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)
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Mass in B minor
Núria Rial, soprano
Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo soprano
Werner Güra, tenor
Gerrit Illenberger, bass
Monteverdi Choir
accentus Choir
Insula Orchestra
Laurence Equilbey, conductor
Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Johannes Martin Kränzle, Wozzeck
Dmitry Golovnin, Tambourmajor
Jörg Schneider, Hauptmann
Dmitry Belosselskiy, Doktor
Marlis Petersen, Marie
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Simon Stone, stage director
Hans Zender / Franz Schubert: Die Winterreise
Julian Prégardien, Tenor
Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg
Mino Marani, Conductor
The mood of a lonely and lost character, the state of a soul recreated as sound: Franz Schubert’s »Winterreise« (Winter Journey) is a cycle of 24 songs for voice and piano based on poems by Wilhelm Müller. Created in 1827, it is considered the apogee of German art songs. Composer Hans Zender transposed it for tenor voice and small orchestra: Premiered in Frankfurt in 1993, his interpretation is an empathic yet radical revelation of the original’s disturbing elements and a unique and subtly differentiated approach to the sound of Wilhelm Müller’s poems.
Olga Neuwirth: Monster's Paradise
Sarah Defrise, Vampi
Sylvie Rohrer, Vampi (actress)
Kristina Stanek, Bampi
Ruth Rosenfeld, Bampi (actress)
Georg Nigl, King / President
Anna Clementi, Gorgonzilla
Andrew Watts, Mickey
Eric Jurenas, Tuckey
Ruben Drole, a Bear
Titus Engel, Musical Direction
Tobias Kratzer, Stage Dirctor
Matthias Piro, Co-Director
Rainer Sellmaier, Stage and Costumes
Jonas Dahl, Janic Bebi, Video Designer
Markus Noisternig, Live-Electronic
Oliver Brunbauer, Olga Neuwirth, Sounddesign and Samples
Julien Aléonard, Sounddirection
Michael Bauer, Light
Christopher Warmuth, Fabio Dietsche, Dramaturge
Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Stephan Rügamer, Prolog, Peter Quint
Christiane Karg, Governess
Nicolò Balducci, Miles
Regina Koncz, Flora
Rosie Aldridge, Mrs. Grose
Anna Samuil, Fräulein Jessel
Staatskapelle Berlin
Finnegan Downie Dear, Musical Direction
Claus Guth, Stage Direction
Christian Schmidt, Stage & Costumes
Sebastian Alphons, Light
Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Lisette Oropesa, Violetta Valéry
Piotr Buszewski, Alfredo Germont
Luca Salsi, Giordio Germont
Antonello Manacorda, Conductor
Michael Mayer, Stage Director
Christine Jones, Stage
Susan Hilferty, Costumes
Kevin Adams, Light
Lorin Latarro, Choreographer