Robert Schumann / Bela Bartok / Alexander Zemlinsky | Women's love and death
Sun, Apr. 12, 2026, 6.00 pm - 9.30 pm

Cast

Musikalische Leitung

Karina Canellakis

Blaubart, 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.

Performances

Judith

Annika Schlicht

Mezzo-soprano

Annika Schlicht

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 the international Wilhelm Stenhammar Competition in Sweden (2016), 2nd prize at the Anneliese Rothenberger Competition (2013), Grand Prix and several special prizes at the Giulio Perotti Competition (2012), 3rd song prize and sponsorship prize from Bronnbach e.V. at the DEBUT Competition (2012), scholarship holder of the Liz Mohn Cultural Foundation, scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Association

Important parts:
Fricka (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre), Brangäne (Tristan und Isolde), Waltraute (Götterdämmerung), Adriano (Rienzi), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel), Prince Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), Fenena (Nabucco), Magdalena (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Olga (Eugene Onegin), Dorabella (Così fan tutte), Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Auntie (Peter Grimes), Mrs. Quickly (Falstaff), Forester's Wife (The Cunning Little Vixen), u. a.

Stages:
Royal Opera House London, Royal Opera House Muscat, Deutsche Oper Berlin, San Francisco Opera, Opera Bastille, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Oper Frankfurt, Bergen International Festival, Salzburg Festival, Bregenz Festival, u. a.

Cooperation with directors:
Harry Kupfer, Hans Neuenfels, Luc Bondy, Claus Guth, Dmitri Tcherniakov and Johannes Erath, Stefan Herheim, Jossi Wieler, u. a.

Cooperation with conductors:
Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Metha, Sir Donald Runnicles, Kent Nagano, Alexander Soddy, Ivan Repusic, John Fiore, Stephane Deneve, Eun Sun Kim, Alondra de la Parra, Enrique Mazzola, Asher Fisch, Edward Gardner, Ingo Metzmacher, Christopher Moulds, Stefan Soltesz, Sebastian Weigle, u. a.

Performances

photo: Simon Pauly

Orchester

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Eine florentinische Tragödie

Bianca

Ambur Braid

Soprano

Ambur Braid

Renowned for her dramatically nuanced and psychologically complex interpretations, Canadian soprano Ambur Braid also brings to the stage an unmatchable authenticity and incandescent vocal power. Her Salome, Senta (Der fliegende Holländer), Die Färberin (Die Frau ohne Schatten), Eva (Schreker’s Irrelohe) and Rachel (Halévy’s La Juive) have left an unforgettable impression, and this season Braid makes her anticipated role debut as Marie (Wozzeck) in two new productions. Firstly for Opéra de Lyon in Richard Brunel’s new production under Daniele Rustioni, and thereafter for Canadian Opera Company in William Kentridge’s new production under Johannes Debus. Elsewhere Ambur makes her company debut at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía as Madame Lidoine in Robert Carsen’s production of Dialogues des Carmélites under Riccardo Minasi.

Praised as being “born to play Salome” (Bachtrack, 2023), it has since become a signature role for Braid, with huge critical acclaim in both Barrie Kosky’s production for Oper Frankfurt and Atom Egoyan’s production for Canadian Opera Company, the latter of which brought Ambur’s appearance in the film ‘Seven Veils’. Other notable role and company debuts include both Eva (Irrelohe) and Die Färberin (Die Frau ohne Schatten) under Daniele Rustioni for Opéra de Lyon, Senta (Der fliegende Holländer) in Herbert Fritsch’s production for Komische Oper, and Stephana in Umberto Giordano’s rarely performed Siberia for Bregenz Festival. A former ensemble member of Oper Frankfurt, selected recent highlights include Rachel in Tatjana Gürbaca’s new production of La Juive under Henrik Nanasi, Ariadne (Ariadne auf Naxos) under Thomas Guggeis, Chawa in Rudi Stephan's Die Ersten Menschen - a new production by Tobias Kratzer - conducted by Sebastian Weigle and recorded for CD release, as well as the eponymous roles of Norma under Erik Nielsen and Tosca conducted by Carlo Montanaro.

Recent concert highlights include Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé with Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Alain Altinoglu and Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with National Arts Centre Orchestra, Ottawa. This season Braid returns to Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 at the Tanglewood Festival in Boston and with Gulbenkian Orchestra, both under Hannu Lintu.

Ambur Braid has received degrees from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and San Francisco Conservatory and is a studio alumna and former ensemble member of the Canadian Opera Company.

Find further information about Ambur Braid here.

Performances

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Guido

Thomas Blondelle

Tenor

Thomas Blondelle

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.

Find further information about Thomas Blondelle here.

Performances

Women's love and death

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Frauenliebe und -leben

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.

Performances

Women's love and death

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Pianist

Èric le Sage