Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Young Woo Kim, Siegfried
Johannes Kammler, Gunther
Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich
Patrick Zielke, Hagen
Åsa Jäger, Brünnhilde
Sophia Brommer, Gutrune
Olivia Vermeulen, Waltraute
Jasmin Etminan, Erste Norn
Marie-Luise Dreßen, Zweite Norn
Valentina Farcas, Dritte Norn
Ania Vegry, Woglinde
Ida Aldrian, Wellgunde
Eva Vogel, Floßhilde

Kent Nagano, conductor
Concerto Köln
Dresdner Festspielorchester

Charlotte Bowden, soprano
Jan Petryka, tenor
Günter Haumer, baritone
Junge Philharmonie Wien
Michael Lessky, conductor

Michael Schade, tenor
André Ferreira, renaissance lute, theorbo & biedermeier guitar
Christoph Hammer, harpsichord & fortepiano
Serge Falck, recitation

The atrocities committed by the National Socialists in the Buchenwald concentration camp between 1937 and 1945 belong to the darkest chapters of German history. To commemorate the countless victims and preserve a culture of remembrance, the Liedstadt Festival invites participants to a walk from the Buchenwald Memorial to Schloss Ettersburg, located about three kilometres away.

The “Zeitschneise” (“Time Corridor”) connects the former Buchenwald concentration camp with Schloss Ettersburg, a former summer residence of the Weimar court. Since the 16th century, the Weimar nobility used the Ettersberg as a hunting ground and created so-called “hunting clearings,” where game was driven together for hunting parties. For the construction of the labour and extermination camp Buchenwald, the National Socialists used these existing paths and turned them into connections between the camp and surrounding villages. In the 1990s, the path between Buchenwald and Schloss Ettersburg was restored and established as a memorial route called the “Zeitschneise.”

The Liedstadt memorial walk begins at the burnt Goethe oak on the grounds of the Buchenwald Memorial with a “song without words,” performed by the Weimar guitarist Anne Haasch. The roots of the Goethe oak today symbolize the prisoners’ resilience and their memory of a better world outside the camp.

The walk then continues along the “Zeitschneise” towards Schloss Ettersburg. At various stops along the way, the journey pauses: the poet Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg reads from his texts, and Julian Prégardien performs songs spanning over 200 years of Weimar musical history, accompanied by Anne Haasch on guitar. This includes songs composed in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

The memorial walk combines musical education, historical learning, and social responsibility, making an important contribution to regional remembrance culture.

A shuttle bus is provided:
10:00 – Bus transfer to Buchenwald Memorial (departure: Goetheplatz Weimar)
16:30 – Bus transfer from Schloss Ettersburg back to Goetheplatz Weimar

Georg Friedrich Händel: arrangements and improvisations
Spiritual ›Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child‹
Frank Sinatra ›In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning‹
Stevie Wonder ›If it’s Magic‹
a.o.

Thomas Quasthoff, voice & moderation
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Shawn Grocott, trombone

David Steffens, Wotan
John Heuzenroeder, Loge
Marianne Schechtel, Fricka
Lubov Karetnikova, Freia
Mark Hightower/Johannes Mooser, Donner
Garrett Evers, Froh
Tamta Tarielashvili, Erda
Boaz Daniel, Alberich
Tobias Glagau, Mime
Keith Klein, Fasolt
Selcuk Hakan Tiraşoğlu, Fafner
Monika Reinhard, Woglinde
Hannah Gries, Wellgunde
Julia Rutigliano, Floßhilde

Meininger Hofkapelle
GMD Killian Farrell, musical director
Markus Lüpertz, director/stage design/costumes
Matthias Heilmann, dramaturgy

Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Young Woo Kim, Siegfried
Johannes Kammler, Gunther
Daniel Schmutzhard, Alberich
Patrick Zielke, Hagen
Åsa Jäger, Brünnhilde
Sophia Brommer, Gutrune
Olivia Vermeulen, Waltraute
Jasmin Etminan, Erste Norn
Marie-Luise Dreßen, Zweite Norn
Valentina Farcas, Dritte Norn
Ania Vegry, Woglinde
Ida Aldrian, Wellgunde
Eva Vogel, Floßhilde

Kent Nagano, conductor
Concerto Köln
Dresdner Festspielorchester

Thomas Quasthoff, voice & moderation
Wolfgang Meyer, guitar
Shawn Grocott, trombone

Elena Kats-Chernin: Schneewittchen und die 77 Zwerge

Corina Koller, Schneewittchen
Leah Bedenko, Stiefmutter
Ted Black, Prinz
Michael Großschädl, Richard III., ein weißer Hase
Nikita Ivasechko, der Spiegel
Will Frost, Herr Müller | Jäger | Herr Meier | Koch

Stefan Birnhuber, Musical direction
Ulises Maino, Musical direction
Nicole Claudia Weber, Artistic direction
Friedrich Eggert, Stage & Light
Alfred Mayerhofer, Costume design
Katharina John, Dramaturgy
Andrea Fournier, Singschul'

Grazer Philharmoniker
Singschul’ der Oper Graz
Statisterie der Oper Graz

TRIAD IN PRIVATE...
Veronika & Uwe Machreich are delighted to welcome Thomas Quasthoff to Triad for dinner! In a particularly exclusive setting, Uwe Machreich will cook the artist's favourite dishes. Thomas Quasthoff will share autobiographical stories, amusing anecdotes and special moments from his career.

Evening menu incl. cover charge, mineral water, drinks €170
Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 6.30 p.m.
Limited number of participants!