Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125

Christiane Karg, soprano
Beth Taylor, alto
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone

Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog

Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging

Olivia Vermeulen, mezzo-soprano
Sebastian Wienand, fortepiano
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Éva Borhi violin & conductor

Works from George Frideric Handel to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart up to the 20th century

The Dutch mezzo-soprano Olivia Vermeulen is one of the most versatile artists of her time, far beyond historically informed performance practice. She is a familiar face to our audiences as a regular soloist in concerts with René Jacobs. In 2024, she sang La Musica in Monteverdi's L'Orfeo with dignity and color, and a few months ago she brought dramatic depth to the role of Idamante in Mozart's Idomeneo. Both times, she received rapturous acclaim from audiences in Freiburg and Berlin.

She also recently received a lot of press attention with her album Dirty Minds, which features songs by Kurt Weill, Alban Berg, Hugo Wolf and others.

All this is reason enough for the FBO to present the 2025 New Year's Eve concert with Olivia Vermeulen. With a colorful, epoch-spanning program ranging from George Frideric Handel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to the 20th century, the mezzo-soprano can impressively demonstrate her stylistic range, while the FBO showcases its modern side.

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125

Christiane Karg, soprano
Beth Taylor, alto
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone

Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singing Academy
Dima Slobodeniouk, Conductor

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog

Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte

Hubert Kowalczyk, Sarastro
Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Tamino
Liv Redpath, Pamina
Chao Deng, Sprecher
Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya, Priester
Aleksandra Olczyk, Königin der Nacht
Narea Son, Erste Dame
Kady Evanyshyn, Zweite Dame
Ida Aldrian, Dritte Dame
Andrew Hamilton, Papageno
Daniel Kluge, Monostatos
Marie Maidowski, Papagena
Jürgen Sacher, Erster Geharnischter
Keith Klein, Zweiter Geharnischter
Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Drei Knaben

Keren Kagarlitsky, conductor
Jette Steckel, director
Florian Lösche, set designer
Pauline Hüners, costume designer
Johannes Blum, Carl Hegemann, dramaturgy
EINS[23].TV (Alexander Bunge), videos
Paulus Vogt, lighting designer
Christian Günther, chorus master
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog

Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging

Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus

Jonas Kaufmann, Gabriel von Eisenstein
Diana Damrau, Rosalinde
Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Frank
Daria Sushkova, Prince Orlofsky
Jörg Schneider, Alfred, a tenor
Adrian Eröd, Dr Falke
Ilia Staple, Adele
Michael Niavarani, Frog

Markus Poschner, musical direction
Otto Schenk, staging

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

Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata

Elbenita Kajtazi, Violetta Valéry
Ida Aldrian, Flora Bervoix
Aebh Kelly, Annina
Anthony Ciaramitaro, Alfredo Germont
Kartal Karagedik, Giorgio Germont
Daniel Kluge, Gastone
Nicholas Mogg, il Barone Douphol
Hubert Kowalczyk, il Marchese d'Obigny
Ilia Kazakov, il Dottore Grenvil
Mziwamadoda Sipho Nodlayiya, Giuseppe

Carlo Goldstein, conductor
Johannes Erath, director
Annette Kurz, set designer
Herbert Murauer, costume designer
Olaf Freese, lighting designer
Francis Hüsers, dramaturgy
Alice Meregaglia, chorus master
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper