The name Machreich stands not only for an invitation to active music-making and the economic success resulting from it. The agency’s founder and her colleagues dedicate themselves first and foremost to the unique artistic development of each of their singers. In an atmosphere of mutual trust and personal connection, individual projects can be conceived and inspiring constellations initiated. Intuition and discretion are the highest precepts for the work of a highly qualified team, which engages in its work with heart and mind.
(photo credit: Stephan Doleschal)
“Art is not, after all, a pretty add-on – it is the umbilical cord which connects us to the divine; it guarantees our identity as humans.”
(Nikolaus Harnoncourt)
Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin op. 25, D 795
Mauro Peter, tenor
Akemi Murakami, piano
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Florian Boesch, baritone
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka
Christiane Karg, Rusalka
Brian Jagde, The Prince
Anna Samuil, The foreign princess
Jongmin Park, Vodník
Anna Kissjudit, Ježibaba
Jaka Mihelač, Gamekeeper
Clara Nadeshdin, Kitchen boy
Maria Kokareva, First wood sprite
Rebecka Wallroth, Second wood sprite
Sandra Laagus, Third wood sprite
Taehan Kim, Hunter
Tomáš Hanus, musical director
Kornél Mundruczó, director
Monika Pormale, set design & costumes
Felice Ross, light
Rūdolfs Baltiņš, video
David Steffens, bass
Doriana Tchakarova, piano
"In the nocturnal depths": The night is a magical realm - be it under a starry sky, deep in the rustling forest or in rocky valleys, unexpectedly deep feelings are revealed, the horizon expands into eternity, spirits and demons appear. Whether black or light, bass David Steffens sings of the night with the expressive intensity of his operatic roles and the poetic nuances of his experience on the lied stage, which ranges from Beethoven to Wolf, Schönberg and Ullmann. Doriana Tchakarova is a congenial dialogue partner at the piano, under whose hands sublime nature is turned into sound, just as much as she allows the eerie apparitions of the night to emerge from the keys.
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETSAntonín Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel. Symphonic Poem, op. 109
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G-Major for orchestra and soprano solo
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Gewandhausorchester
Andris Nelsons, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni KV 527
Christoph Filler, Don Giovanni
Dingle Yandell, Il Commendatore
Yasushi Hirano, Leporello
Maki Mori, Donna Anna
Kohei Yamamoto, Don Ottavio
Karina Gauvin, Donna Elvira
Toru Kaku, Masetto
Yui Takahashi, Zerlina
Bach Collegium Japan
Masato Suzuki, conductor
Leo Iizuka, director
Hiroshi Sugimoto, artwork
Sonya Park / William Oweson, costumes
Hiroshi Koizumi (artistic design), stage manager