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)
Hannah Weigl, soprano
Sophie Gallagher, mezzo soprano
Johannes Czernin, tenor
Martin Buchmann, baritone
Michael Schade
Justus Zeyen, piano
Hannah Weigl, soprano
Sophie Gallagher, mezzo soprano
Johannes Czernin, tenor
Martin Buchmann, baritone
Michael Schade
Justus Zeyen, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio
David Butt Philip, Florestan
arkus Marquardt, Don Pizarro
Eleanor Lyons, Leonore
Jasmin Delfs, Marzelline
Georg Zeppenfeld, Rocco
Mario Lerchenberger, Jaquino
Neven Crnić, Don Fernando
Jörg Reißmann | Torsten Schäpan, Erster Gefangener
Norbert Klesse | Holger Steinert, Zweiter Gefangener
David Afkham, conductor
Staging after Christine Mielitz
Peter Heilein, Set Design & Costume Design
Eike Wilm Schulte, Lighting Design
Jan Hoffmann, Choir
Wolfgang Pieschel, Dramaturgy
Death and the girl’ becomes “the girl and death”. We change the perspective. Our lied recital, based on a famous string quartet, with scholarship holders from the Balthasar Neumann Academy, is about the female view of history. And we show that death can perhaps also be a friendly creature.
Anna Maddalena Ghielmi, violin
Guilllermo Santonja di Fonzo, violin
Maria Angélica Pérez Martína, viola
David Neuhaus, violoncello
Christoph Prégardien, tenor
Lara Rieken, soprano
Marlene Heiss, pianist
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Florian Boesch, Bassbaritone
Malcolm Martineau, Piano
Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe op. 48
selected songs by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann
Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Stéphane Degout, Wozzeck
Ambur Braid, Marie
Robert Watson, The Drum-Major
Thomas Ebenstein, The Captain
Thomas Faulkner, The Doktor
Robert Lewis, Andrès
Jenny Anne Flory, Margret
Filipp Varik, A Fool
Hugo Santos, 1st Worker
Alexander de Jong, 2nd Worker
Daniele Rustioni, conductor
Richard Brunel, director
Étienne Pluss, set designer
Thibault Vancraenenbroeck, costume designer
Laurent Castaingt, lighting designer
Catherine Ailloud-Nicolas, dramaturg
Benedict Kearns, choir director
Nicolas Parisot, Maitrise Choir Director
Lyon Opera Orchestra, Choir and Maîtrise
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