Sun, Nov. 15, 2020, 4.00 pm | Main Stage
Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi
Mezzo-soprano: Kristina Stanek
Tenor: Oleksiy Palchykov
Baritone: Kartal Karagedik
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Birthplace:
Rome, Italy
Studies:
Organ and composition at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome as well as harpsichord, chamber music and baroque performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel
Prizes:
Premio Franco Abbiati, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, ECHO Klassik, et al.
Repertoire:
Specialist for historical performance practice, especially baroque, classical and early romanticism. His opera repertoire ranges from Monteverdi, Cavalli, Vivaldi and Handel to Keiser, Pergolesi and Hasse to Haydn, Mozart, Cimarosa, Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti.
Career Stages:
Artistic Director of the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik (since 2009)
Conductor of the Baroque Orchestra Academia Montis Regalis (1998 to 2018)
Stages:
Teatro alla Scala, La Fenice, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Theater an der Wien, Opéra de Lyon, Oper Köln, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Regio (Turin), Concertgebouw Amsterdam sowie Tourneen durch Kanada, Australien, Südamerika, Japan, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Academia Montis Regalis, Zürcher Opernhausorchester, Wiener Symphoniker, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra sinfonica dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Orchestra sinfonica dell’Accademia della Scala, Orchestra della Fenice, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, NDR Radio Philharmonie, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Staatskapelle Berlin, Essener Philharmoniker, Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, Radio Kamer Filharmonie Amsterdam, et al.
Birthplace:
Krefeld, Germany
Studies:
Master studies with distinction at the Royal Academy of Music, London
Master classes:
with KS Brigitte Fassbaender, Charlotte Lehmann, Rudolf Piernay, Grace Bumbry
Prizes:
Best young singer at the European Music Festival Rome, Italy; 1st prize at the Mozart Competition Prague, Czech Republic; 1st prize at the Rotary Music Competition, Germany
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since season 2020/21
Important parts:
Carmen (Carmen), Romeo (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Orfeo (Orfeo ed Euridice), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Sesto & Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Cecilio (Lucio Silla), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Concepcion (L‘heure espagnole), Olga (Eugen Onegin), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Wellgunde (Das Rheingold), Veronica Quaife (The Fly), Mary Shelley (Uraufführung Diodati. Unendlich), Soprano 4 (Al gran sole carico d‘amore), Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), et al.
Stages:
Theater Basel, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Saarländisches Staatstheater, Oper Wuppertal, Stadttheater Trier, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Hans Neuenfels, Yuval Sharon, David Bösch, Barbora Horáková Joly, Stephan Kimmig, Barbara Frey, Lydia Steier, Sebastian Baumgarten, Sam Brown, Vasily Barkhatov, Daniel Kramer, Katharina Thoma, David Hermann, Christian von Treskow, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Marco Armiliato, Ivor Bolton, Ainars Rubikis, Erik Nielsen, Kristiina Poska, Joana Mallwitz, Titus Engel, Christopher Moulds, Gianluca Capuano, Jonathan Stockhammer, David Parry, Christian Curnyn, Antonello Allemandi, Justin Brown, Daniele Squeo, Johannes Willig, Valtteri Rauhalammi, et al.
Birthplace:
Kiev, Ukraine
Studies:
At the Vocal Faculty of the Petro Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine, Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra National de Paris
Prizes:
Grand Prix of the XVI International Lydia Abramova Vocal Student’s Competition “Bella voce” in Moscow, special prize of the Jury at the International Vocal Competition “Debut” in Wiekersheim, Prix Lyrique du Carpeaux, Prix Lyrique de L'AROP, finalist of the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2017/18
Important parts:
Lensky (Eugene Onegin), Alfredo (La Traviata), Fenton (Falstaff), Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Nemorino (L’Elisir d’Amore), Il Conte d’Almaviva (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Belmonte (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Pylade (Iphigénie en Tauride), Paris (La belle Hélène), Lysander (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Male Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia), Cassio (Otello), Narraboth (Salome), Beppe (Pagliacci), Sinowi (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk), Lykow (The Tsar’s Bride), Gritsko (Sorochintsi Fair), Kudryash (Katia Kabanova), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), et al.
