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Inszenierung
Mart Van Berckel
Director
Birthplace:
Deventer, Netherlands
Studies:
Classical piano & Music theatre at the ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, Directing at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich
Prizes:
Audience prize for the piece ‘PLAY MAIDS’ at Studio Körber Junge Regie at Thalia Theater Hamburg (2016 )
Stipendium "New Directors" from Performing Arts Fund Netherlands (2017)
Important productions:
Ändere die Welt (Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, 2023), My First Tragedy: Iphigeneia (Noord Nederlands Toneel/Club Guy & Roni, 2023), Schumann & Son (Consensus Vocalis, 2022), Seven Last Songs (Noord Nederlands Toneel, 2021), “Dromenblazers” (Oorkaan & Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 2020), “Continenten” (De Nieuwe Oost, 2019), “CARRY/JUMP/CATCH” (Club Guy & Roni, 2019), “A Cherry Orchard” (KASKO Zwolle, 2018), “Play Maids” (graduation performance, 2016)
Career stages:
House director at Noord Nederlands Toneel/Club Guy & Roni (starting 2021), Director at KASKO Zwolle (2016-2019), Director/artist in residence at De Nieuwe Oost Arnhem (2016-2020), Assistant Director at Dutch National Opera Amsterdam (2017-2019), Freelance director for music theatre and staged concerts (since 2016), Future collaborations with Dutch National Opera and Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam
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Musikalische Leitung
Johannes Harneit
Conductor and composer
Birthplace:
Hamburg, Germany
Studies:
Composition and music theory with György Ligeti at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Conducting with Klauspeter Seibel at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Assistance with Sergiu Celibidache in München
Prizes and scholarships:
1st prize “Internationaler Kompositionswettbewerb Hitzacker” (1986), composition scholarship Schloss Solitude Stuttgart (one-year scholarship 1990), “Composer in Residence” festival “Spannungen” in Heimbach (2000), “Composer in Residence” festival “Heidelberger Frühling” Heidelberg (2002), “Performance of the Year” (Opernwelt) for “Al gran sole carico d´amore” by Luigi Nono – musical director/conductor at the Staatsoper Hannover (2003), “Artist in Residence” Cantiere Internationale d´Arte di Montepulciano (2003), “World Premiere of the Year” (Opernwelt) for “i OPAL – Große Oper” by Hans-Joachim Hespos – musical director/conductor at the Staatsoper Hannover (2005), “Komponist für Heidelberg” Theater und Orchester Heidelberg (2014/2015)
Repertoire music theatre / important works:
Lulu / Wozzeck (Alban Berg), Carmen (Georges Bizet), Lucia di Lammermoor (Gaetano Donizetti), König Hirsch (Hans Werner Henze), Die Sache Makropulos (Leoš Janáček), Die lustige Witwe (Franz Lehár), Saint François d´Assise (Oliver Messiaen), Die Krönung der Poppea (Claudio Monteverdi), Don Giovanni / Die Zauberflöte / Entführung aus dem Serail (Wolfgang A. Mozart), Al gran sole carico d´amore / Prometeo (Luigi Nono), Hoffmanns Erzählungen (Jacques Offenbach), La Boheme / Tosca / Madame Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini), L´heure espagnole (Maurice Ravel), Lear (Aribert Reimann), Jakob Lenz (Wolfgang Rihm), Il Barbiere di Siviglia / La Cenerentola (Gioacchino Rossini), Pierrot Lunaire (Arnold Schönberg), Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss), Salome (Richard Strauss), Eugen Onegin (Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski), Aida / Macbeth / Nabucco / La Traviata / Don Carlos / Ein Maskenball (Giuseppe Verdi), Der fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner), Die Soldaten (Bernd Alois Zimmermann), et al.
Stages:
Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Opernhaus Leipzig, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Staatsoper Hannover, Theater Bremen, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen, Wuppertaler Bühnen, Theater Krefeld Mönchengladbach, Alte Oper Frankfurt, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Theater Heidelberg, Edinburgh International Festival, Theater Basel, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater Chur, Nationaltheater Belgrad, Teatro Poliziano Montepulciano, Teatro la Fenice Venedig, Theatro Alighieri Ravenna, Schauspielhaus Graz, et al.
Compositions:
Orchestral works, chamber and vocal music (about 100 compositions) as well as music theatre, chamber operas and 4 major operas: IchundIch (after “IchundIch” by Else Lasker-Schüler, commissioned by the Staatsoper Hamburg, premiere 2019 at the Hamburgische Staatsoper directed by Christian von Treskow, composed 2016–2019), Alice im Wunderland (after “Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll, commissioned by Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen, premiere 2015 at Theater Gera under the direction of Cornelia Poppe, composed 2012–2015), Abends am Fluss / Zwei Koffer im Keller – ein Opern-Doppelabend (based on texts by Gero Troike, commissioned by Leipzig Opera 2012, premiere 2015 at Heidelberg Theatre directed by Peter Konwitschny, composed 2009–2012), PYM (after “The Narrative of Arthur Gorden Pym of Nantucket” by Edgar Allan Poe, composed 1994–2000)
Collaboration with orchestras and ensembles:
Staatsorchester Darmstadt, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Sinfonietta Leipzig, Staatskapelle Weimar, Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, Wuppertaler Sinfonieorchester, Oldenburgisches Staatsorchester, Neue Philharmonie NRW, WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Münchner Kammerorchester, Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg, Scharoun-Ensemble Berlin, Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, Ensemble Oriol Berlin, Ensemble Phönix (Schweiz), Ensemble Zürich (Schweiz), Orchester le phénix (Schweiz), Minnesota Orchestra (USA), Belgrade Symphony Orchestra (Serbien), Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra (Bulgarien), Radiosinfonieorchester Budapest (Ungarn), Cairo Symphony Orchestra (Ägypten), Dänisches Rundfunkorchester Kopenhagen, et al.
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Bühnenbild und Licht
Vera Selhorst
Stage Design
Birthplace:
Netherlands
Studies:
Bachelor of Design, Theatre Design, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
Important productions:
Upcoming productions, Ändere die Welt, Mart van Berckel (Opera Forward Festival, National Opera, Operazuid and Resiopera) 2023, My first tragedy (Noord Nederlands Toneel) 2023
Productions, Over Dieren, Rebekka Nillson 2022, Schumann & Zoon, Mart van Berckel (Consensus Vocalis) 2022, Loo, Annechien Koerselman, (Theater Orpheus) 2022, Antropoceen de Musical (Club Gewalt) 2022, Seven Last songs Mart van Berckel, (Noord Nederlands Toneel) 2021, All that follows (Noord Nederlands Toneel ) 2021, Crazy Stupid, Flora Verburgge, (theater Sonnevanck) 2020, Pakketje Met, Mart van Berckel (Theater Sonnevanck) 2020, Continenten, Mart van Berckel (De Nieuwe Oost in coproduction Martvanberckelgroep) 2019, Een Kersentuin, Mart van Berckel (Kasko) 2018, Hildegard, Annechien Koerselman , (composed by Steven Kamperman, Wishful singing) 2018, Before I Die, Mart van Berckel (Kasko) 2017
Cooperations:
Mart van Berckel, Flora Verbrugge, Rebekka Nilsson, Kenza Koutchoukali, Pepijn Cladder, Annechien Koerselman, designer assistent on productions Lotte de Beer
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Kostüme
MAISON the FAUX
Costume designer
Studies:
ArtEZ Fashion Design Arnhem
Prizes:
Dutch Design Awards Fashion 2018
Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds Podiumprijs 2021
Cultuurfonds Mode Stipendium 2022
Important productions:
Leonce und Lena (Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2018/19)
Bitch I’m a goddess (Schauspiel Hannover, 2021/22)
Freiheit (Staatstheater Mainz 2019)
Love, (Göteborgsoperans Dankompani 2019)
Swanlake, the Underground, Fortune, Before/After (Club Guy & Roni and the NNT diverse dates)
Cooperations:
Guy Weizman & Roni Haver, Wieke ten Cate, Liliane Brakema, Naomi Velissariou, Julie van den Berghe, Renee Geerlings
Status: October 2022
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Dramaturgie
Janina Zell
Geburtsort:
Ehringshausen, Deutschland
Studium:
Gesang und Musikwissenschaften mit der Studienrichtung Konzert- und Musiktheaterdramaturgie an der Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen
Auszeichnungen:
Folkwang Preis für ihre Masterarbeit über die Inszenierung von Richard Wagners „Der Ring des Nibelungen“ am Aalto-Theater Essen (2014), Stipendiatin der „Akademie Musiktheater heute“ der Deutsche Bank Stiftung (2014-2016)
Bezug zur Staatsoper:
Dramaturgin der Staatsoper Hamburg und des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Hamburg seit 2015
Stationen:
Hospitanzen beim Klavier-Festival Ruhr, dem Konzerthaus Dortmund und der Oper Frankfurt, Dramaturgin für Oper, Ballett und Konzert am Aalto-Theater Essen (2013-2015)
Zusammenarbeit:
Calixto Bieito, Philipp Stölzl, Mariame Clément, Vera Nemirova, Andreas Kriegenburg, Toshio Hosokawa, Jan Bosse, u. a.
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Sophia
Marie-Dominique Ryckmanns
Soprano
Birthplace:
Munich, Germany
Studies:
Bachelor & Master of Arts at the University Mozarteum Salzburg - Graduation with distinction & Lilli Lehmann Medal of the Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg
Masterclasses:
With Brigitte Eisenfeld, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus and Dame Felicity Lott (singing), Pauliina Tukiainen (lied singing), Andreas Scholl (baroque singing), Donatienne Michel-Dansac (new music), Renaud Doucet (scenic basics), Gerd Uecker (performance training and marketing), Prof. Josef Wallnig (Mozart Opera Institute Salzburg), Michael Woodwood, Volker Wahl and Christian Poewe (acting) and Margit Legler (historical dance and gesture)
Prizes:
Grand Prix and Audience Award at the 5th International Singing Competition "Opéra Jeunes Espoirs - Raymond Duffaut" of the Opéra Grand Avignon (2019), Special Prize of the Walter and Charlotte Hamel Foundation at the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin (2018), Finalist of the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (Sweden, 2022), Laureate of the 22nd International Singing Competition. International "Ferruccio Tagliavini" Singing Competition (Graz, 2016), winner of the 11th International "Duschek" Competition (Prague, 2016), 1st prize at "Jugend musiziert" (Hamburg, 2015) and special prize of the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth for the best interpretation of a song cycle by the American composer Amy Beach (Karlsruhe 2015)
"Weisse Rose" Graphic Opera (role: Sophie Scholl): Hamburg Theater Prize "Rolf Mares" 2021 & "Special Mention for Extraordinary Artistic Achievement" - 58th Golden Prague International Television Festival 2021
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2020-2022
Important parts:
Adele (Die Fledermaus), Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Blonde (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Sophie Scholl (Weiße Rose), Waldvogel (Siegfried), Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Giannetta (Elisir d'Amore), Papagena (Die Zauberflöte), Una Sacerdotessa (Aida), Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel), Barbarina (Nozze di Figaro), et al.
Stages:
Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Hamburg State Opera, Herkulessaal Munich, Großer Saal Salzburg, Max-Schlereth-Saal Salzburg, Allerheiligen-Hofkirche Munich, Künstlerhaus Munich, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Mart Van Berckel, David Bösch, Alexander Riemenschneider, Karoline Gruber, Alexander v. Pfeil, Nicole Claudia Weber
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Mark Wigglesworth, Gianluca Capuano, Péter Hálasz, Daniele Callegari, Nicholas André, Johannes Harneit, Volker Krafft, Bruno Weil, Hansjörg Albrecht, Ingmar Beck, Josef Wallnig, Kai Röhrig, Gernot Sahler, Julio Miròn, et al.
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Angela
Ida Aldrian
mezzo-soprano
Birthplace:
Bruck an der Mur, Austria
Studies:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Leopold Spitzer and Karlheinz Hanser; studies for Stage Performance (Opera and Musical Drama), Art Song and Oratorio with KS Marjana Lipovšek with honors; member of International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (2012/13–2013/14)
Master class:
With Ann Murray, Bernarda Fink, Reri Grist, Peter Kooij, Andrew Watts, Thomas Hampson, Wicus Slabbert, Alan Titus, Brigitte Fassbaender, et al.
Prizes:
Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (2014), prize winner of the jury ranking at international singing competition „Stella Maris“ (2014)
Important parts:
Wellgunde (Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung), Siegrune and Rossweiße (Die Walküre), Blumenmädchen and Stimme aus der Höhe (Parsifal ), 2. Maid (Daphne), Feodor (Boris Godunov), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Hansel (Hansel and Gretel), Isabella (L'Italiana in Algeri), Adalgisa (Norma), Idamante (Idomeneo), Third Lady (The Magic Flute), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Penelope (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Mercedes (Carmen), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Laura (Luisa Miller), Flora and Annina (La Traviata), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Meg Page (Falstaff), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), Orlofski (Die Fledermaus), et al.
Stages:
Elbphilharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Kölner Philharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus, Musikverein Wien, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Grafenegg Festival, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Barocktage Melk, Styriarte, International Brucknerfest Linz, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Georg Schmiedleitner, Laura Scozzi, Mariame Clément, Verena Stoiber, Peter Konwitschny, Stéphane Braunschweig, David Bösch, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Simone Young, Kent Nagano, Martin Haselböck, Marcus Bosch, Yutaka Sado, Pablo Heras-Casado, Christopher Moulds, Cornelius Meister, Fabio Luisi, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Simon Gaudenz, et al.
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Enthus
Nicholas Mogg
Baritone
Birthplace:
Manchester, United Kingdom
Studies:
National Opera Studio, London – Young Artist (2018–19), Royal Academy of Music, London – Opera Course (2016–18), Royal Academy of Music, London – MA Vocal Studies (2014–16), Clare College, University Cambridge (BA Hons Music; 2008–11)
Master class:
with Christian Gerhaher, Malcolm Martineau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gerald Finley, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Sir Thomas Allen
Prizes:
Royal Over-Seas League Singers’ Section (2017), Richard Lewis / Jean Shanks Award (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera since season 2019/20
Important parts:
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Steward (Flight), Herr Peachum (Die Dreigroschenoper), Melisso (Alcina), Jupiter (Orphée aux Enfers), Hausknecht (Der Rosenkavalier)
Stages:
Royal Academy Opera, English Touring Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, West Green House Opera
Cooperation with directors:
Keith Warner, Tim Albery, Orpha Phelan, Richard Jones
Cooperation with conductors:
Robin Ticciati, Laurent Pillot, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Sir Roger Norrington
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Der Kleine
Florian Panzieri
Tenor
British-French Tenor Florian Panzieri is currently a member of the International Opera Studio at Die Hamburgische Staatsoper 2022-2024.
During the 2022 season, Florian will be performing the roles of 'Erasmus' in Johannes Harneit's new production of Silvesternacht (January 2023). 'Vendore di Canzonette' in Puccini's Il Tabarro (March 2023). 'Capitano dei Balestieri' in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (March 2023). 'Erste Vorarbeiter' in Schostakowitsch's Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (January 2023). 'Premier Garde' in Massenet's Manon (September 2022). And 'Sancho Pansa' in a newly curated collection of Telemann's work in Die Kuh! (June 2023).
Florian was born in Paris, moving to Brighton at a young age. He attended Lancing College as a Music and Drama scholar, before reading History and Politics at the University of Warwick. Whilst at Warwick, Florian directed, starred in and translated a plethora of Operas and musicals, all whilst under the tutelage of Johnny Graham-Hall.
Opera credits include: 'Primo Pastore' Orfeo (Garsington), (Cover) Peter Quint The Turning of the Screw (Garsington), ‘Brighella’ The Little Green Swallow by Jonathan Dove (GSMD), Marzio Mitridate (Garsington), Don Ottavio Don Giovanni (Merry Opera),
Berthold, Scoring a Century, (British Youth Opera), Telemachus (Cover) The Return of Ulysses (Royal Opera House).
Concert works include Pelléas from Pelléas et Melisande with London City Orchestra, step-out soloist with the LA-Philharmonic conducted by Dudamel, Concert of English song with Iain Burnside, Tippett Spirituals for the LSO Sing-in Day, Britten’s Canticles with Graham Johnson’s Song Guild, and the Serenade for Tenor and Horn with the West Sussex Orchestra.
He is exceptionally grateful to Help Musicians The Sybil Tutton Award, The Worshipful Company of Leathersellers', The Worshipful Company of Weavers, The Countess of Munster Trust, The Kathleen Trust, The Mario Lanza Educational Foundation, and Mr. John Wates for their generous contributions towards his tuition.
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Der Große
Peter Galliard
Tenor
Birthplace:
Chur, Switzerland
Studies:
With Rico Peterelli, Conservatory in Feldkirch with Maria Eibenschütz, at the Mozarteum Salzburg with Rudolf Knoll
Prizes:
First Prize at the International Mozart Competition (1985), Förderpreis of the Kanton Graubünden (1987), Dr. Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Preis of the Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Staatsoper (1989), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Kammersänger” (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87
Important parts:
Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Jaquino (Fidelio), Cassio (Otello), Froh and Loge (Das Rheingold), Alfred and Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Peter Iwanow (Zar und Zimmermann), Bardolfo (Falstaff), Hauptmann (Wozzeck), Knusperhexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Lenski (Eugen Onegin), Narraboth (Salome), Don Basilio (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz and Hauptmann (Lulu), L’Aumonier (Dialogues des Carmélites), Melot (Tristan und Isolde), Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser), Wolfgang Capito (Mathis der Maler), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Red Whiskers (Billy Budd), Dämon (L’Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe), Bischof von Budoja (Palestrina), Mime (Siegfried), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Lucerne Festival, Salzburger Osterfestspiele, Opéra National de Paris, Enescu Festival in Bukarest, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Nürnberg, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Claus Guth, August Everding, Johannes Schaaf, Harry Kupfer, Peter Konwitschny, Johannes Erath, Renaud Doucet, Georg Schmiedleitner, Stefan Herheim, Herbert Wernicke, Calixto Bieito, Willy Decker, Paul-Georg Dittrich, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Christian Thielemann, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kirill Petrenko, Kent Nagano, Lawrence Foster, Gerrit Prießnitz, Marcus Bosch, Philippe Jordan, Paolo Carignani, Vaclav Luks, et al.
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Anywhere
Tigran Martirossian
Bass
Birthplace:
Yerevan, Armenia
Studies:
Musical studies at the Gnessin State Academy of Music with Prof. Artur Eizen and Prof. Pavel Lisitsian
Prizes:
Prize winner of nine international singing competitions, inter alia, second prize in the “Neue Stimmen” Competition in Gütersloh (1997), second prize in the 2nd International Singing Competition in Shizuoka (2000), first prize in the Ondina Otta Competition in Marburg (1999)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2005/06
Important parts:
Ramfis (Aida), König René (Jolanthe), Salieri (Mozart und Salieri), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Dulcamara (L’Elisir d’Amore), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Sulpice (La Fille du Régiment), Colline (La Bohème), Basilio (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Selim (Il Turco in Italia), Banco (Macbeth), Pagano (I Lombardi alla prima Crociata), Daland (Der fliegende Holländer), Dossifei (Chowanschtschina), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola), Philippe II (Don Carlos), Méphistophélès (Faust), Fürst Galizky (Fürst Igor), Ein Eremit (Der Freischütz), Doktor (Wozzeck), Oroveso (Norma) , Pimen (Boris Godunov), et al.
Stages:
Novaya Opera Theatre of Moscow, Bolshoi Theatre, Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Salzburg Festival, Theater an der Wien, Bregenz Festival, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, St. Galler Festspiele, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Achim Freyer, Yona Kim, Jochen Biganzoli, David Alden, Andreas Homoki, Vincent Boussard, Stefan Herheim, Florentine Klepper, Francesca Zambella, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Sir Colin Davis, Zubin Mehta, James Levine, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Rizzi, Simone Young, Plácido Domingo, Kent Nagano, Sylvain Cambreling, Valery Gergiev, Michel Plasson, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Daniel Oren, Mark Wigglesworth, Philippe Jordan, Daniele Callegari, Riccardo Frizza, et al.
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Kellner, Wirt, Nachtpförtner, Zimmerkellner
Gabriele Rossmanith
Soprano
Birthplace:
Stuttgart, Germany
Studies:
Violin studies at the Musikhochschule Trossingen, vocal studies with Sylvia Geszty at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart; Ks. Brigitte Eisenfeld (Studium)
Prizes:
1st Prize Mozartfestwettbewerb (1985), honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” (2011)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1988 and Artistic Director of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera since season 2020/21
Important parts:
Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites), Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande), Despina (Così fan tutte), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), Micaëla (Carmen), Morgana (Alcina), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Nedda (I Pagliacci), Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi), Anne Truelove (The Rake’s Progress), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohème), Sophie/Marianne Leitmetzerin (Der Rosenkavalier), Woglinde/Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Ortlinde (Die Walküre), Hanna Glawari (Die lustige Witwe), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), Echo (Ariadne auf Naxos), Blumenmädchen (Parsifal), Fortuna/Giunone (Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), Vierte Magd (Elektra), szenischer Liederabend (Schumann und Schönberg), et al.
Stages:
Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (1985-88), guest engagements in Munich, Antwerp, Brussels, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Toulouse, Strasbourg, Glyndebourne Festival, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Willy Decker, Christof Loy, Guy Joosten, Harry Kupfer, Bob Wilson, Marco Arturo Marelli, Peter Konwitschny, Renaud Doucet, Achim Freyer, Calixto Bieito, John Dew, Vera Nemirova, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Horst Stein, Christian Thielemann, Donald Runnicles, Michel Plasson, Sir Antonio Pappano, Robin Ticciatti, Silvio Varviso, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivor Bolton, Kirill Petrenko, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher, Simone Young, Kent Nagano, et al.
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Ihr Assistent
Martin Muth
Martin Muth is a Hamburg-based drummer,singer, performer and group founder in experimental-, jazz-, pop- and theater projects.
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Ihre Assistentin
Lin Chen
Percussion
Birthplace:
Nanjing, China
Studies:
Nanjing University of the Arts (Percussion, Bachelor)
Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar (orchestra and solo percussion, diploma)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hamburg (multi-solo percussion, concert exam)
Career stages:
Marimba & Percussion, König der Löwen, Theater im Hafen, Hamburg (seit 2016)
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opera stabile (Hamburg), Laeiszhalle (Hamburg), Elbphilharmonie, Ber-liner Philharmonie, Philharmonie de Paris, Barbican, BOZAR (Brussels), Kölner Philharmonie,
Wiener Konzerthaus, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Weimarhallen, Stadthalle (Neumünster), Abrons Arts Center (New York), Rolf Liebermann Studio (Hamburg), Kampnagel (Hamburg), Re-sonanzraum (Hamburg), Forum der Hochschule für Musik und Theater (Hamburg), Hansa Theater (Hamburg), Monsun Theater (Hamburg), Theater Lüneburg, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
Hamburger Philharmoniker, Hamburger Symphoniker, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hamburger Camerata Staatskapelle Weimar, Lüneburg Theater Orchester, Shanghai Chinese Orchestra,
Neue Philharmonie Hamburg, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Simone Young, Tan Dun, Muhai Tang, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Thomas Hengelbrock, Syl-vain Cambreling, Alondra de la Parra, et al.
