Humanity in War

Thomas Quasthoff, Narrator
Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann, Violin
Samuel Shepherd, Violoncello
Mengjie Han, Piano

The horrors of the First World War are brought to life through the interplay of music and literature. Thomas Quasthoff brings the voices of young soldiers to life, while the Amatis Trio provides a chamber music accompaniment.

JOSÉPHINE
Premiere
Germaine Acogny | Performer
Germaine Acogny, Alesandra Seutin | Choreographer
Mikael Serre | Staging and Dramaturge
Fabrice Bouillon-LaForest | Original Music
Fabiana Piccioli, Enrico Bagnoli | Light and Stage
Chanel | Costumes
Recorded Music

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
Created on 3 december 1975 at the Operahouse in Wuppertal
Pina Bausch | Choreography
Igor Stravinsky | Music
Rolf Borzic | Stage and Costumes
Hans Pop | Collaboration
Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Clémentine Deluy | Artistic Direction
Dancers from 13 Countries from the African Continent

Les Siècles
Antonello Manacorda | Conductor

Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln

Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (John)
David Steffens, Bass (Voice of the Lord)
Giulia Semenzato, soprano
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone

Fabio Luisi, conductor
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singakademie (rehearsal: Heinz Ferlesch)
Vienna Singverein (rehearsal: Johannes Prinz)

Humanity in War

Thomas Quasthoff, Narrator
Amatis Trio
Lea Hausmann, Violin
Samuel Shepherd, Violoncello
Mengjie Han, Piano

The horrors of the First World War are brought to life through the interplay of music and literature. Thomas Quasthoff brings the voices of young soldiers to life, while the Amatis Trio provides a chamber music accompaniment.

JOSÉPHINE
Premiere
Germaine Acogny | Performer
Germaine Acogny, Alesandra Seutin | Choreographer
Mikael Serre | Staging and Dramaturge
Fabrice Bouillon-LaForest | Original Music
Fabiana Piccioli, Enrico Bagnoli | Light and Stage
Chanel | Costumes
Recorded Music

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
Created on 3 december 1975 at the Operahouse in Wuppertal
Pina Bausch | Choreography
Igor Stravinsky | Music
Rolf Borzic | Stage and Costumes
Hans Pop | Collaboration
Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Clémentine Deluy | Artistic Direction
Dancers from 13 Countries from the African Continent

Les Siècles
Antonello Manacorda | Conductor

Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln

Maximilian Schmitt, tenor (John)
David Steffens, Bass (Voice of the Lord)
Giulia Semenzato, soprano
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Alexander Grassauer, bass-baritone

Fabio Luisi, conductor
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Singakademie (rehearsal: Heinz Ferlesch)
Vienna Singverein (rehearsal: Johannes Prinz)

Ida Aldrian, Prinzessin
Katja Pieweck, die Königin
Hellen Kwon, Kammerjungfrau
Tigran Martirossian, König
Peter Galliard, Schlächter
Aebh Kelly, der Gänsehüter
Carlo Silvester Duer, Falada, das Pferd | Prinz

Claudia Chan, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, production
Matthias Piro, co-production
Rainer Sellmaier, stage and costumes
Michelle Stoop, dramaturgy
Musiker:innen des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg

Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.

Ida Aldrian, Prinzessin
Katja Pieweck, die Königin
Hellen Kwon, Kammerjungfrau
Tigran Martirossian, König
Peter Galliard, Schlächter
Aebh Kelly, der Gänsehüter
Carlo Silvester Duer, Falada, das Pferd | Prinz

Claudia Chan, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, production
Matthias Piro, co-production
Rainer Sellmaier, stage and costumes
Michelle Stoop, dramaturgy
Musiker:innen des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg

Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.

JOSÉPHINE
Premiere
Germaine Acogny | Performer
Germaine Acogny, Alesandra Seutin | Choreographer
Mikael Serre | Staging and Dramaturge
Fabrice Bouillon-LaForest | Original Music
Fabiana Piccioli, Enrico Bagnoli | Light and Stage
Chanel | Costumes
Recorded Music

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS
Created on 3 december 1975 at the Operahouse in Wuppertal
Pina Bausch | Choreography
Igor Stravinsky | Music
Rolf Borzic | Stage and Costumes
Hans Pop | Collaboration
Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Clémentine Deluy | Artistic Direction
Dancers from 13 Countries from the African Continent

Les Siècles
Antonello Manacorda | Conductor

Georg Friedrich Händel: Ariodante

Cecilia Molinari, Ariodante
Luca Tittoto, Il Re di Scozia
Jacquelyn Stucker, Ginevra
Sabine Devieilhe, Dalinda
Rupert Charlesworth, Lurcanio
Christophe Dumaux, Polinesso
Enrico Casari, Odoardo

Raphaël Pichon, Musical Direction
Robert Carsen, Stage Direction
Luis F. Carvalho, Stage & Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Nicolas Paul, Choreographer
Alessandro Di Stefano, Chorus Master
Ensemble Pygmalion
Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris