichler, choreography
Christoph Heil, chorus
Saskia Kruse, dramaturgy

Bavarian State Orchestra
Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Elena Kats-Chernin: Schneewittchen und die 77 Zwerge

Corina Koller, Schneewittchen
Leah Bedenko, Stiefmutter
Ted Black, Prinz
Michael Großschädl, Richard III., ein weißer Hase
Nikita Ivasechko, der Spiegel
Will Frost, Herr Müller | Jäger | Herr Meier | Koch

Stefan Birnhuber, Musical direction
Ulises Maino, Musical direction
Nicole Claudia Weber, Artistic direction
Friedrich Eggert, Stage & Light
Alfred Mayerhofer, Costume design
Katharina John, Dramaturgy
Andrea Fournier, Singschul'

Grazer Philharmoniker
Singschul’ der Oper Graz
Statisterie der Oper Graz

Elena Kats-Chernin: Schneewittchen und die 77 Zwerge

Corina Koller, Schneewittchen
Leah Bedenko, Stiefmutter
Ted Black, Prinz
Michael Großschädl, Richard III., ein weißer Hase
Nikita Ivasechko, der Spiegel
Will Frost, Herr Müller | Jäger | Herr Meier | Koch

Stefan Birnhuber, Musical direction
Ulises Maino, Musical direction
Nicole Claudia Weber, Artistic direction
Friedrich Eggert, Stage & Light
Alfred Mayerhofer, Costume design
Katharina John, Dramaturgy
Andrea Fournier, Singschul'

Grazer Philharmoniker
Singschul’ der Oper Graz
Statisterie der Oper Graz

Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248

Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano
Corinna Scheurle, mezzosoprano
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Björn Bürger, baritone

Thomas Guggeis, musical direction
Tölzer Knabenchor
Orchester der KlangVerwaltung

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel

Peter Schöne, Peter broom maker
Cassandra Doyle, Hansel
Olga Jelínková, Gretel
Anthea Barac, The Gingerbread Witch

Mario Hartmuth, conductor
Children's Choir of the Hanover State Opera
Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover