Ida Aldrian, Prinzessin
Katja Pieweck, die Königin
Hellen Kwon, Kammerjungfrau
Tigran Martirossian, König
Peter Galliard, Schlächter
Aebh Kelly, der Gänsehüter
Carlo Silvester Duer, Falada, das Pferd | Prinz

Claudia Chan, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, production
Matthias Piro, co-production
Rainer Sellmaier, stage and costumes
Michelle Stoop, dramaturgy
Musiker:innen des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg

Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Moscow, Cheryomushki

Harald Schmidt, Afanassi Iwanowitsch Barabaschkin | Hausmeister
Ivan Oreščanin, Alexander (»Sascha«) Petrowitsch Bubenzow
Sofia Vinnik, Mascha, seine Frau
Sieglinde Feldhofer, Lidotschka, seine Tochter
Nikita Ivasechko, Boris (»Borja«) Korezki
Ted Black, Sergei (»Serjoscha«) Gluschkow
Will Frost, Fjodor (»Fedja«) Michailowitsch Drebednjow
Corina Koller, Wawa, seine Frau

Mikhail Agrest, conductor
Georgi Mladenov, chorus master
Daniel Weiss, lighting design

Grazer Philharmoniker
Chor der Oper Graz

Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Malcolm Martineau, Piano

Lieder by Franz Schubert

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492

Andrè Schuen, Count Almaviva
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Countess Almaviva
Ying Fang, Susanna
Riccardo Fassi, Figaro
Patricia Nolz, Cherubino

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Stage Director
Rufus Didwiszus, Stage
Victoria Behr, Costumes
Franck Evin, Light
Orchestra of the Vienna States Opera
Choir of the Vienna States Opera

Christiane Karg, Soprano
Sophie Rennert, Mezzosoprano
Ilker Arcayürek, Tenor
Konstantin Krimmel, Baritone
Helmut Deutsch, Piano
Sabine Meyer, Clarinet
Anton Doppelbauer, French Horn

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)
Hymne an den Unendlichen (Schiller), D 232
An den Mond (Goethe), D 259
Licht und Liebe (M. v. Collin), D 352
Der König in Thule (Goethe), D 367
An die Sonne (Uz), D 439
An die Musik (Schober), D 547
An die Leier (von Bruchmann), D 737
Romanze aus „Die Verschworenen“ (Castelli), D 787/2
„Ich schleiche bang und still herum“
Im Abendrot (Lappe), D 799
Die Allmacht (Pyrker), D 852
Mignon und der Harfner (Goethe), D 877/1
Im Frühling (Schulze), D 882
Auf dem Strom (Rellstab), D 943
Die Taubenpost (Seidl), D 965 A
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Müller/Varnhagen), D 965 *
Des Tages Weihe (Dichter unbekannt), D 763

Ida Aldrian, Prinzessin
Katja Pieweck, die Königin
Hellen Kwon, Kammerjungfrau
Tigran Martirossian, König
Peter Galliard, Schlächter
Aebh Kelly, der Gänsehüter
Carlo Silvester Duer, Falada, das Pferd | Prinz

Claudia Chan, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, production
Matthias Piro, co-production
Rainer Sellmaier, stage and costumes
Michelle Stoop, dramaturgy
Musiker:innen des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg

Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.

György Kurtág: Fin de partie

Georg Nigl, Clov
Charles Workman, Nagg
Hilary Summers, Nell
Philippe Sly, Hamm

Simone Young, conductor
Herbert Fritsch, stage director, stage, costumes

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro KV 492

Andrè Schuen, Count Almaviva
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Countess Almaviva
Ying Fang, Susanna
Riccardo Fassi, Figaro
Patricia Nolz, Cherubino

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor
Barrie Kosky, Stage Director
Rufus Didwiszus, Stage
Victoria Behr, Costumes
Franck Evin, Light
Orchestra of the Vienna States Opera
Choir of the Vienna States Opera

Georg Friedrich Händel: Ariodante

Cecilia Molinari, Ariodante
Luca Tittoto, Il Re di Scozia
Jacquelyn Stucker, Ginevra
Sabine Devieilhe, Dalinda
Rupert Charlesworth, Lurcanio
Christophe Dumaux, Polinesso
Enrico Casari, Odoardo

Raphaël Pichon, Musical Direction
Robert Carsen, Stage Direction
Luis F. Carvalho, Stage & Costumes
Peter van Praet, Light
Nicolas Paul, Choreographer
Alessandro Di Stefano, Chorus Master
Ensemble Pygmalion
Chœurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

Ida Aldrian, Prinzessin
Katja Pieweck, die Königin
Hellen Kwon, Kammerjungfrau
Tigran Martirossian, König
Peter Galliard, Schlächter
Aebh Kelly, der Gänsehüter
Carlo Silvester Duer, Falada, das Pferd | Prinz

Claudia Chan, conductor
Tobias Kratzer, production
Matthias Piro, co-production
Rainer Sellmaier, stage and costumes
Michelle Stoop, dramaturgy
Musiker:innen des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg

Iris ter Schiphorst's opera for children was premiered in Vienna in 2010. Together with her librettist Helga Utz, the Hamburg-born composer created a touching and captivatingly imaginative work of music theater from the Grimm fairy tale. A princess, accompanied by her maid, sets off from the protection of her parental home to meet her bridegroom. Despite a difficult journey and numerous obstacles, everything turns out well in the end and she is able to marry her prince. Tobias Kratzer is staging Die Gänsemagd as part of the opening of the opera stabile's artistic direction and season one day after Das Paradies und die Peri, the opening production on the main stage. Musical theater for the youngest generations is not a niche product for him, but a top priority. Here, young audiences experience it at close quarters: As a flock of geese, the children become part of the action, immersing themselves in the story together with the musicians and ensemble singers - opera as a lively, accessible art form full of enchanting melodies that shows how valuable resilience, self-confidence and trust in others are on the journey through life.