Giuseppe Verdi | Don Carlos
Sun, Nov. 26, 2023, 3.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Musikalische Leitung
Leo Hussain
Musical Direction
Repertoire:
L’Italiana in Londra, Wozzeck, Lakmé, Der Waffenschmied, Carmen, Thaïs, Die Zauberflöte, Salome, Die Tote Stadt, Oedipe, Capriccio, The Rape of Lucretia, Gurrelieder, et al.
Career stages:
Music Director at Opera de Rouen (2014)
Music Director at Salzburg Landestheater (2009 – 2014)
Stages:
Oper Frankfurt, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Teatro Real, Theater an der Wien, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Gothenburg Opera, Norwegian National Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, English National Opera, Bavarian state opera, Berlin state opera, Salzburg Festival, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
Hamburger Symphoniker, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mozartfest Würzburg, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, DSO Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Prague Philharmonia, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Royal Danish Orchestra, West Australian symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, et al.
photo: Pia Clodi
Chor
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
Philippe II
Alexander Vinogradov
Bass
Birthplace:
Russia
Studies:
Moscow Conservatory
Important parts:
Escamillo (Carmen), Filippo II (Don Carlo), Conte di Walter (Luisa Miller), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Zaccaria (Nabucco), Ruy Gomez da Silva (Ernani), Procida (Les Vêpres siciliennes), Prince Gremin (Eugene Onegin), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Colline (La bohéme), Timur (Turandot), Méphistophélès (Faust), Méphistophélès (La damnation de Faust), Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Basilio (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Rossini’s “Petite Messe Solennelle”, Dvoraks’s “Stabat Mater”, Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem”, et al.
Stages:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, Washington Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra National de Paris, Théâtre du Châtelet de Paris, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Opernhaus Zürich, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Palau de les Arts de Valencia, Teatro Real de Madrid, San Diego Opera, Semperoper Dresden, Ravinia Festival, New National Theatre in Tokyo, Teatro Colòn de Buenos Aires, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Arena di Verona, Bavarian State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Vienna State Opera, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Daniel Barenboim, Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Lawrence Foster, Valerij Gergeev, Mariss Jansons, Philippe Jordan, Vladimir Jurowski, Lorin Maazel, Kent Nagano, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Antonio Pappano, Vasilj Petrenko, Helmuth Rilling, Yuri Temirkanov, et al.
Find further information about Alexander Vinogradov here.
photo: Polina Plotnikova
Don Carlos
Russell Thomas
Tenor
Birthplace:
Miami, Florida
Studies:
New World School of the Arts
Prizes:
Nominated for Best Male Singer in International Opera Awards in both 2020 and 2022
Grand Prize, Audience Prize, and Tenor Prize of the Francisco Viñas Competition in Barcelona, Spain 2010
“Competizione dell’Opera” in Dresden in 2008
Important parts:
Don Carlo, Manrico (Il trovatore), Don Alvaro (La forza del destino), Pollione (Norma), Rodolfo (La bohème), Ismaele (Nabucco), Calaf (Turandot), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Cavaradossi (Tosca), et al.
Stages:
Opéra national de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Oper Frankfurt, San Francisco Opera, Salzburger Festspiele, et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Frank Castorf, Matthew Ozawa, Peter Sellars, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
Antonio Pappano, Daniele Rustioni, Eun Sun Kim, Gustavo Dudamel, Teodor Currentzis, James Conlon et al.
photo: Fay Fox
Rodrigue
Alexey Bogdanchikov
Baritone
Birthplace:
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Studies:
Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow
Prizes:
Winner of the 57th International Singing Competition "Voci Verdiane" in Busseto (2019), Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer-Preis (2017), Special Prize at the “Neue Stimmen” competition (2013), representative for Russia at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition (2013), second prize at the European Vocal Competition “Debut” (2012), third prize at the Armel Opera Competition in Hungary (2010)
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 2015/16
Important parts:
Barrett (The Servant), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Eugen Onegin (Eugen Onegin), Robert (Iolanta), Prinz Jeletzki (Pique Dame), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Marcello (La Bohème), Moralès (Carmen), Graf (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Frank und Fritz (Die tote Stadt), Silvio (Pagliacci), Sharpless (Madama Butterfly), Figaro (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Valentin (Faust), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier von Umberto Giordano), Malatesta (Don Pasquale), et al.
