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Karina Canellakis
Sängerin
Kate Lindsey
"One cannot overpraise Lindsey’s ability to characterize strongly while retaining beauty of tone when the music calls for such.” (SFCV)
Mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey is one of the most promising voices of her generation and appears regularly in the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, in Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the Bavarian State Opera.
Kate Lindsey once again shows her great diversity in the season 2021/22 with a wide selection of new role debuts and new productions. At the Maggio Musicale in Firenze the mezzo-soprano kicks off the season jumping in last minute for the houses new production of Cosi fan tutte (Dorabella) before she takes on the role of Nerone - one of her signature roles at the Vienna State Opera - in the revival of the acclaimed and praised Salzburg production of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea. She then takes on her role debut of Donna Elvira at Vienna State Opera’s new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. At the London Coliseum the mezzo takes on the lead role Offred in the houses’ new production of Paul Ruder’s The Handmaid’s Tale and performs as Orphée at the Washington Concert Opera. At Vienna State Opera she takes on the lead role of La Musica and La Speranza in the operas’ premiere of L’Orfeo in the under the baton of Pablo Heras-Casado. Kate Lindsey finishes her season at the Salzburg Festival taking on the lead role of Dido in a concert version of Dido and Aeneas alongside musicAeterna under the baton of Teodor Currentzis.
Kate Lindsey is recording exclusively for Outhere Music France and has so far released 3 solo albums: Thousands of Miles (2017) with works by Kurt Weill, Korngold; Arianna (2020) with works by Scarlatti, Händel and her third album and second baroque recital album Tiranno (2021) concentrating on the character of Nero including pieces of Scarletti, Handel and Monteverdi.
photo: Foto: Rosetta Greek
Blaubart
Johan Reuter
Zu den Opernplänen des dänischen Bass-Baritons zählen 2016 u.a. „Il Tabarro“ und „Gianni Schicchi“ in Kopenhagen, Enescus „Oedipe“ in London und „Der fliegende Holländer“ in Hamburg, München, Kopenhagen und Helsinki geplant. 2017 stehen u.a. „Dead Man Walking“ in Kopenhagen, Elektra in München und Henzes Elegie für junge Liebende am Theater an der Wien auf seinem Programm.
In Kopenhagen wird er Mahlers „Kindertotenlieder“ und „Des Knaben Wunderhorn“, in Lyon Faurés Requiem singen. Johan Reuter studierte an der Königlichen Musikakademie und an der Akademie der Königlichen Oper seiner Heimatstadt Kopenhagen und nahm an Meisterkursen von Ernst Haefliger, von Anthony Rolfe Johnson und Richard Trimborn teil. Seit 1996 ist er Ensemblemitglied der Oper von Kopenhagen, wo ein breites Repertoire singt. Zu den wichtigsten Produktionen der letzten Jahre zählen „Lulu“ an der Metropolitan Opera in New York und in Kopenhagen, Maskarade konzertant in Amsterdam und szenisch in Kopenhagen, „Die Walküre“ in Toronto, „Die Frau ohne Schatten“ in London, Berlin und Zürich, „Tosca“ und „Cavalleria rusticana/I Pagliacci“ in Kopenhagen, „Der fliegende Holländer“ in Kopenhagen, Berlin und Madrid, „Nabucco“ an der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Braunfels‘ „Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna“ konzertant bei den Salzburger Festspielen, halbszenische Aufführungen „Wozzeck“ unter Esa-Pekka Salonen in Dortmund und Los Angeles, „Vec Makropulos“ in New York unter Jiri Belohlavek und bei den Salzburger Festspielen unter Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wotan in „Das Rheingold“ in München unter Kent Nagano, in Berlin und bei den Bayreuther Festspielen unter Christian Thielemann, „Das Rheingold“ und „Siegfried“ unter Adam Fischer in Budapest, „Tristan und Isolde“ konzertant in Berlin unter Marek Janowski, „Die Zarenbraut“ unter Mark Elder, Theseus in der Uraufführung von Harrison Birtwistles „The Minotaur“, „Elektra“, „Salome“ und „Wozzeck“ (Warner/ Harding) in London, „Arabella“ in Wien, „The Rake’s progress“ unter Christopher Hogwood und Gurlitts „Wozzeck“ in Madrid, „Le Nozze di Figaro“ am Theater an der Wien und in Berlin, „Macbeth“ in Lissabon, „Zaide“ und „Alceste“ unter Ivor Bolton bei den Salzburger Festspielen, Schischkov in Janaceks „Aus einem Totenhaus“ unter Marc Albrecht in Paris und Madrid, „Wozzeck“ in Essen (Schaaf/Soltesz), „Don Giovanni“ in Frankfurt, „Le Nozze di Figaro“, Leporello in „Don Giovanni“, Kothner in „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ (Konwitschny/ Metzmacher) und Guglielmo in „Così fan tutte“ in Hamburg.
Auf dem Konzertpodium sang er Haydns „Schöpfung“ und „Die Jahreszeiten“, Mahlers 8. Symphonie, „Rückert-Lieder“ und „Das klagende Lied“, Beethovens 9. Symphonie, Brahms‘ „Vier ernste Gesänge“ in der Orchesterversion von Glanert und Brahms‘ „Ein deutsches Requiem“, Mozarts „Requiem“, Berlioz‘ „Romeo et Juliette“, „Peer Gynt“, Michelangelo Lieder von Schostakowitsch in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Athen, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brüssel, Florenz, Pisa, Perugia, Madrid, Lissabon, Thessaloniki, Aarhus, bei den Salzburger und Bregenzer Festspielen unter Dirigenten wie Marc Albrecht, Semyon Bychkov, Paul MacCreesh, Valeri Gergiev, Leopold Hager, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, Zubin Mehta, Marc Minkowski, Kazushi Ono, Michael Schønwandt oder Lothar Zagrosek.
Er gab Liederabende in Kopenhagen, München, Hannover, Bergen und Madrid.
Simone
Johan Reuter
Zu den Opernplänen des dänischen Bass-Baritons zählen 2016 u.a. „Il Tabarro“ und „Gianni Schicchi“ in Kopenhagen, Enescus „Oedipe“ in London und „Der fliegende Holländer“ in Hamburg, München, Kopenhagen und Helsinki geplant. 2017 stehen u.a. „Dead Man Walking“ in Kopenhagen, Elektra in München und Henzes Elegie für junge Liebende am Theater an der Wien auf seinem Programm.
In Kopenhagen wird er Mahlers „Kindertotenlieder“ und „Des Knaben Wunderhorn“, in Lyon Faurés Requiem singen. Johan Reuter studierte an der Königlichen Musikakademie und an der Akademie der Königlichen Oper seiner Heimatstadt Kopenhagen und nahm an Meisterkursen von Ernst Haefliger, von Anthony Rolfe Johnson und Richard Trimborn teil. Seit 1996 ist er Ensemblemitglied der Oper von Kopenhagen, wo ein breites Repertoire singt. Zu den wichtigsten Produktionen der letzten Jahre zählen „Lulu“ an der Metropolitan Opera in New York und in Kopenhagen, Maskarade konzertant in Amsterdam und szenisch in Kopenhagen, „Die Walküre“ in Toronto, „Die Frau ohne Schatten“ in London, Berlin und Zürich, „Tosca“ und „Cavalleria rusticana/I Pagliacci“ in Kopenhagen, „Der fliegende Holländer“ in Kopenhagen, Berlin und Madrid, „Nabucco“ an der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Braunfels‘ „Szenen aus dem Leben der Heiligen Johanna“ konzertant bei den Salzburger Festspielen, halbszenische Aufführungen „Wozzeck“ unter Esa-Pekka Salonen in Dortmund und Los Angeles, „Vec Makropulos“ in New York unter Jiri Belohlavek und bei den Salzburger Festspielen unter Esa-Pekka Salonen, Wotan in „Das Rheingold“ in München unter Kent Nagano, in Berlin und bei den Bayreuther Festspielen unter Christian Thielemann, „Das Rheingold“ und „Siegfried“ unter Adam Fischer in Budapest, „Tristan und Isolde“ konzertant in Berlin unter Marek Janowski, „Die Zarenbraut“ unter Mark Elder, Theseus in der Uraufführung von Harrison Birtwistles „The Minotaur“, „Elektra“, „Salome“ und „Wozzeck“ (Warner/ Harding) in London, „Arabella“ in Wien, „The Rake’s progress“ unter Christopher Hogwood und Gurlitts „Wozzeck“ in Madrid, „Le Nozze di Figaro“ am Theater an der Wien und in Berlin, „Macbeth“ in Lissabon, „Zaide“ und „Alceste“ unter Ivor Bolton bei den Salzburger Festspielen, Schischkov in Janaceks „Aus einem Totenhaus“ unter Marc Albrecht in Paris und Madrid, „Wozzeck“ in Essen (Schaaf/Soltesz), „Don Giovanni“ in Frankfurt, „Le Nozze di Figaro“, Leporello in „Don Giovanni“, Kothner in „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg“ (Konwitschny/ Metzmacher) und Guglielmo in „Così fan tutte“ in Hamburg.
