Agenda
Vienna, Austria
Klangforum Ensemble Wien
Vienna, Austria
Marino Formenti, piano
Florian Müller, piano
Eva Furrer, flute
Bernhard Zachhuber, clarinet
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Klangforum Wien
Vienna, Austria
Klangforum Ensemble Wien
Basel, Switzerland
Klangforum Ensemble Wien
Stuttgart, Germany
Klangforum Ensemble Wien
Frankfurt, Germany
First performance
SWF Symph. Orch., Freiburg
Wojtek Drabowicz -bariton
cond.: Peter Eötvös
Freiburg, Germany
Harp version
Koblenz, Germany
Harp version
Milano, Italy
Kim Kashkashian, viola
Filarmonica della Scala
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
New York, USA
Darrett Adkins
Miami, USA
New World Symphony Orch.
Los Angeles, USA
Los Angeles Philharmony Orch.
Tel Aviv, Israel
cimbalom version
The Israel Contemporary Players
Jerusalem, Israel
cimbalom version
The Israel Contemporary Players
Essen, Germany
Festival KlangRaum
Karlsruhe, Germany
New version
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Opernschule
Staging: Renate Ackermann
Scene: Markus Grob, Jai Young Park
Costume: Katrin Köhler
Cast:
Radames-Aida: Daniel Gloger (counter-tenor)
Opera director: Rosemara Ribeiro (sopran)
Theater director: Alexander Pfitzenmeier (tenor)
Film director: Robbert Muuse (barytone)
Conductor: Robin Engelen
Sopran saxophon: Tanja Walter
Horn: Kane Gillespie
Tuba: Attila Benkő
directed by Renate Ackermann
Karlsruhe, Germany
New version
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Opernschule
Staging: Renate Ackermann
Scene: Markus Grob, Jai Young Park
Costume: Katrin Köhler
Cast:
Radames-Aida: Daniel Gloger (counter-tenor)
Opera director: Rosemara Ribeiro (sopran)
Theater director: Alexander Pfitzenmeier (tenor)
Film director: Robbert Muuse (barytone)
Conductor: Robin Engelen
Sopran saxophon: Tanja Walter
Horn: Kane Gillespie
Tuba: Attila Benkő
Karlsruhe, Germany
New version
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Opernschule
Staging: Renate Ackermann
Scene: Markus Grob, Jai Young Park
Costume: Katrin Köhler
Cast:
Radames-Aida: Daniel Gloger (counter-tenor)
Opera director: Rosemara Ribeiro (sopran)
Theater director: Alexander Pfitzenmeier (tenor)
Film director: Robbert Muuse (barytone)
Conductor: Robin Engelen
Sopran saxophon: Tanja Walter
Horn: Kane Gillespie
Tuba: Attila Benkő
Karlsruhe, Germany
New version
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Opernschule
Staging: Renate Ackermann
Scene: Markus Grob, Jai Young Park
Costume: Katrin Köhler
Cast:
Radames-Aida: Daniel Gloger (counter-tenor)
Opera director: Rosemara Ribeiro (sopran)
Theater director: Alexander Pfitzenmeier (tenor)
Film director: Robbert Muuse (barytone)
Conductor: Robin Engelen
Sopran saxophon: Tanja Walter
Horn: Kane Gillespie
Tuba: Attila Benkő
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Radio Chamber Orchestra Hilversum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Radio Chamber Orchestra Hilversum
Avignon, France
Ensemble Modern
Warsawa, Poland
piano version
Düsseldorf, Germany
Chinese Opera, Psy (marimba version), Steine, Windsequenzen, Psalm 151(four players), Two poems
Musikfabrik Düsseldorf
Berlin, Germany
Berlin Akademie der Künste, Germany
UMZE Budapest
Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe ZKM
UMZE Budapest
Paris, France
Ensemble InterContemporain
conducted by Pierre Boulez
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Frankfurt, Germany
Ensemble Modern
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Donaueschingen, Germany
World premiere (at 3 pm)
Donaueschingen Festival (Germany)
Commissioned by "Südwestrundfunk" and "Land Baden-Württemberg"
Staging: Thea Brejzek
Scene and light: Lawrence Wallen
Conductor: Manfred Schreier
Cast:
Lady Sarashina: Claire Bloom
"Counterpart": Mike Svoboda, alt-trombone
"Shadow": Gérard Buquet, contrabass-trombone
"Moon": Klaus Burger, sousaphon
"Dream-speakers": Christine Schmeling, mezzo; Stephanie Field, alto; Matthias Horn, barytone
Ensemble Varianti, Stuttgart
Computer-piano programmed by Vykintas Baltakas
Sound direction: Digital Masters Stuttgart
Sound supervisor: Peter Eötvös
Frankfurt, Germany
Ensemble Modern
Donaueschingen, Germany
(at 7 pm)
Donaueschingen Festival (Germany)
Commissioned by "Südwestrundfunk" and "Land Baden-Württemberg"
Staging: Thea Brejzek
Scene and light: Lawrence Wallen
Conductor: Manfred Schreier
Cast:
Lady Sarashina: Claire Bloom
"Counterpart": Mike Svoboda, alt-trombone
"Shadow": Gérard Buquet, contrabass-trombone
"Moon": Klaus Burger, sousaphon
"Dream-speakers": Christine Schmeling, mezzo; Stephanie Field, alto; Matthias Horn, barytone
Ensemble Varianti, Stuttgart
Computer-piano programmed by Vykintas Baltakas
Sound direction: Digital Masters Stuttgart
Sound supervisor: Peter Eötvös
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Budapest, Hungary
Brass in the Five
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Márta Fábián, cimbalom
Boy sopran, Radio Childrenchoir
Cond: Peter Eötvös
Hilversum Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Concertgebouw
Budapest, Hungary
UMZE Budapest
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Düsseldorf, Germany
German premiere
Deutsche Oper am Rhein
German version, with women in women's roles
German translation: Alexander Nitzberg
Conductors: Wen-Pin Chien, Günther Albers
Staging: Inga Levant
Scene: Johannes Schütz
Costume: Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Light: Markus Miësch
Video: Klaus vom Bruch
Cast:
Irina: Lisa Griffith
Masha: Marta Marquez
Olga: Annette Seiltgen
Andrej: Richard Byme
Natasha: Morenike Fadayomi
Kuligin: Peter Nikolaus Kante
Anfisa: Martha Mödl
Tusenbach: Hans Lydman
Soljony: Sami Luttinen
Verschinin: Ludwig Grabmeier
Doctor: David Owen
Rodé: Alexander Mayr
Fedotik: Martin Koch
Stuttgart, Germany
Laszlo Hudacsek
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dutch premiere
Nationale Reisopera, Enschede
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Den Haag, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Enschede, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Den Bosch, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Russian version with counters
Conductors: Niksa Bareza, Jonathan Stockhammer
Staging: Stanislas Nordey
Scene: Emmanuel Clolus
Costume: Raoul Fernandez
Light: Philippe Berthomé
Radio Symphonie Orkest Hilversum
Cast:
Irina: Oleg Riabets (counter-tenor)
Masha: Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor)
Olga: David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Natasha: Gary Boyce (counter-tenor)
Andrej: Mark Holland
Tusenbach: Roger Smeets
Verschinin: Martin Tzonev
Kuligin: Dario Süss
Soljony: Bart Driessen
Doctor: Julius Best
Rodé: Alexei Grigorev
Fedotik: Terence Mirau
Anfisa: Tom Haenen