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Documentary on Pierre Henry, pioneer composer of concrete and electronic music

Jeanine De Bique (Soprano) Concerto Köln George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Overture from Partenope HWV 27 Carl Heinrich Graun (1704/1705-1759) Risolvere non oso from Rodelinda George Frideric Handel Ritorna o caro from Rodelinda HWV 19 Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 Ouvertüre - Gigue - Sarabande - Matelot Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698-1756) Mi restano le lagrime from Lisola d Alcina Carl Heinrich Graun Lempio rigor del fato from Rodelinda Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690-1730) Sinfonia from Partenope George Frideric Handel Lalma mia from Agrippina HWV 6 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681- 1767) Rimembranza crudel from Germanicus TWV 21:3b George Frideric Handel Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 Menuett I - Bourée - Menuett II Che sento? Oh dio! - Se pietà from Giulio Cesare in Egitto HWV 17 Suite from Rodrigo HWV 5 (part 3) Passacaglia Carl Heinrich Graun Tra le porcelle assorto from Cleopatra e Cesare Bayreuth, Margravial Opera House, (Bayreuth Baroque Opera Festival) 8 september 2022

Rivalry in Music - Furtwängler vs. Toscanini Two men without whom the profession of conductor would not be what it is today. Two men who couldnt be more different from each other: Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwängler. The former was rigorously faithful to the musical score, the latter conducted with radical subjectivity. In 1931 they both conducted at the Bayreuth Festival - for the first and last time. Soon the polite rivalry turned into bitter enmity. Both men were forced to take a stand on the regimes in their respective countries - and chose radically different paths. Toscanini, the dictator, bravely challenged Mussolini; Furtwängler, a conservative, meanwhile proclaimed that art is always apolitical and reluctantly made a pact with the Nazis. The documentary not only opens up the different musical universes of the two great conductors by retracing their careers in Milan, Bayreuth and New York, but also raises a question that is more topical than ever: what has art to do with politics? Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2020

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the worlds most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

I Lombardi alla prima crociata Dramma lirico in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Temistocle Solera First performance in Milan, Teatro alla Scala, February 11, 1843 Orchestre de lOpéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, Daniel Oren (Conductor) Chœur de lOpéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Sarah Schinasi (Stage director) Pier Paolo Bisleri (sets), Françoise Raybaud (Costumes) Marco Ciaponi (Arvino) Goderdzi Janelidze (Pagano) Aurore Daubrun (Viclinda) Salome Jicia (Giselda) Ramón Vargas (Oronte) Roger Joakim (Acciano) Caroline De Mahieu (Sofia) Luca DallAmico (Pirro) Liège, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 23 May 2023 Directed by Stéphane Vérité

Rivalry in Music - Callas vs. Tebaldi Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi were the two most famous sopranos of the second half of the last century. Turned into hostile enemies by their admirers, the two became untouchable goddesses of opera. For their fans, Callas was known as the tigress, Tebaldi as the voice of an angel: the two singers could hardly have been more different, whether in their professional or private lives. To this day, Callas remains perhaps the greatest soprano of all time. Her rival, Tebaldi, is best known to opera lovers. Why is the posthumous fame of the two prima donnas so different? Directed by Andreas Morell 2020

Gala Plácido Domingo Plácido Domingo (baritone) Jennifer Rowley (soprano) Zhang Zhang (violin) Orchestre de lOpéra Royal, Laurent Campellone (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) La forza del destino (overture) Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Andrea Chénier (Nemico della patria) Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) Adriana Lecouvreur (Io son lumile ancella) Umberto Giordano Fedora (Intermezzo) Giuseppe Verdi La traviata (Madamigella Valery ?) Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) The Roman Carnival (Overture) Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) Hamlet (O vin dissipe la tristesse) Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Le Cid (Pleurez, pleurez mes yeux) Thaïs (Méditation) Giuseppe Verdi Il Trovatore (Udiste ?... Mira, di acerbe lagrime) Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) Maravilla (Amor, vida de mi vida) Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) La bohème (Quando menvo soletta) Franz Lehar (1870-1948) Die lustige Witwe (Lippen Schweigen) Château de Versailles, France, 2 avril 2022

