Pietro Mascagni / Ruggero Leoncavallo | Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci
Fri, Mar. 29, 2024, 6.00 pm - 9.00 pm
Musikalische Leitung
Daniele Callegari
Musical Direction
Birthplace:
Milan, Italy
Studies:
Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan (first in double bass and percussion, then in composition and conducting)
Repertoire:
Italian Repertoire of 19th century (Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini); Italian repertoire of late 19th / early 20th century (Puccini, Ponchielli, Giordano, Mascagni, Leoncavallo); Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots; Offenbach’s Le contes d’Hoffmann; Bizet’s Carmen, Tchaikovsky’s Orleanskaya Deva and Pikovaja Dama; contemporary (Alice by Giampaolo Testoni, Oedipe sur la route by Pierre Bartholomée), et al.
Career stages:
Principal Conductor of Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice at Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur (since 2021) ,Chief Conductor of De Filharmonie (Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra) in Antwerp (2002 to 2008), Principal Conductor at Wexford Opera Festival (1998 to 2001)
Stages:
Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, La Monnaie, San Francisco Opera, San Diego Opera, Festival Verdi in Parma, Opéra de Montecarlo, New Israeli Opera Tel Aviv, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia di Roma, Orchestre Metropolitain de Montréal, Orchestre Nationale de l'Île de France, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra de La Monnaie de Bruxelles, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini di Parma, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de Madrid, Orchestra Sinfonica “Giuseppe Verdi” di Milano, et al.
Find further information about Daniele Callegari here.
photo: Roberto Ricci
Chorleitung
Eberhard Friedrich
Choir Director
Birthplace:
Darmstadt, Germany
Studies:
Studies with Helmuth Rilling in Frankfurt am Main
Prizes:
Under his direction, the Bayreuther Festspielchor was awarded the International Opera Award for Best Choir of the Year in 2014. Under his direction, the choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden was named Choir of the Year in 2004 and received the European Cultural Award (2009). Eberhard Friedrich also received a Grammy for his recording of "Tannhäuser" at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden with Daniel Barenboim (2003)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Choir director of the Hamburg State Opera since 2013/14
Career stages:
Choir director of the Festspielchor / Bayreuther Festspiele (since 2000), choir director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden (1998 to 2013), assistant at the Bayreuther Festspiele (since 1993), choir director at the Theater der Stadt Koblenz (1986 to 1991) as well as at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (1991 to 1998)
Cooperation with choirs:
MDR-Rundfunkchor, Amsterdam Opera Choir, Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Philharmonischer Chor Prag, Chor des Niederländischen Rundfunks, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Rias Kammerchor, Bayerischer Rundfunkchor, Chöre des Westminster Choir College, et al.
photo: Enrico Nawrath
Leitung Kinderchor
Luiz de Godoy
Musical Direction
Birthplace:
Mogi das Cruzes, Brasil
Studies:
Piano at Universidade de São Paulo (Bachelor) and at Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (Master), Erasmus stay with focus on piano and conducting at Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Diploma course conducting at Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien (with honors)
Prizes:
Würdigungspreis der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (2019), Scholarship from UNESCO, the European Union and the Brazilian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Erwin-Ortner-Preis zur Förderung der Chormusik (2016)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Leader Alsterspatzen since 2019/20
Repertoire:
Focus on choral symphonic repertoire (spiritual and secular oratorios; in particular Wiener Klassik and Deutsche Romantik), special relationship to performance practices of old and new music
Career stages:
conductor of the Wiener Sängerknaben (2016–2019), choir director of Chorakademie des Wiener Staatsopernchores (2016–2018), assistent of the artistic director of the Wiener Singakademie at the Wiener Konzerthaus (2015–2019), musical director of Opera Studio at Sommerfestival „ Música nas Montanhas“ in Poços de Caldas, Brasilien (2010–2012), corepeater of opera projekts at Theatro Municipal de São Paulo (2005–2009)
Stages:
Esplanade Singapur, Peking National Opera, Seoul Lotte Hall, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Taiwan National Theater, Teatro Real Madrid, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Tokyo Opera City Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wiener Musikverein; Carinthischer Sommer, Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Grafenegg Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Festival
Cooperations with orchestras (as conductor):
Camerata Schulz, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Orquestra de la Armada de Chile, Orquestra Juvenil da Bahia, Polish Baltic Filharmonic, Schubert-Akademie Wien, Youth-Orchestra Singapur et al.
cooperations (choral rehearsal / assistance):
Berliner Philharmoniker, Les Sciècles, Mariinsky-Theaterorchester Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker et al.
