Vincenzo Bellini | Norma
Tue, Feb. 13, 2024, 7.00 pm - 10.00 pm
Musikalische Leitung
Paolo Arrivabeni
Conductor
Birthplace:
Italy
Studies:
Composition at the Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito in Parma with Camillo Togni, and conducting with Daniele Gatti, advanced courses with Daniele Gatti at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome
Repertoire:
Focus on 19th century Italian composers such as Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini, but also Wagner, R. Strauss and Mussorgsky
Career stages:
Music director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège (2008-2017), assistant conductor at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (1997-2000)
Stages:
Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Teatro San Carlo, Teatro La Fenice, Opernhaus Zürich, Oper Leipzig, Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra Bastille, Metropolitan Opera, Theater an der Wien, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Opéra Municipal de Marseille, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Munich Opera Festival, New National Theatre Tokyo, Chorégies d'Orange, Teatro Auditorio San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Teatr Wielki, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro de La Maestranza, Santa Fe Opera, et al.
Cooperation with orchestras:
Orchestra Sinfonica Haydn di Trento e Bolzano, Orchestra Sinfonica Giuseppe Verdi di Milano, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Marseille, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Radiosymphonieorchester Wien, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra National de France, et al.
photo: Lorraine Wauters/Opéra Royal de Wallonie
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
Pollione
Marcelo Álvarez
Tenor
Birthplace:
Córdoba, Argentina
Studies:
Music at La Escuela de Niños Cantores de Córdoba, economics at University of Cordoba, voice lessons with Norma Risso in Buenos Aires
Prizes:
La Martesana Opera Award (2007), Reader's choice of the magazine “L'Opera” as Best Tenor of the year (2003), ECHO Klassik as Singer of the Year (2002), ECHO Klassik as Singer of the Year (2000), Gold Camera Award at 33rd Annual International Film and Video Festival (2000), second price at the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul (1995), winner of regional voice competition in Pavia, Italy (1995)
Important parts:
Il Duca di Mantova (Rigoletto), Des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Riccardo (Un ballo in maschera), Arturo (I puritani), Faust (Faust), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Nemorino (L'Elisir d'Amore), Manrico (Il Trovatore), Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca), Don José (Carmen), Calaf (Turandot), Luigi (Il Tabarro), Radamés (Aida), Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana), Canio (I Pagliacci), Dick Johnson (La fanciulla del West)
Stages:
Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, Wiener Staatsoper, Opernhaus Zürich, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Colón, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Ancient Theatre Orange,u.a
Cooperation with directors:
David Pountney, Philipp Himmelmann, Alex Ollé, Jean-Louis Grinda, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Riccardo Chailly, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniele Callegari, Daniel Oren, Antonio Pappano, Lorin Maazel, u.a
Find further information about Marcelo Álvarez here.
photo: Andrea Cavalli
Oroveso
Hubert Kowalczyk
Bass
Birthplace:
Radom, Poland
Studies:
Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin with Prof. Martin Bruns and Prof. Dr. Michail Lanskoi; Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali "Pietro Mascagni" in Livorno with Prof. Graziano Polidori; Young Talents Development Program - Opera Academy in Warsaw
Master class:
Lioba Braun, Helmut Deutsch, Brigitte Fassbaender, Tomasz Konieczny, Bogdan Makal, Olga Pasiecznik, Eytan Pessen, Rudolf Piernay, Matthias Rexroth, Harald Stamm, et al.
Important parts:
Bartolo (Le nozze di Figaro), Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia), Colline (La Bohème), Crespel (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Haly (L'italiana in Algeri), Nourabad (Les Pêcheurs de perles), Oroveso (Norma), Pistola (Falstaff), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Zuniga (Carmen), et al.
Relation to the Hamburg State Opera:
Ensemble member of the Hamburg State Opera since the 2021/22 season
Member of the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera from 2019/20 to 2021/22
Stages:
Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Zurich Opera House, Bregenz Festival, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa, Opera Rara Festival in Krakow, et al.
Cooperation with directors:
Calixto Bieito, David Bösch, Frank Castorf, Petra Deidda, Brigitte Fassbaender, Herbert Fritsch, Alexander Riemenschneider, Dmitri Tcherniakov, et al.
Cooperation with conductors:
Matteo Beltrami, Bertrand de Billy, Giampaolo Bisanti, Jonathan Brandani, Daniele Callegari, Paolo Carignani, Nicholas Carter, Vladimir Conta, Axel Kober, Volker Krafft, Carlo Montanaro, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Kent Nagano, Ivan Repušić, Sébastien Rouland, Robin Ticciati, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Lidiya Yankovskaya, et al.
Find further information about Hubert Kowalczyk here.
photo: Martina Cyman
Norma
Olga Peretyatko
Soprano
In St.Petersburg geboren, ist Olga Peretyatko heute eine der international gefragtesten Koloratur-Sopranistinnen. Nach Abschluss ihres Gesangsstudiums an der Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin, war sie zunächst Mitglied des Opernstudios der Hamburgischen Staatsoper und Gast der Staatsoper Wien, Metropolitan Oper in New York, Opéra Bastille in Paris, des Festivals in Aix-en-Provence der Mailänder Scala, der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Berlin, des Festpielhauses Baden-Baden, des Teatro Real in Madrid, New National Theatre Tokyo und beim Rossini Opera Festivals. Weitere Debüts erwarten sie unter anderem an der Opéra in Montecarlo, beim Festival des Chorégies in Orange sowie am Royal Opera House in London.
Ihr Repertoire umfasst neben vielen Rollen des Rossini-Repertoires, Donna Anna (Don Giovanni), Konstanze (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Gilda (Rigoletto), Violetta (La Traviata), Elvira (I Puritani), Amina (La Sonnambula), Adina (L’Elisir d’amore), Lucia di Lammermoor, Leila in Bizets „Die Perlenfischer“, alle vier weiblichen Rollen in Offenbachs „Hoffmanns Erzählungen“, aber auch Raritäten des russischen Repertoires wie Marfa (Die Zarenbraut) und Stravinsky’s „Le Rossignol“.
In den nächsten Spielzeiten stehen weitere Debüts als Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Norina (Don Pasquale), Mathilde (Guillaume Tell) sowie die Titelrolle in Donizettis „Anna Bolena“ und die Hauptrolle in Massenets „Manon“ auf dem Programm.
Im Rahmen ihres Vertrags mit Sony Classical hat Olga Peretyatko bisher vier Solo-CDs veröffentlicht, von denen das dritte Album „Rossini!“ mit dem Echo Klassik ausgezeichnet wurde.
Find further information about Olga Peretyatko here.
photo: Dario Acosta
Adalgisa
Angela Brower
Mezzosoprano
Birthplace:
Arizona, U.S.
Studies:
Young artist singing at the Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artists Program in 2008, Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich
Prizes:
Munich Festival Prize in 2009 for Dorabella (Così fan tutte)
Important parts:
Annio (Clemenza di Tito), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Rosina (The Barber of Seville), Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Cherubino/Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Cendrillon (Cendrillon), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Annio/Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito), Prince Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus), Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos), Idamante (Idomeneo), Tamiri (Il re pastore), Siebel (Faust), Nicklausse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Charlotte (Werther), Adalgisa (Norma)
Stages:
Bayerische Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsoper, Royal Opera House, Norwegian National Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera, Mozartwoche Salzburgat, Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Opéra de Bordeaux, Opéra de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Salzburg Festival, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Glyndebourne Festival, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Lucerne Festival, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Festspielhaus Baden, San Francisco Opera, Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam
Cooperations with conductors:
Mark Minkowski, Maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Yal Pascal Tortilier
Find further information about Angela Brower here.
photo: Rebecca Fay
Clotilde
Anna-Maria Torkel
Alto
Birthplace:
Bremen, Germany
Studies:
School music at the University of Bremen Math and music
Bachelor's and Master's degree in singing at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama
Prizes:
2012 Brahms Scholarship
2013 Scholarship holder of the Franz Wirth Memorial Foundation
2014 2nd prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition
Important parts:
Hänsel (Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel), Bertha (Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Nancy (Flotow Martha), Lucy (Brecht Dreigroschenoper)
Stages:
Theater Bremen, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Staatstheater Wiesbaden
Cooperations with directors:
Marco Stormann, Georg Dittrich, Alexander Riemenschneider, Michael Talke
Cooperations with conductors:
Markus Poschner, Alexander Soddy, Thomas Hengelbrock, Alan Gilbert
Find further information about Anna-Maria Torkel here.
photo: Patrick Leo
Flavio
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
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
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