Stages:
The Lyon Opera house, Opera Bastille, Opera Garnier, Athénée-Théâtre, Opernhaus Zürich, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Edinburg International Festival, Garsington Festival, Bayerische Staatsoper, Komische Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Hamburg, Champs Elysees Theatre, National Opera of Monpellier, National Opera of Ukraine, M. Dzhalil Tatar Academic State Opera, Chaliapin Festival, Le Théâtre du Léman, Palazzo dei Congressi Lugano, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Barrie Kosky, Calixto Bieito, Willy Decker,
Renaud Doucet/André Barbe, Mariame Clement, William Kentridge, Christophe Perton, Àlex Ollé, Laurent Pelly, Olivier Py, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Nello Santi, Philippe Jordan, Kent Nagano, Visiliy Petrenko, Michael Schønwandt, Riccardo Frizza, Kazushi Ono, Paolo Carignani, Alessandro De Marchi, Daniele Callegari, Henrik Nánási, Vakclav Luks, et al.
Birthplace:
Izmir, Turkey
Studies:
Singing in Izmir at the University of Istanbul, amongst others with Alper Kazancioglu and Prof. Güzin Gürel
Master classes:
with Giorgio Zancanaro, Paolo Ballarin, Barbara Frittoli, Luciana Serra and Alfonso Antoniozzi
Prizes:
First Prize at the Debut Competition (2012), Third Prize and Critics' Prize at the Ottavio Ziino Concorso Lirico Internazionale in Rome (2011), Second Prize at the Leyla Gencer Competition in Istanbul (2010), Second Prize at the Beniamino Gigli Competition in Rome (2009), "Best Male Singer" at the International Duchi d'Acquaviva Competition in Atri (2008), "Special Mention Prize" at the International Opera Competition in Como (2008), Third Prize at the Ferruccio Tagliavini Competition in Graz (2007), First Prize at the Güzin Gürel Foundation Lieder Competition in Istanbul (2007)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16
Important parts:
Renato (Un ballo in maschera), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Germont (La Traviata), Simon Boccanegra (Simon Boccanegra), Onegin (Eugeny Onegin), Lescaut (Manon Lescaut), Marcello (La Bohème), Sharpless (Madama butterfly), Sonora ( La Fanciulla del West), (Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Duca D’alba (Duca D’alba), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Riccardo (I Puritani), Il Conte d‘Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Mischonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Poeta ( Il Turco in Italia), Chorébe (Les Troyens), Escamillo (Carmen), Valentin (Faust)
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Opera Vlaanderen, Savonlinna-Opernfestspiele, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Puccini-Festival am Torre del Lago, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Komische Oper Berlin, Theater Magdeburg, Theater Erfurt, Oper Leipzig, Staatstheater Braunschweig, Izmir State Opera, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Georges Delnon, Stefan Herheim, Kirsten Harms, Herbert Fritsch, Michael Thalheimer, Guy Montavon, Carlos Wagner, Stefano Poda, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Stefano Ranzani, Ottavio Dantone, Eliahu Inbal, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Christoph Prick, Valerio Galli, Andriy Yurkevych, Yves Abel, John Storgårds, Anthony Bramal, Ulf Schirmer, Manlio Benzi, Joana Mallwitz, Peter Feranec, et al.
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.
The overture of Rossini's Il signor Bruschino caused a minor scandal at its premiere in Venice in 1813: the two violinists were instructed to tap the candlesticks with their bows, something hitherto unheard of. The opera (a "farce", a very popular genre at the time) fell through. Apparently the unusual musical contrasts between individual numbers were too brusque after all. The opera was not performed again until many years later, when Rossini had become a famous figure in European opera. A French version was written by Jacques Offenbach, and Rossini was present at its first performance in Paris, which was a great success. "I let you do what you wanted, but I have no intention whatsoever of becoming your accomplice," was his comment. To this day, this work remains in the shadow of many great famous operas, which are also represented in this gala: Il barbiere di Siviglia, L'Italiana in Algeri, La Gazza Ladra. There is also another opera that is rather unknown today: La pietra del paragone.
Venue: Main Stage, Dammtorstraße 28, 20354 Hamburg