Cooperations with artists:
Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Ton Koopman, Sir Simon Rattle, Simone Young, Franz Welser-Möst
photo: Fernanda Nigro
Santuzza
Ekaterina Gubanova
Mezzosoprano
Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia
Studies:
Choral conducting at the Academic Music College of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire,
Opera singing at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and the Sibelius Academy (Helsinki),
Young Artists Program at the Royal Opera House in London.
Awards:
Grand Prix and Audience Prize at the Marmande International Singing Competition (France, 2001)
2nd Prize at the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition (Helsinki, 2004)
Finalist at Placido Domingo’s Operalia (Los Angeles 2004)
„Casta Diva“ Female Singer of the Year (Russian Musical Critics Award, 2019).
Major roles:
Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Fricka (Das Rheingold and Die Walküre), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Kundry (Parsifal), Venus (Tannhäuser), Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana), Amneris (Aida), Eboli (Don Carlos), Giovanna Seymour, (Anna Bolena), Marguerite (Damnation du Faust), Mere Marie (Les Dialogues des Carmelites), Adalgisa (Norma), among others.
Stages:
Metropolitan Opera New York, La Scala Milan, Bayreuth Festival, Salzburg Festival, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bavarian State Opera, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Teatro Real in Madrid, Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, among others.
Collaboration with directors:
Peter Sellars, Robert Carsen, David MaVicar, Christoph Loy, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Dmitry Tcherniakov, Calixto Bieito, Pierre Audi, Tobias Kratzer, among others.
Collaboration with conductors:
Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Simon Rattle, Kiril Petrenko, Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Valery Gergiev, Sir Mark Elder, Philippe Jordan, Ingo Metzmacher, Myung-Whun Chung, Kent Nagano, et al.
photo: Simon Pauly
Turiddu
Marcelo Puente
Tenor
Birthplace:
Argentina
Studies:
at the Córdoba Conservatory and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires with Renato Sassola
Important parts:
Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Cavaradossi (Tosca), Don José (Carmen), Calaf (Turandot), Paolo (Francesca da Rimini), Don Alvaro (La Forza del Destino), Manrico (Il Trovatore), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Don Carlos (Don Carlos), Riccardo (Un Ballo in Maschera), Macduff (Macbeth), Cassio (Otello), Turridu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Maurizio (Adriana Lecouvreur), et al.
Stages:
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Oper Stuttgart, Teatro Colón, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Prague State Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Canadian Opera Company, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Michigan Opera Theater, Vancouver Opera, Opera National du Rhin, Opera Australia, Semperoper Dresden, Opéra de Toulon, Oper Leipzig, The Göteburg Opera, St. Margarethen Festival, Opera de Lima, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Rainer Mennicken, Robert Dornhelm, Nicola Raab, Keith Warner, Andreas Homoki, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Sir Antonio Pappano, Charles Dutoit, Ira Levin, Stefan Lano, Adrian Morar, Michael Güttler, Giuliano Carella, Anthony Bramall, Manlio Benzi, Valerio Galli, Philippe Auguin, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Johannes Fritzsch, Jacques Lacombe, Carlo Rizzari, Mark Wigglesworth, Fabio Luisi, et al.
Find further information about Marcelo Puente here.
photo: Harcourt Studio Paris
Alfio
George Petean
Baritone
George Petean was born in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where he finished the Music School (piano and trombone) and studied canto at the Music Academy "G. Dima" in Cluj-Napoca, continuing his studies with Vicente Sardinero and Giorgio Zancanaro.
In 1997 he made his romanian debut in the title role of “Don Giovanni”, followed by Malatesta in “Don Pasquale”, Silvio in “Pagliacci”, Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Valentin in “Faust”, Ford in “Falstaff” and Marcello in “La Bohème” at the Opera in Cluj-Napoca.
In 1999 he was the winner of the Grand Prix of the international singing competition "Hariclea Darclée" in Romania. During the 2000 season he made his international debut in the role of Marcello in “La Bohème” at the Rome Opera House. During the period 2002-2010, he was member of the Hamburg State Opera.
He also appears in the most important international opera stages, as with “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna State Opera, Peking, ROH Covent Garden, Opéra de Paris Bastille, Teatro Comunale Bologna), “Pagliacci” (in ROH Covent Garden), “Il Trovatore” (in Bregenz Festival, Grand Théâtre de Genève), “La Bohème” (at Opéra de Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Metropolitan Opera New York), “Don Carlo” (in Vienna State Opera, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg), “Lucia di Lammermoor” (for the Vienna State Opera, Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Hamburg), “L’elisir d’amore” (at Opéra de Paris Bastille, Hamburg), “L’amico Fritz” (at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with recording for Deutsche Grammophon), “Un ballo in Maschera” (at Vienna State Opera, ORW Liège, Opéra de Lausanne, Aalto Theater Essen, Hamburg), “La Traviata” (at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg, Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla), “Faust” (at the Hamburg State Opera), “Rigoletto” and “Attila” (at the Opéra de Monte Carlo) as well as “I Puritani” in Zurich.
Recently he sang in “Simon Boccanegra” in Sydney, “Otello” in Madrid, “Il Trovatore” in Parma, “Macbeth” in Salerno and “Rigoletto” in Naples. Among his future engagements: “Rigoletto” in Hamburg and Liege, “La Traviata” at Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Royal Opera House in London, “Otello” in Dresden, “Il Trovatore” in Barcelona, “Andrea Chenier” in Munich.
Lola
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)
Relation to the State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the season 2019/20
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.
Find further information about Ida Aldrian here.
photo: Christoph Ziegler
Lucia
Renate Spingler
Mezzo-soprano
Birthplace:
Kempten, Germany
Studies:
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Munich
Master class:
with Prof. Reri Grist
Prizes:
Honored by the Hamburg Senate with the title of “Hamburger Kammersängerin” (2017)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1986/87
Important parts:
Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Margret (Wozzeck), Sdena (Das Fest im Meer), Gräfin Helfenstein/Üppigkeit (Mathis der Maler), Sigrune/Rossweiße/Wellgunde (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Herodias (Salome), Adelaide (Arabella), Flora (La Traviata), Larina (Eugen Onegin), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Prinz Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Lœna (La belle Hélène), Brigitta (Die tote Stadt), Mary (Der fliegende Holländer), Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande), Mère Jeanne de l’Enfant-Jésus (Dialogues des Carmélites), Circe (I.th.Ak.A.), Gräfin Geschwitz (Lulu), Mercédès (Carmen), Hippolyta (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Marthe Schwerdtlein (Faust), Lola/Mama Lucia (Cavalleria Rusticana), Ottavia (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), 2. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Tisbe (La Cenerentola), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Tebaldo (Don Carlos), Emilia (Otello), Gaea (Daphne), Hänsel/Hexe (Hänsel und Gretel), Miss Baggott (Der kleine Schornsteinfeger), Auntie (Peter Grimes), Die böse Königin (Schneewittchen), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, Semperoper Dresden, Theater Bonn, Oper Leipzig, Theater Bremen, La Monnaie, Oper Köln, Königliche Oper Kopenhagen, Prinzregententheater München, Theater an der Wien, Theatro Municipale de Sao Paulo, Gran Teatre del Liceu, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Ruth Berghaus, Willy Decker, Gian-Carlo di Monaco, Dieter Dorn, Adolf Dresen, August Everding, Jürgen Flimm, Achim Freyer, Ramin Gray, Caroline Gruber, Claus Guth, Hans Hollmann, Andreas Homoki, Günter Krämer, Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, Juri Ljubimov, Marco Aturo Marelli, Christian Pade, Simon Philips, Ernst-Theo Richter, Nils-Peter Rudolf, Johannes Schaaf, Sir Peter Ustinov, Christoph von Bernuth, Robert Wilson, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Gerd Albrecht, Marc Albrecht, Marco Armiliato, Gary Bertini, Michael Boder, Nathan Brock, Semyon Bychkov, Giuliano Carella, Bertrand de Billy, Jaqcues Delaôte, Alessandro di Marci, Peter Eötvös, Alfred Eschwé, Lawrence Foster, Michael Halasz, Eliahu Inbal, René Jacobs, Günter Jena, Alexander Joel, Karen Kamensek, Paul Kildea, Bernhard Klee, Jun Märkl, Cornelius Meister, Ingo Metzmacher, Kent Nagano, Garcia Navarro, Giuseppe Patané, Christoph Prick, Wolfgang Rennert, Donald Runnicles, Michael Schønwandt, Peter Schreier, Klauspeter Seibel, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Leonard Slatkin, Alexander Soddy, Stefan Soltesz, Marcello Viotti, Sebastian Weigle, Bruno Weil, Simone Young, Lothar Zagrosek, Hans Zender, et al.
Find further information about Renate Spingler here.
Canio
Vittorio Grigolo
Tenor
Birthplace:
Arezzo, Italy
Studies:
Sistine Chapel’s Schola Puerorum cantorum, under the direction of Maestro Domenico Bartolucci
Prizes:
Premio Caruso, Tiberini d'Oro (2015), Distinguished Artistic Leadership Award - The Atlantic Council (2016), NIAF Special Achievement award (2017).
Important parts:
Rodolfo (La Bohème), Duke of Mantua (Rigoletto), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca), Werther (Werther), Chevalier des Grieux (Manon), Don José (Carmen), Manrico (Il Trovatore), et al.
Stages:
Metropolitan Opera New York, Royal Opera House London, Opéra national de Paris, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Wiener Staatsoper et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Franco Zeffirelli, Robert Carsen, Yannis Kokkos, Laurent Pelly, Damiano Michieletto, Davide Livermore.
Cooperations with conductors:
Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Oren and Antonio Pappano
Nedda
Anna Princeva
Soprano
Birthplace:
St. Petersburg, Russia
Studies:
Piano, singing and conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory; then studied singing in Italy
Master classes:
with Francisco Araiza, Lela Cuberli, Grace Bumbry, et al.
Prizes:
Nomination for the Faust Prize for Elsa in “Lohengrin” (2019)
Important parts:
Elsa (Lohengrin), Freia (Das Rheingold), Violetta Valéry (La Traviata), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus), Nedda (Pagliacci), Leonora (Il trovatore), Mathilde (Guglielmo Tell), Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Contessa Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Giovanna (Giovanna d’Arco), Hélène (Jerusalem), Lucrezia (I due Foscari), Hélène (Vêpres siciliennes), Leonora (Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio), Teresa (Benvenuto Cellini), Musetta und Mimì (La Bohème), et al.
Stages:
Opera di Roma, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Festspiele in Erl, Theater Basel, Oper Bonn, Staatstheater in Nürnberg, Festspiele Heidenheim, Oper Graz, Sydney Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Cooperations with directors:
Calixto Bieito, Damiano Michieletto, Marco Arturo Marelli, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
Marcus Bosch, Daniele Gatti, Enrique Mazzola, Julia Jones, Oksana Lyniv, Dirk Kaftan, et al.
Find further information about Anna Princeva here.
photo: Tom Benz
Tonio / Taddeo
George Petean
Baritone
George Petean was born in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), where he finished the Music School (piano and trombone) and studied canto at the Music Academy "G. Dima" in Cluj-Napoca, continuing his studies with Vicente Sardinero and Giorgio Zancanaro.