Auf dem Konzertpodium sang er Haydns „Schöpfung“ und „Die Jahreszeiten“, Mahlers 8. Symphonie, „Rückert-Lieder“ und „Das klagende Lied“, Beethovens 9. Symphonie, Brahms‘ „Vier ernste Gesänge“ in der Orchesterversion von Glanert und Brahms‘ „Ein deutsches Requiem“, Mozarts „Requiem“, Berlioz‘ „Romeo et Juliette“, „Peer Gynt“, Michelangelo Lieder von Schostakowitsch in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Athen, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Brüssel, Florenz, Pisa, Perugia, Madrid, Lissabon, Thessaloniki, Aarhus, bei den Salzburger und Bregenzer Festspielen unter Dirigenten wie Marc Albrecht, Semyon Bychkov, Paul MacCreesh, Valeri Gergiev, Leopold Hager, Philippe Herreweghe, Marek Janowski, Zubin Mehta, Marc Minkowski, Kazushi Ono, Michael Schønwandt oder Lothar Zagrosek.
Er gab Liederabende in Kopenhagen, München, Hannover, Bergen und Madrid.
Judith
Annika Schlicht
mezzo-soprano
Birthplace:
Stuttgart, Germany
Studies:
Singing at Hochschule für Musik „Hanns Eisler“ in Berlin with Prof. Renate Faltin
Master class:
with Julia Varady, KS Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, KS Brigitte Fassbaender, KS Deborah Polaski und Patricia McCaffrey
Prizes:
3rd prize at international Wilhelm Stenhammar Competition in Sweden (2016), 2nd prize at Anneliese Rothenberger Wettbewerb (2013), Grand Prix an several special prizes at Giulio Perotti Competition (2012), 3rd Liedpreis and Förderpreis des Bronnbach e.V. at DEBUT Wettbewerb (2012), scholarship holder of Liz-Mohn Kultur Stiftung, scholarship holder of Richard-Wagner-Verband
Important parts:
Adriano (Rienzi), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Olga (Eugen Onegin), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Auntie (Peter Grimes), Försterin (Das schlaue Füchslein), 1. Magd (Elektra), Page (Salome), Flosshilde (Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung), Siegrune (Die Walküre), Contessa di Coigny (Andrea Chenier), Mercedes (Carmen), Dryade (Ariadne auf Naxos), 2. Dame (Die Zauberflöte), u. a.
Stages:
Deutschen Oper Berlin, Deutschen Oper am Rhein, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Bastille, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Berlin, Bergen International Festival, Salzburger Festspiele u. a.
Cooperation with directors:
Harry Kupfer, Hans Neuenfels, Luc Bondy, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov und Johannes Erath, u. a.
Cooperation with conductors:
Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Metha, Donald Runnicles, Alondra de la Parra, Enrique Mazzola, Asher Fisch, Edward Gardner, Ingo Metzmacher, Christopher Moulds, Stefan Soltesz, Sebastian Weigle, u. a.
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Bianca
Ambur Braid
Guido
Thomas Blondelle
Tenor
Thomas Blondelle, born in 1982 in Bruges/Belgium, began his vocal training at the age of 14 at the conservatory of his home town and later also studied piano, musicology, composition and chamber music here. He is a prize-winner: first prize at the 'Axion Classics' competition 2001, 2nd prize at the singing competition 'Prix Jâcques Dôme' in Verviers 2002, prize for "young promising singer" at the 'Viñas Competition' in Barcelona 2005, 2nd prize at the 'Concours Reine Eilisabeth' 2011, Palazetto Bru prize at the Belvedere Competition 2012.
After his first permanent engagement at the Staatstheater Braunschweig (2006 to 2009), the tenor has been a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2009, where he sang roles such as Tamino (DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE), Mercury (DIE LIEBE DER DANAE), Chevalier (DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES), Cassio (OTELLO), Macduff (MACBETH), Ismaele (NABUCCO), Walther (TANNHÄUSER), Prince (L'AMOUR DES TROIS ORANGES), Bob Boles (PETER GRIMES), Herod (SALOME), Don Ottavio (DON GIOVANNI), Pelleas (PELLEAS ET MELISANDE), Eisenstein (DIE FLEDERMAUS), Hexe (HÄNSEL UND GRETEL), Erik (DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER) and David (DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG).
Guest engagements have taken him to the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Volksoper Wien, the Oper Frankfurt, the Semperoper Dresden, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival, the Saito Kinen Festival Japan, the Nederlandse Opera Amsterdam, the Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, the Opéra National du Rhinasbourg, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Proms, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Cincinnati Opera and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
Thomas Blondelle has worked with conductors such as Simon Rattle, Alan Gilbert, Marc Albrecht, Marco Armiliato, Maurizio Barbacini, Paolo Carignani, Alexander Joel, Michail Jurowski, Jiri Kout, Sigiswald Kuijken, Kent Nagano, Carlo Rizzi, Donald Runnicles, Ulf Schirmer, Michael Schønwandt, Steven Sloane, Kazuki Yamada, Lothar Zagrosek and Alan Gilbert.
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photo: Simon Pauly
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.
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