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Luigi Berger
Robert Jacob
Piano
Birthplace:
Oravita, Romania
Studies:
Piano at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg with Hanae Nakajima,
graduation with an artistic diploma
Reference to the State Opera:
Solo coach at the State Oper Hamburg (since 2019)
Career stages:
Solo coach at the State Opera Hamburg (since 2019), Director of studies at Meininger Staatstheater (since 2014), Harpsichordist and coach at the Kammeroper Munich (2006-2009), Solo coach at Meininger Staatstheater (2009), Coach for opera and ensemble at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg (2008), Lecturer for scenic classes at the Bayerische Theaterakademie “August Everding” (2006), Supervision of the opera productions during studies at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg (until 2005)
Cooperations:
Kent Nagano, Paolo Cararignani, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Christoph Prick et al.
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Orchester
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
The Philharmonic State Orchestra is Hamburg’s largest and oldest orchestra, looking back on many years of musical history. When the “Philharmonic Orchestra” and the “Orchestra of the Hamburg Municipal Theatre” merged in 1934, two tradition-steeped orchestras combined. Philharmonic concerts have been performed in Hamburg since 1828, artists such as Clara Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms being regular guests of the Philharmonic Society. The history of the opera company goes back even further: Hamburg has been home to musical theatre since 1678, even if a regular opera or theatre orchestra was only formed later. To this day, the Philharmonic State Orchestra has embodied the sound of the Hansa City, a concert and opera orchestra in one.
During its long history, the orchestra encountered great artist personalities. Apart from composers of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, such as Telemann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Mahler, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, since the 20th century chief conductors such as Karl Muck, Joseph Keilberth, Eugen Jochum, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Horst Stein, Aldo Ceccato, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gerd Albrecht, Ingo Metzmacher and Simone Young have shaped the orchestra’s sound. Renowned conductors of the pre-war era such as Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Bruno Walter, Karl Böhm and Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt gave brilliant performances, as did outstanding conductors of our times: suffice it to mention Christian Thielemann, Semyon Bychkov, Kirill Petrenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Valery Gergiev and Sir Roger Norrington.
Starting with the 2015/2016 season, Kent Nagano has taken on the position of Hamburg’s General Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Philharmonic State Orchestra and the Hamburg State Opera. In his first season Kent Nagano initiated a new project, the Philharmonic Academy, focusing on experimentation and chamber music. In 2016 Nagano and the Philharmonic undertook a successful three-week concert tour in South America, a tour of Spain followed in 2019. Since 2017 Kent Nagano and the Philharmonic State Orchestra have continued the traditional Philharmonic Concerts at the new Elbphilharmonie, for which they commissioned Jörg Widmann to compose the oratorio ARCHE, which was given its world premiere during the hall’s opening festivities. The concert recording has been released at ECM.
The Philharmonic State Orchestra offers approximately 35 concerts per season and performs more than 240 performances per year at the Hamburg State Opera and the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, making it Hamburg’s busiest orchestra. The stylistic bandwidth covered by the 140 musicians, ranging from historically informed performance practice to contemporary works and including concert, opera and ballet repertoire, is unique throughout Germany. Chamber Music has a long tradition at the Philharmonic State Orchestra: what began in 1929 with a concert series for chamber orchestra has been continued since 1968 by a series of chamber music only.
In 2008 Simone Young and the Philharmonic State Orchestra won the Brahms Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Brahms Society. The orchestra has recorded the complete Ring by Wagner as well as the complete symphonies of Johannes Brahms and Anton Bruckner – the latter in the rarely-performed original versions – as well as works by Mahler, Hindemith and Berg, and has released DVDs of opera and ballet productions by Hosokawa, Offenbach, Reimann, Auerbach, J.S. Bach, Puccini, Poulenc and Weber.
The members of the Philharmonic State Orchestra feel equally beholden to Hamburg’s musical tradition and responsible for the city’s artistic future. Since 1978 the musicians have been participating in education programmes in Hamburg’s schools. Today, the orchestra maintains a broad education programme, including school and kindergarten visits, patronage for music projects, introductory events for children and family concerts. The orchestra’s own academy prepares young musicians for their professional careers. The Philharmonic’s musicians thereby make an equally enjoyable and valuable contribution to tomorrow’s music education in the music metropolis of Hamburg.
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