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)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492
Huw Montague Rendall, Graf Almaviva
Adriana Gonzalez, Gräfin Almaviva
Serena Sáenz, Susanna
Riccardo Fassi, Figaro
Patricia Nolz, Cherubino
Adam Fischer, conductor
Barrie Kosky, stage director
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45
Nikola Hillebrand, Soprano
Samuel Hasselhorn, Baritone
Staatskapelle Berlin
Christian Thielemann, Conductor
Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Prélude and Liebestod
Richard Strauss: Final scene from: Capriccio op. 85 TrV 279
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: New Work for Orchestra
Richard Strauss: Thus spoke Zarathustra op. 30
Christiane Karg, Soprano
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony Nr. 1 Eb Major KV 16
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Arias for Sopranoo
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony Nr. 41 C-Dur „Jupiter” KV 551
Golda Schultz, Soprano
Antonello Manacorda, Conductor
Kammerakademie Potsdam
Georg Friedrich Händel: Semele
Elsa Benoit, Semele
Jakub Józef Orliński, Athamas
Jasmin White, Juno
David Portillo, Jupiter
Florian Boesch, Cadmus / Somnus
Jessica Niles, Iris
Adèle Charvet, Ino
Emmanuelle Haïm, Musical direction
Claus Guth, Stage direction
Michael Levine, Set design
Gesine Völlm, Costume design
Michael Bauer, Lighting design
rocafilm, Video design
Ramses Sigl, Choreography
Yvonne Gebauer, Christopher Warmuth, Dramaturgy
Le Concert d’Astrée
Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano
Mathieu Pordoy, Piano
In the first half of this recital, the soprano explores a whole cosmos of lullabies, from the folk melodies of her homeland to ornate movements by Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg and Franz Liszt. In addition, you will be able to experience that Richard Strauss, known for his great tone poems, was also a diligent song composer. In the second half of the concert, for example, his ‘Mädchenblumen’, composed at the age of 23, about four female characters, will be juxtaposed with songs by the French composer Lili Boulanger, who symbolises a completely different image of women. Devieilhe also honours her fellow countrywomen and their - sometimes unjustly unknown - oeuvre with songs by composers Cécile Chaminade, Germaine Tailleferre and Édith Piaf.
FURTHER INFORMATION & TICKETS