Thomas Quasthoff, Voice
Rüdiger Baldauf, Trumpet
Wolfgang Meyer, Guitar

N.N., Soprano I
Simone Schneider, Soprano II
Natasha Te Rupe Wilson, Soprano III
Stine Marie Fischer, Alto I
Maria Theresa Ullrich, Alto II
Benjamin Bruns, Tenor
Johannes Kammler, Baritone
David Steffens, Bass

Cornelius Meister, Conductor
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Staatsopernchor & Kinderchor Stuttgart
Manuel Pujol, Rehearsal master Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Bernhard Moncado, Rehearsal master Kinderchor

With Gustav Mahler's monumental Eighth Symphony, Cornelius Meister and the State Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle and, together with eight vocal soloists, the children's choir and the State Opera Choir, bring the symphony concert series to a crowning conclusion. Shortly after completing the score, Mahler said in 1907: "The symphony must be like the world. It must encompass everything". This central credo for Mahler is reflected in the variety of forms and musical characters of his Eighth Symphony. Baroque fugue techniques can be found in it as well as a tonal language influenced by Richard Wagner. The first and only two performances during his lifetime were Mahler's greatest triumph. After the premiere in 1910, Thomas Mann commented that Mahler embodied "the most serious and sacred artistic will of our time".

Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin op. 25, D 795

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Piano
Manuela Linshalm, Puppeteer, Narration

Georges Enescu: Oedipe

Johan Reuter, Œdipe
Ante Jerkunica, Tirésias
Tuomas Pursio, Créon
Mihails Čuļpajevs, Le Berger
Nika Guliashvili, Nika Guliashvili
Vazgen Gazaryan, Phorbas / Le Veilleur
Nikita Ivasechko, Thésée
Michael Heim, Laïos
Marina Prudenskaya, Jocaste
Anna Danik, La Sphinge
Iris Candelaria, Antigone
Tone Kummervold, Mérope

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Andreas Kriegenburg, stage director
Harald B. Thor, stage designer
Tanja Hofmann, costume designer
Andreas Grüter, lighting designer
Florian Amort, dramaturge

Prague Philharmonic Choir (choirmaster: Lukáš Vasilek)
Wiener Symphoniker

Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D795
Poetry by Wilhelm Müller and Felicitas Magdalena Pfaus "Sichtweisen der Müllerin"

Julian Pregardien, Tenor
Daniel Heide, Piano
Manuela Linshalm, Puppeteer

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Paulus, op. 36

Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano
Ulrilke Malotta, Alt
Werner Güra, Tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, Bass

Audi Jugendchorakademie
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Martin Steidler, Conductor

Hans Werner Henze: Das Floß der Medusa

Kathrin Zukowski, La Mort
Georg Nigl, Jean-Charles
Jakob Diehl, Charon

Choir of the Bavarian Radio
Max Hanft, choral rehearsals
WDR Radio Choir
Paul Krämer, Alexander Lüken, Regina Sgier, Wolfgang Götz | choral rehearsals
Salzburg Festival and Theatre Children's Choir
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor

Béla Bartók: Herzog Blaubarts Burg
Francis Poulenc: La voix humaine

Florian Boesch, Herzog Blaubart
Christel Loetzsch, Judith
Barbara Hannigan, La Femme

Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl
Martin Rajna, Musical Direction
Claus Guth, Stage Director
Monika Pormale, Stage
Anna Sofie Tuma, Costumes
Michael Bauer, Light
Yvonne Gebauer, Dramaturge

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias, op. 70

Marie-Sophie Pollak, Soprano
Ulrilke Malotta, Alt
Werner Güra, Tenor
Krešimir Stražanac, Bass

Audi Jugendchorakademie
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Martin Steidler, Musical Direction

Richard Strauss: Die Schweigsame Frau

Peter Rose, Sir Morosus
Iris Vermillion, his housekeeper
Samuel Hasselhorn, Barber Schneidebart
Siyabonga Maqungo, Henry Morosus
Brenda Rae, Aminta, his wife
Evelin Novak, Iostta
Rebecka Wallroth, Carlotta
Dionysios Avgerinos, Morbio
Manuel Winchhler, Vanuzzi
Friedrich Hamel, Farfallo

Christian Thielemann, musical direction
Jan Philipp Gloger, production
Ben Baur, stage
Justina Klimczyk, costumes
Dani Juris, chorus rehearsals
Detlef Giese, dramaturgy

Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin