Arrangement from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February 2025,
3 nights
Valentine’s day
Symphony No. 10 in F sharp major - G. Mahler, the 14
Daniele Gatti
Filarmonica della Scala
Teatro alla Scala
Die Walküre - R. Wagner, the 15, nouvelle production, 18h
Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann has been one of the great German conductors of our time for years. Born in 1959 in what was then West Berlin, he began his professional career in his native city at the Deutsche Oper under none other than Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989). Via various stations in Karlsruhe and Düsseldorf, among others, he moved to Nuremberg in 1988 as - at that time - the youngest General Music Director. Nine years later, Thielemann returned to Berlin to the Deutsche Oper, then led the Munich Philharmonic from 2004 to 2011, in each case also in the positions of general music director. Thielemann has been involved with the Bayreuth Festival since 2010. In 2015, he was appointed music director there. In the 2012/13 season, he moved to Dresden to join the Sächsische Staatskapelle, and in 2013 he additionally took on the position of artistic director at the Salzburg Easter Festival. Christian Thielemann maintains close ties with the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras. Thielemann has received numerous awards and honors for his achievements, including his honorary doctorate from the Hochschule für Musik ´Franz Liszt` Weimar, the Richard Wagner Prize, the Prize of the Foundation for the Promotion of the Semper Opera, and honorary membership of the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Gustav Mahler Association Hamburg.
Christian Thielemann♪ - David McVicar
Elza van den Heever,
Camilla Nylund
If one lists the great voices of our time in the classical-romantic repertoire, the Finnish Camilly Nylund (*1968) must not be missing. After permanent engagements in Hanover and Dresden, the Vaasa-born soprano is celebrated worldwide above all for her (title) roles in works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss: Elisabeth - with this Tannhäuser role she made her Bayreuth Festival debut in 2011 -, Elsa, Sieglinde, Arabella, Ariadne or Salome are among her repertoire, which has since taken her to Vienna, New York, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Salzburg or Zurich. In recognition of her artistic achievements, Nylund has received national and international awards, including the appointment as Saxon Chamber Singer in 2008, the Pro Finlandia Medal (2013), the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2019 and the appointment as Austrian Chamber Singer in the same year.
Camilla Nylund♪, Okka von der Damerau,
Michael Volle
Michael Volle (*1960) is one of the most internationally renowned baritone singers. The singer, who comes from southern Germany, was a permanent ensemble member of Zurich Opera House from 1999 to 2007 and subsequently moved to the Bavarian State Opera (until 2012). To this day he is a regular guest in both houses. Further guest engagements have taken Volle to the leading opera and festival stages, including the Salzburg Easter Festival/Festival, the Bayreuth Festival, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera House in London, the New York Met as well as the Deutsche Oper and the Berlin State Opera. Full role repertoire includes numerous title and leading roles, including the parts of Beckmesser and Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Graf Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Marcello (La bohème), Guillaume Tell, Amonasro (Aida), Wozzeck, Jochanaan (Salome), Kurwenal (Tristan und Isolde), Wotan and Scarpia (Tosca). In addition to his work on the opera stage, Michael Volle is also active as a lieder and concert singer. In the course of his engagements Volle has worked with conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Philippe Herreweghe, Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Antonio Pappano and Franz Welser-Möst.
Michael Volle♪,
Klaus Florian Vogt
The name Klaus Florian Vogt (*1970) is certainly known to all Wagnerians, as the tenor is one of the Wagner specialists of our time. In the dramatic roles of "Lohengrin," "Parsifal" or "Tannhäuser," he has caused quite a stir to this day. These and other Wagner roles have brought him to the great stages of our time, from the Vienna State Opera to the New York Met. Since 2007, Vogt has appeared almost continuously at the Bayreuth Festival, and in the new production of the "Ring" (originally planned for 2020) he will take on the role of Siegmund. The repertoire of the native North German is, however, much more complex and, in addition to Wagner, includes, for example, the role of Florestan in Beethoven’s only opera "Fidelio" or that of Paul in Korngold’s "Die tote Stadt." Vogt, who was awarded the ECHO-Klassik prize as Artist of the Year (2012), has also enjoyed international success in lied and chamber music. Most recently, the singer can be heard in the CD recording of the Beethoven symphonies by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Parvo Järvi as soloist alongside Christiane Oelze, Maria Lang and Matthias Goerne in the 9th symphony - incidentally, he also took on this role for the 2021 New Year’s Concert of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Klaus Florian Vogt♪, Günther Groissböck
Teatro alla Scala
