Alcina at Semperoper: birth of a great opera director -- Jan Philipp Gloger

Alcina, Semperoper Dresden, November 4th 2011

Director ..... Jan Philipp Gloger

Conductor ..... Rainer Mühlbach

Alcina ..... Amanda Majeski

Ruggiero ..... Barbara Senator

Bradamante ..... Christa Mayer

Morgana ..... Nadja Mchantaf

Melisso ..... Markus Butter
Oronte ..... Simeon Esper

Oberto ..... Elena Gorshunova

Chorista 1 ..... Manuel Günther

Chorista 2 ..... Michael Kranebitter

Staatskapelle Dresden

Semper Rusalka in Dresden (take two)

Rusalka, Semperoper Dresden, November 3 2011

Conductor ..... Tomáš Netopil

Director ..... Stefan Herheim

Set Design ..... Heike Scheele

Prinz ..... Zoltán Nyári

Rusalka ..... Tatiana Monogarova

Die fremde Fürstin ..... Anda-Louise Bogza

Wassermann ..... Georg Zeppenfeld

Ježibaba ..... Tichina Vaughn

Erste Elfe ..... Vanessa Goikoetxea

Zweite Elfe ..... Barbara Senator

Dritte Elfe ..... Sofi Lorentzen

Jäger, Priester ...... Gerald Hupach

Metzger ..... Torsten Schäpan

Polizist ..... Friedrich Darge

Mr. High (Chorsolist) ..... Michael Auenmüller

Mr. Low (Chorsolist) ..... Jun Seok Bang

Der Apotheker (Chorsolist) ..... Jae-Suk Kim

Der Besserwisser (Chorsolist) ..... Alexander Schafft

Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden (Pablo Assante)

Staatskapelle Dresden

Konwitschny's Tannhäuser in Dresden

Tannhäuser, Semperoper Dresden, April 22 2011

Musical Director ..... Peter Schneider
Staging ..... Peter Konwitschny


Landgraf Hermann von Thüringen ..... Michael Eder
Tannhäuser ..... Stephen Gould
Wolfram von Eschenbach ..... Christoph Pohl
Walther von der Vogelweide ..... Tom Martinsen
Biterolf ...... Tilmann Rönnebeck
Heinrich der Schreiber ..... Aaron Pegram
Reimar von Zweter ..... Tomislav Lucic
Elisabeth ..... Marjorie Owens
Venus ..... Tichina Vaughn
Ein junger Hirt ..... Christiane Hossfeld
Erste Edelfrau ..... Beate Siebert
Zweite Edelfrau ..... Ute Siegmund
Dritte Edelfrau ..... Barbara Leo
Vierte Edelfrau ..... Claudia Mößner

Staatsopernchor
Sinfoniechor Dresden e.V.
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Otello in Dresden

Otello, April 21 2011, Semperoper Dresden 

Musical Director ..... Jacques Delacôte
Staging ..... Vera Nemirova

Otello ..... Carl Tanner
Desdemona ..... Serena Farnocchia
Iago ..... Gerard Quinn
Cassio ..... Wookyung Kim
Rodrigo ..... Orlando Niz
Lodovico ..... Tilmann Rönnebeck
Montano ..... Tomislav Lucic
Emilia ..... Sofi Lorentzen

Saxon State Opera Choir, Children's Choir of the Saxon State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden

Stefan Herheim's Rusalka in Dresden [ossia Un Colpo di Genio]

Rusalka, Semperoper Dresden, December 14 2010

Conductor ..... Tomáš Netopil
Director ..... Stefan Herheim
Sets designer ..... Heike Scheele

The Princ ..... Zoltán Nyári
The Foreign Princess ..... Marjorie Owens
Rusalka ..... Tatiana Monogarova
Vodnik ..... Georg Zeppenfeld
Ježibaba ..... Tichina Vaughn
Kitchen Boy ..... Tara Erraught
1st Wood Sprite ..... Vanessa Goikoetxea
2nd Wood Sprite ..... Young Hee Kim
3rd Wood Sprite ..... Sofi Lorentzen
Hunter ..... Gerald Hupach
Policeman ..... Friedrich Darge
Butcher ..... Torsten Schäpan
Mr.High ..... Michael Auenmüller
Mr.Low ..... Jun-Seok Bang
Pharmacist ..... Bokyoung Kim

State Opera Choir
Staatskapelle Dresden

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Staatskapelle Dresden

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Staatskapelle Dresden

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