In 1997 he made his romanian debut in the title role of “Don Giovanni”, followed by Malatesta in “Don Pasquale”, Silvio in “Pagliacci”, Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia”, Valentin in “Faust”, Ford in “Falstaff” and Marcello in “La Bohème” at the Opera in Cluj-Napoca.
In 1999 he was the winner of the Grand Prix of the international singing competition "Hariclea Darclée" in Romania. During the 2000 season he made his international debut in the role of Marcello in “La Bohème” at the Rome Opera House. During the period 2002-2010, he was member of the Hamburg State Opera.
He also appears in the most important international opera stages, as with “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” (in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna State Opera, Peking, ROH Covent Garden, Opéra de Paris Bastille, Teatro Comunale Bologna), “Pagliacci” (in ROH Covent Garden), “Il Trovatore” (in Bregenz Festival, Grand Théâtre de Genève), “La Bohème” (at Opéra de Paris, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Opéra de Monte Carlo, Metropolitan Opera New York), “Don Carlo” (in Vienna State Opera, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg), “Lucia di Lammermoor” (for the Vienna State Opera, Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Hamburg), “L’elisir d’amore” (at Opéra de Paris Bastille, Hamburg), “L’amico Fritz” (at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with recording for Deutsche Grammophon), “Un ballo in Maschera” (at Vienna State Opera, ORW Liège, Opéra de Lausanne, Aalto Theater Essen, Hamburg), “La Traviata” (at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburg, Teatro de la Maestranza in Sevilla), “Faust” (at the Hamburg State Opera), “Rigoletto” and “Attila” (at the Opéra de Monte Carlo) as well as “I Puritani” in Zurich.
Recently he sang in “Simon Boccanegra” in Sydney, “Otello” in Madrid, “Il Trovatore” in Parma, “Macbeth” in Salerno and “Rigoletto” in Naples. Among his future engagements: “Rigoletto” in Hamburg and Liege, “La Traviata” at Metropolitan Opera in New York and at the Royal Opera House in London, “Otello” in Dresden, “Il Trovatore” in Barcelona, “Andrea Chenier” in Munich.
Beppe / Arlecchino
Seungwoo Simon Yang
Tenor
Birthplace:
Gwangyang, South Korea
Studies:
Singing at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg with Prof. Carolyn Grace James
Master class:
Bo Skovhus, Eytan Pessen, Lioba Braun, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Gregory Kunde, Chris Merritt, Piotr Beczala, Dorothea Röschmann, Kwangchul Youn, Olga Peretyatko, Ralph Strehle, Harald Stamm, et al.
Prizes:
1st Prize Elise Meyer Competition (2020), 1st Prize of the Mozart Singing Competition (2020), Special Prize and 2nd Prize of the Maritim Music Award (2019), 2nd Prize of the Maritim Music Award (2018), 1st Prize of the Korean Singing Competition (2015), 1st Prize of the Korea Talent Award (2015), 1st Prize of the Ehwa & Kyunghyang Competition (2014), 1st Prize Shin Young-Ok Voice Competition (2014), 1st Prize of the Shinhan Music Award (2014)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2023/24 season
Was Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2020/21 to 2023/24
Important parts:
Lord Arturo Bucklaw (Lucia di Lammermoor), Pong (Turandot), Alfred (Die Fledermaus), Beppe (Pagliacci), Jaquino (Fidelio), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Pilade (Oreste), Nemorino (L'Elisir d'amore), Rodolfo (La Bohème), et al.
Stages:
Hamburg State Opera, Zurich Opera, Salzburg Festival
Cooperation with directors:
Guy Montavon, Yona Kim, Sascha Alexander Todtner, Amélie Niermeyer
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Stefano Ranzani, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Daniele Callegari, Giampaolo Bisanti, Leonardo Sini, Matteo Beltrarmi, Paolo Arrivabini, Giacomo Sagripanti, et al.