Stages:
Armel Opernfestival in Szeged, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Guangzhou Opera House, Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Delle Muse in Ancona, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Astrakhan Opera House, Magnitogorsk Opera House, Kolobov Novaya Opera Theatre Moscow, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Hannover, Sankt Galler Festspiele, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Jader Bignamini, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Emmanuel Villaume, Renato Palumbo, Erich Wächter, Alexander Joel, Stefano Ranzani, Josep Caballé Domenech, Nathan Brock, Gregor Bühl, Kent Nagano, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christoph Gedschold, Carlo Rizzari, Christopher Ward, et al.
Find further information about Alexey Bogdanchikov here.
photo: PAULINA HOLBREICH
Le Grand Inquisiteur
Liang Li
Bass
Origin:
China
Studies:
Singing at the conservatory in Tianjin and in Beijing
Prizes:
Winner of the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, first prize of the Bertelsmann Foundation "Neue Stimmen" Singing Competition, winner of the International Opera Competition in Shizuoka in Japan, appointed Kammersänger of the Stuttgart State Opera (2017)
Important parts:
Daland (Der Fliegende Holländer), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Rodolfo (La Sonnambula), Hunding (Die Walküre), Fasolt and Fafner (Rheingold), Komtur (Don Giovanni), Zaccharia (Nabucco), Jacopo Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Filippo II (Don Carlos), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Ferrando (Il Trovatore), Geronte de Ravior (Manon Lescaut), Timur (Turandot), King Marke (Tristan und Isolde), Gurnemanz (Parsifal), Banco (Macbeth), Cardinal de Brogni (La Juive), Oroveso (Norma), Gremin (Eugene Onegin), et al.
Stages:
Semperoper Dresden, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro di San Carlo, Staatstheater Stuttgart, De Vlaamse Opera, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Opéra National de Paris, Bolshoi Theater Moscow, NCPA Beijing, Palau des Arts Valencia, Teatro Real Madrid, Liceu Barcelona, Grand Théâtre de Génève, Opéra de Lyon, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Richard Eyre, Alex Ollé, David Hermann, Sergio Morabito, Alexander Schulin, Guy Joosten, Jossi Wieler, Achim Freyer, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Mariss Jansons, Zubin Mehta, Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Donald Runnicles, Daniele Rustioni, Tomás Netopil, Sylvain Cambreling, Jonathan Nott, Alain Altinoglu, Francois-Xavier Roth, Manfred Honeck, Carlo Rizzi, Tomás Netopil, Shao-chia Lü, Kent Nagano, Antonio Fogliani, et al.
Find further information about Liang Li here.
photo: Martin Sigmund
Un Moine
Bruno Vargas
Bass
Origin:
Chile
Studies:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Staatsoper Hamburg (2015 to 2017), studied singing/music theatre and voice performance at the Folkwang Universität der Künste, singing at the Universidad Católica de Chile as well as music theory in Santiago de Chile
Prizes / Scholarships:
Prizewinner at the international singing competition of the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg as well as scholarship holder of the Richard-Wagner-Verband Dortmund and the Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artas in Chile
Important parts:
Truffaldin (Ariadne auf Naxos), Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte), Don Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro), Falstaff (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Simone (Gianni Schicchi), Melisso (Alcina), Talpa (Il Tabarro), Marquis d’Obigny (La Traviata), Zuniga (Carmen), Masetto (Don Giovanni), Leuthold (Guillaume Tell), Ein Hauptmann (Eugen Onegin), Zweiter Geharnischter (Die Zauberflöte), Montano (Otello), Der Einarmige (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Un Moine (Don Carlos), Mercure (Les Troyens), Cesare Angelotti (Tosca), et al.
Stages:
Staatsoper Hamburg, Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg, Theater Dortmund, Theater Solingen, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Andreas Homoki, Marco-Arturo Marelli, David Mouchtar-Samorai, Christof Loy, Jette Steckel, Calixto Bieito, Michael Thalheimer, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Kent Nagano, Paolo Carignani, Christophe Spinosi, Nathan Brock, Michael Ellis Ingram, Gabriel Venzago, Daniel Huppert, Martin Schelhaas, Barbara Kler, et al.
photo: Kartal Karagedik
Elisabeth de Valois
Nino Machaidze
Soprano
Birthplace:
Tbilisi, Georgia
Studies:
Accademia del Teatro alla Scala (Milan)
Important parts:
Mimí (La Bohéme), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Desdemona (Otello), La Contessa di Folleeville (II viaggio a Reims), Gilda (Rigoletto), Ines (L´Africaine), Luisa (Luisa Miller), Violetta (La Traviata), Micaela (Carmen), Donna Fiorilla (II turco in Intalia), Ninetta (La gazza ladra), Adina (L´elisir d´amore), Leila (Les Pecheurs de perles), Thaïs (Thaïs), Lucia Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor), Musetta (La Bohème), Marie (La fille du régiment), Manon (Manon), Armida (Armida), Nedda (Pagliacci), Giselda (I Lombardi alla prima crociata), Giovanna (Giovanna d’Arco), et al.
Stages:
Metropolitan Opera, Hamburgische Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie in Brussels, Opéra national de Paris, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Los Angeles Opera, Royal Danish Opera, San Francisco Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro de la Maestranza,Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Theater An der Wien, Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Damiano Michieletto, Andreas Homoki, Christopher Alden, Vera Nemirova, Sonja Nemirova, Amos Gitai, Carlus Padrissa, Lorenzo Amato, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Gustavo Dudamel, Guillermo García Calvo, Marc Piollet, Maurizio Benini, Patrick Fournillier, Simone Young, Stefano Montanari, Daniele Rustioni, Massimo Zanetti, Donato Renzetti, Enrique Mazzola, Daniel Oren, Antonello Manacorda, Gabriele Ferro, Roberto Abbado, Carlo Goldstein, Daniele Squeo, Alexander Joel, Riccardo Frizza, Francesco Rosa, et al.
Find further information about Nino Machaidze here.
photo: Patrizio Taormina
La Princesse d'Eboli
Katja Pieweck
Soprano
Birthplace:
Hannover, Germany
Studies:
Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hamburg with Prof. Ks. Judith Beckmann
Prizes:
Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Preis of the Körber-Stiftung (2007), Cultural Prize of the Berenberg Bank Hamburg (2000), First Prize of the International Robert Stolz Singing Competition in Hamburg (2000), Masefield Fellowship of the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since 1999/2000, member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera (1997/98 to 1998/99)
Important parts:
Adalgisa (Norma), Mercédès (Carmen), Hexe (Königskinder), Smeton (Anna Bolena), Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Marquise de Berkenfield (La fille du régiment), Sélysette (Ariane et Barbe-Bleue), Arsamene (Xerxes), Sancta Susanna (Klementia), Gertrud/Sandmännchen (Hänsel und Gretel), Frau des Dorfrichters (Jenufa), Valencienne (Die lustige Witwe), Witwe Browe (Zar und Zimmermann), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Damigella Pallade (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Marcellina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Erste Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Schenkwirtin (Boris Godunov), Mutter (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Frugola (Il Tabarro), Goneril (Lear), Berta/Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Marchese Melibea (Il Viaggio a Reims), Ariadne (Ariadne), Adelaide (Arabella), Annina (Der Rosenkavalier), Aufseherin/1. Magd (Elektra), Curra/Preziosilla (La Forza del Destino), Annina (La Traviata), Meg Page/Alice Ford (Falstaff), Giovanna/Maddalena (Rigoletto), Fenena (Nabucco), Emilia (Otello), Fricka (Das Rheingold), Siegrune/Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Magdalena (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Adriano (Rienzi), Eglantine (Euryanthe), Ericlea (Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria), Larina (Eugen Onegin), et al.
Stages:
Hamburgische Staatsoper, Semperoper, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Staatstheater Mainz, Bayerische Staatsoper, Oper Leipzig, Internationale Herrenchiemsee Festspiele, Staatsoper Hannover, et al.
Zusammenarbeit mit Regisseuren:
Peter Konwitschny, Karoline Gruber, Claus Guth, Willy Decker, Achim Freyer, Roger Vontobel, Stefan Herheim, Michael Thalheimer, et al.