photo: Johannes Xaver Zepplin
Silvio
Nicholas Mogg
Baritone
Birthplace:
Manchester, United Kingdom
Studies:
International Opera Studio, Hamburg State Opera; National Opera Studio, London; Royal Academy of Music, London; Clare College, University Cambridge
Masterclass:
with Sir Simon Keenlyside, Christian Gerhaher, Malcolm Martineau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Gerald Finley, Sir Thomas Allen
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2022/23 season
Was Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2019/20 to 2022/23
Prizes:
Royal Over-Seas League Singers’ Section; Richard Lewis/Jean Shanks Award
Roles:
Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Ned Keene (Peter Grimes), Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Dandini (La Cenerentola), Steward (Flight), Herr Peachum (Die Dreigroschenoper), Melisso (Alcina), Jupiter (Orphée aux Enfers), et al.
Stages:
Hamburg State Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Wigmore Hall, Philharmonie de Paris, Het Concertgebouw, Festival Aix, Elbphilharmonie, Theater Lübeck
Cooperation with directors:
Keith Warner, Herbert Fritsch, Tim Albery, Orpha Phelan, Richard Jones
Cooperation with conductors:
Robin Ticciati, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Sir Roger Norrington, Yoel Gamzou, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Alan Gilbert, Kent Nagano
photo: linden.shots
Kinderchor
Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Die Alsterspatzen bezaubern seit vielen Jahrzehnten als Lebkuchen- oder Straßenkinder, als Ministranten und Elfenchor. In der Spielzeit 2019/20 übernahm Luiz de Godoy die Leitung des Kinder- und Jugendchores der Hamburgischen Staatsoper. Die jungen Sängerinnen und Sänger stehen in Produktionen wie „Hänsel und Gretel“, „Carmen“ oder „La Bohème“ neben Ensemblemitgliedern und internationalen Gästen auf der großen Bühne der Staatsoper. Darüber hinaus sind sie mit dem Philharmonischen Staatsorchester unter anderem in der Elbphilharmonie und im Rahmen eigener Projekte in der opera stabile zu erleben.
Wir danken der Alster-Hof Melzner-Stiftung für die Unterstützung.
Find further information about Alsterspatzen – Kinder- und Jugendchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper here.
photo: Niklas Marc Heinecke
Chor
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
The chorus members appear on stage at the Hamburg State Opera in a different role almost every night. From one day to the next, they might be sailors, pilgrims or conspirators, then courtiers, hunters, the deranged or the imprisoned. In the role of crusaders in I Lombardi alla prima Crociata they travel to Jerusalem, other nights they are invited to Madama Butterfly's marriage or acclaim Prince Igor. The ladies and gentlemen of the opera chorus demonstrate their artistic prowess, their flexibility, and their love of the stage in every performance.
With a membership around 70, the chorus of the Hamburg State Opera has been one of the world’s best opera choruses for many years. The varied repertoire – almost always in the original language – is multifaceted and includes baroque operas and dramatic operas, major works by Verdi and Wagner as well as contemporary pieces. At the start of the 2013/14 season, Eberhard Friedrich took over the post of Chorus Master.
photo: Niklas Marc Heinecke
Extrachor
Extrachor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Extrachoir
The Extra Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera consists of about 40 singers who perform part-time in performances of the State Opera. The Extra Chorus thus complements the State Opera Chorus both scenically and vocally in productions that require a very large choral cast. This is often the case with works by Verdi and Wagner. In the 2023/24 season, the Extra Chorus will be in action in productions of Boris Godunov, Don Carlos, Cavalleria rusticana / I Pagliacci and Die Tote Stadt. The Extra Chorus has been musically rehearsed by Christian Günther since 2013.
photo: Bernd Uhlig
Orchester
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Orchestra
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, Adam Fischer 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 and since June 2023 also its honorary conductor. 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 toured South America, followed by concert tours to Spain and Japan in 2019, and in the spring of 2023, the Philharmonic State Orchestra made its debut at New York's Carnegie Hall under his direction, which was acclaimed by audiences and the press. 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 by ECM, for which Widmann received the OPUS KLASSIK as Composer of the Year 2019, and ARCHE was performed again in 2023 to great acclaim.
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.
photo: Foto: Felix Broede