Zusammenarbeit mit Dirigenten:
Simone Young, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Schneider, Ingo Metzmacher, Gerd Albrecht, Sebastian Weigle, Rolf Beck, Krzysztof Penderecki, et al.
photo: Ida Aldrian
Thibault
Yeonjoo Katharina Jang
Soprano
Birthplace:
Pohang, South Korea
Studies:
Bachelor’s degree in singing at the Seoul National University with Heion Seo, Master’s degree in singing at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with Marietta Zumbült owning a DAAD scholarship
Prizes:
First prize at the Piero Boni international singing contest (2020), second prize at the Anton Rubinstein internhational music competition (2019), first prize at the Vienna Grand Prize Virtuoso international music competition (2019), special award at the international music competition Paris (2019), second prize at the korean singing competition (2016), first prize at the international singing competition of the korean singing club (2015), third prize at the Dong-A music competition (2015), u. a.
Refernce to the Staatsoper:
Member of the international opera studio at the Staatsoper Hamburg since the 2022/23 season
Master classes:
with Samuel Yoon (2021), Edda Moser (2019)
Important parts:
Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Königin der Nacht / Erste Dame / Papagena (Die Zauberflöte),
Gilda (Rigoletto), Olympia (Les Contes d‘Hoffmann), Ida (Die Fledermaus)
Stages:
Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar, Daegu Opernhaus, et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Christian Weise, Roman Hovenbitzer, Stephanie Koch, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
Stefan Lano, Joongbae Jee,et al.
photo: Jörn Kipping
Le Comte de Lerme / Un Héraut
Carlos Cárdenas
Tenor
Birthplace:
Bogota, Colombia
Studies:
Music Educator - Universidad Pedagogica Nacional
Masters in Sacred Music - University of Notre Dame
Prizes:
National Singing Prize OFB - 2012
Gerda Lissner Competition - 2017
CCM Corbett Award - 2019
Important parts:
Ferrando (Così fan tutte), Tito (La Clemenza di TIto), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), et al.
Stages:
Oper Frankfurt, Dayton Opera, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Tiroler Festspiele Erl, Teatro Colon Bogota, et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Tillman Koehler, Rodula Gaitanou, James Darrah, Ignacio Garcia, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
James Conlon, Giuliano Carella, Karsten Januschke, Erik Nielsen, et al.
Une Voix céleste
Olivia Boen
Soprano
Birthplace:
Chicago, USA
Studies:
Opera Course at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2021), Master of Music with Distinction at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2019), Bachelor of Music in Voice from Oberlin Conservatory of Music (2017)
Prizes:
Finalist Guildhall Gold Medal Prize (2021), Awarded English Song Prize from London Song Festival (2019), Third Place Hurn Court Singing Competition (2019), First Place Musicians Club of Women Lynne Cooper Harvey Foundation Award (2018), Awarded Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians Grant (2018), First Place Tuesday Musical Competition (2017)
Master classes:
Renée Fleming, Roderick Williams, Thomas Hampson, Eric Owens, Helmut Deutsch, Marilyn Horne, Thomas Quasthoff, Dame Felicity Lott, Kamal Khan, Kate Royal
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2022/2023 season
Important parts:
Alice Ford (Falstaff), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Sifare (Mitridate), Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel), Musetta (La Bohéme), Susanna (Il Segreto di Susanna), Queen Mother (The Little Green Swallow), Alcina (Alcina), Romilda (Serse), et al.
Stages:
Opéra national de Paris, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, Grant Park Music Festival, Oxford Lieder Festival, Verbier Festival, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Barbican Centre, Ravinia Festival, International Meistersinger Academy, Samling Institute, et al.
Cooperations with directors:
Frank Castorf, Immo Karaman, Lee Blakeley, Stephen Medcalf, et al.
Cooperations with conductors:
Sir Andrew Davis, Valery Gergiev, Dominic Wheeler, Stanislav Kochanovsky, et al.
Find further information about Olivia Boen here.
photo: Simon Pauly
La Comtesse d'Aremberg
Lucija Marinkovic
Soprano
Lucija Marinkovic is 2nd soprano in the chorus of the Hamburg State Opera.
photo: Niklas Marc Heinecke
Un Bûcheron
Andreas Kuppertz
Bass
Andreas Kuppertz is 1st bass in the chorus of the Hamburg State Opera.
photo: Niklas Marc Heinecke
Six Députés flamands I
Arthur Canguçu
Baritone
Birthplace:
Campinas, Brazil
Studies:
Bachelor's degree in singing at the Federal University of São Paulo, Master's degree in opera at the Stuttgart Opera School with Prof. Treu Yoshihara
Relation to the State Opera:
Arthur Cangucu sings 1st bass in the chorus of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2022/23 season
Stations:
Member of the Bayreuth Festival Choir since 2019
Solo parts in:
Opera
Papageno (The Magic Flute), Kilian (Der Freischütz), Dancaïre (Carmen), Schaunard (La Bohème), Mendelssohn (Clara), Schlucker (A Midsummer Night's Dream), King Alfonso, Nepomuk (Jim Knopf), Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), et al.
Concert:
St. Matthew and St. John Passion (J. S. Bach), Requiém (G. Fauré), Petite Messe Solennelle (G. Rossini), Oratório de Nöel (C. Saint-Säens), Requiem (Duruflé), et al.
Stages:
Stuttgart State Opera, Staatstheater Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden Festspiel, Theater Pforzheim, Theater Kiel, Teatro Amazonas, Teatro São Pedro, Daegu Opera House
Six Députés flamands II
Eun-Seok Jang
Baritone
Der Bariton Eun-Seok Jang studierte in Stuttgart Operngesang (Diplom) und absolvierte das Solistenexamen bei Francisco Araiza. Er ist Preisträger internationaler Wettbewerbe wie dem „Piero Cappuccilli“. Von 2000 bis 2006 war er an verschiedenen Opernhäusern zu Gast, wo er mit Partien wie Emirenus (Otto und Theophanu), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Rodrigo (Don Carlo), Germont (La Traviata) sowie Marcello (La Boheme) zu hören war.
Außerdem gab er Konzerte, u.a. „Carmina Burana“ bei dem Opernfeuerwerk mit dem Württembergischen Philharmonie Orchester, der Opernakademie Opern Gala in Baden-Baden, den Tiroler Festspielen Araiza & Friends in Erl und dem 9. Europäischen Jugend-Musik-Festival in Passau.
Seit 2006 ist er Mitglied im Opernchor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper.
Six Députés flamands III
Manos Kia
Bass
Der deutsch-iranische Bariton begann seine künstlerische Laufbahn zunächst mit einem Schauspielstudium in Berlin, bevor er in Dresden und Karlsruhe Gesang studierte. Mit seiner Interpretation des Figaro in „Le Nozze di Figaro“ beim Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb der Kammeroper Rheinsberg erhielt er 2013 eine Nominierung als „Nachwuchskünstler des Jahres“ in der Fachzeitschrift „Die Opernwelt“.
Während den Spielzeiten 2013/2014 bis 2016/17 war Manos Kia ein gern gesehener Gast u.a. an der Staatsoper Berlin, am Staatstheater Braunschweig, am Staatstheater Mainz, am Theater Kiel, an der Oper Halle, am Stadttheater Bremerhaven, bei den Eutiner Festspielen, beim Copenhagen Operafestival sowie bei den Osterfestspielen in Baden-Baden. Dort interpretierte diverse Fachpartien, z.B. Papageno, Figaro (Mozart), Schaunard in „La Bohéme“, Kaspar und Ottokar in „Der Freischütz“ u.v.m.
Von der Spielzeit 2016/17 bis 2018/19 gehörte Manos Kia dem Ensemble des Theaters Nordhausen an, um sich dort Repertoire im Kavalierbaritonfach anzueignen. Desweiteren debütierte er in großen Partien wie Marcello in „La Bohéme“ oder G. Germont in „La Traviata“. Mit letzterer Partie konnte Manos Kia auch bei den Eutiner Festspielen 2018 eindrucksvoll Publikum und Presse begeistern. Highlights der laufenden Saison 2018/19 waren bisher Konzerte in der Berliner Philharmonie und dem Konzerthaus Berlin als Solist in Mahlers 8. Sinfonie der 1000. Im Sommer ist er erneut bei den Classic Open Air am Gendarmenmarkt vertreten, mit Highlights aus der „Klassik“ (Escamillo u.a.) mit der Anhaltischen Philharmonie Dessau unter der Ltg. von Markus L. Frank.
Six Députés flamands IV
Michael Kunze
Bass
Der Bariton Michael Kunze wurde 1976 in Borna bei Leipzig geboren und absolvierte sein Gesangsstudium an der Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy“ Leipzig, bei Frau Prof. Christina Wartenberg, welches er 2003 mit dem Konzertexamen abschloss.
Bereits während seines Studiums führten ihn wichtige Stationen an das Opernstudio der Region Nürnberg, das Theater Bonn, das Stadttheater Bremerhaven, das Theater Chemnitz, das Staatstheater Cottbus, die Musikalische Komödie Leipzig, das Mittelsächsische Theater Freiberg/ Döbeln, sowie zu den Wernigeröder Schlossfestspielen.
2004 bis 2009 war Michael Kunze Ensemblemitglied des Theaters Plauen/ Zwickau und brillierte u.a. in den Rollen des Papageno (Die Zauberflöte, W.A. Mozart), P. Michailow (Zar und Zimmermann, A. Lortzing), Almaviva (Die Hochzeit des Figaro, W.A. Mozart), Danilo Danilowitsch (Die lustige Witwe, F. Lehar), Leopold Brandmeyer (Im weißen Rössl, R. Benatzky), Hans Scholl (Weisse Rose, Udo Zimmermann), Hieronymus Colloredo (Mozart!, Michael Kunze) und Herrn Fluth (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, O. Nicolai).
Aus seiner Liebe zur Tonfilm- und Unterhaltungsmusik, besonders der 20er und 30er Jahre heraus, gründete er 2005 das Salon und Tanzorchester Muggefugg-Symphoniker, mit welchem er sich bis heute bei Tanzveranstaltungen und bunten Abendprogrammen, von Peter Igelhoff über Frank Sinatra, bis hin zu Udo Jürgens, bundesweit einen Namen macht.
Seit 2012 ist Michael Kunze als 1. Bass im Staatsopernchor engagiert und begeisterte mit seinem bunten Bühnenprogramm im Adventskalender der Staatsoper das Publikum am Dammtor.
Six Députés flamands V
Julius Vecsey
Baritone
Der ungarische Bariton Julius Vecsey ist seit 2012 Mitglied des Opernchores der Hamburgischen Staatsoper. Er legte 2010 sein Gesangsdiplom an der Franz Liszt Musikakademie in Budapest ab sowie 2012 das Exzellenzprogramm Barock Vokal, Kolleg für Alte Musik an der Hochschule für Musik Mainz. Ein Schwerpunkt seiner musikalischen Arbeit liegt im Bereich der barocken und bel canto Buffo-Partien. Seine musikpädagogische Arbeit mit Telemannschen Kantaten für Kinder und Jugendliche wurde mit dem akademischen Preis der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz ausgezeichnet.
Er engagiert sich leidenschaftlich im Musikkindergarten, besucht Grundschulklassen im Rahmen des Projekts „Sängerpate“ und ist aktiver Teilnehmer bei Programmen der Musiktheaterpädagogik an der Hamburgischen Staatsoper.
Chorsoli übernahm er unter anderen in „Peter Grimes“, „I due Foscari“, „Don Carlos“, „Carmen“, „Les Troyens“, „La Bohéme“ und „Die Arche“.
Six Députés flamands VI
Bernhard Weindorf
Baritone
Der Bariton Bernhard Weindorf wurde in Mannheim geboren.
Er studierte Gesang an der Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Mannheim bis zu seinem Abschluss und dann weiter bei Tom Krause in Hamburg.
Er war Gast an verschiedenen Theatern Deutschlands und der Schweiz, wie dem Staatstheater Stuttgart, Theater Halle, dem Stadttheater Chur (CH) u.a.
Sein Opernrepertoire erstreckt sich von Papageno (Zauberflöte) über Graf (Wildschütz), Graf Almaviva (Figaros Hochzeit), Sid (Albert Herring) bis hin zu Escamillo (Carmen) und Posa (Don Carlos).
Auch im modernen Repertoire konnte er durch etwa die Titelpartie des Hans Castorp in der Uraufführung der Oper Zauberberg von R. Grossmann am Stadttheater Chur (CH), welche große Medienpräsenz erzielte, überzeugen.
Als Liedinterpret sang er für den SWR erstmals den Liedzyklus Op. 53 von Hermann Reutter ein. Konzertreisen führten ihn in fast alle Länder Europas sowie nach Israel und Russland.
Seit 2007 ist er Mitglied des Festspielchores der Bayreuther Festspiele. Mitglied des Staatsopernchores Hamburg ist er seit 2011.
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