Pene Pati (tenor), Amina Edris (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Overture to Rigoletto Questa o quella (Duke of Mantua) Rigoletto, Act I Lunge da lei... De miei bollenti spiriti (Alfredo) La traviata, Act II Un dì, felice, eterea (Alfredo & Violetta) La traviata, Act I Jules Massenet (1842-1912) Dis mois que je suis belle (Thaïs) Thaïs, Act II Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Lamour!... Ah! Lève-toi, soleil! (Romeo) Roméo et Juliette, Act II Valse des fleurs Roméo et Juliette, Act IV Jules Massenet (1842-1912) En fermant les yeux (Des Grieux) Manon, Act II Toi! Vous! - Oui, cest moi! (Des Grieux & Manon) Manon, Act III Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi) Tosca, Act I Intermezzo from Madama Butterfly Addio, fiorito asil (Pinkerton) Madama Butterfly, Act II Pietro Mascagni (1863-1845) Cherry Duet (Fritz & Suzel) LAmico Fritz, Act II Giuseppe Verdi Mercè, dilette amiche (Elena) I vespri siciliani, Act V Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) La Danza Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) A Vucchella Marechiare Lalba sepàra dalla luce lombra Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) Oh! Ne téveille pas encore (Jocelyn) Jocelyn, Act II Prague, Rudolfinum, 31 January 2023

Rachmaninov revisited Celebrated in his day not only as a great composer, Sergei Rachmaninov was also admired as an outstanding pianist who was a peerless interpreter of his own works including the piano concerti and the Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. It is well known that he was in effect the sole pianist capable of performing his most demanding Third Piano Concerto and his performances and recording of the concerto came to be considered as the definitive ones. The relationship between performance, interpretation, and Rachmaninovs own life is addressed in this film by young pianists. They explore the evolution of interpretation over the past few decades with brief excerpts of recordings by Rachmaninov as contrasted with contemporary performances by todays well-known young pianists as they comment on the differences (or similarities) of their approach. Directed by Peter Rosen

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the worlds most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

The Sound Weavers: Ludovico Einaudi, Hauschka, Joep Beving, Hania Rani Sold-out concerts, millions of albums sold to make the classical music industry green with envy: neoclassical, as the new musical trend is called, is a mega hit. What makes the form so popular? Is this music skillful or just comforting? Are its composers Mozart 2.0 or rather maestros for the masses? Do they build a bridge to the musical past, allowing our ears to roam comfortably in familiar territory? The documentary traces the journey of some of the protagonists of the genre by telling their stories, and seeking answers from sociologists, neuroscientists, musicologists and even marketing experts. But above all, it allows these creators - these weavers - to have their say. Directed by Anne-Kathrin Peitz 2021

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor) Robert Wilson (Stage Direction, Set Design & Lighting Concept) Michalis Theophanous, Lucinda Childs (dancers) Arvo Pärt 1935 - Adams Lament Tabula rasa Miserere Sequentia Directed by Andy Sommer Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, Estonia, May 12th, 2015

POPPEA // POPPEA by Christian Spuck Choregraphed by Christian Spuck for Gauthier Dance Music by Martin Donner, Claudio Monteverdi and others Gauthier Dance Emma Ryott - Set designer, costume designer Dunja Funke - Dramaturgy Reinhard Traub - Lighting Eric Gauthier - Dancer Anneleen Dedroog - Dancer Miriam Gronwald - Dancer Anna Süheyla Harms - Dancer Maria Prat Balasch - Dancer Rosario Guerra - Dancer Florian Lochner - Dancer William Moragas - Dancer David Stiven Valencia Martinez - Dancer Tars Vandebeek - Dancer Directed by Nikolai Vialkowitsch Stuttgart, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, 2013

Marina Viotti (Mezzo-soprano) Orchestre de lOpéra Royal de Versailles, Andrés Gabetta (Conductor, Violin) Henry Purcell 1659-1695 The curtain tune Timon of Athens Giovanni Porta 1675-1755 Volate gentes, venite cum spe Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 Violin Concerto in D Major Grosso Mogul RV 208 Allegro Nicola Antonio Porpora 1686-1768 Salve Regina in F Major Pietro Locatelli 1695-1764 Concerto grosso Op. 1/11 Largo Antonio Vivaldi O servi volate Juditha triumphans RV 644 Ascende læta RV 635 Violin Concerto in B Minor Per Signora Anna Maria RV 387 Canta in prato, ride in monte RV 636 Armatae face et anguibus Juditha triumphans RV 644 Bayreuth, Margravial Opera House Bayreuth, 13 September 2025

Tannhäuser Great Romantic Opera in 3 acts by Richard Wagner 1813 - 1883 Libretto by Richard Wagner Dresden, Königliches Hoftheater, October 19, 1845 Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan (conductor) Chorus of the Vienna State Opera Lydia Steier (stage direction) Momme Hinrichs (set and video), Alfred Mayerhofer (costumes), Tabatha McFadyen (choreography), Elana Siberski (lighting) Günther Groissböck (Landgrave Hermann) Clay Hilley (Tannhäuser) Martin Gantner (Wolfram von Eschenbach) Daniel Jenz (Walther von der Vogelweide) Simon Neal (Biterolf) Lukas Schmidt (Heinrich the Scribe) Marcus Pelz (Reinmar von Zweter) Malin Byström (Elisabeth) Ekaterina Gubanova (Venus) Ilia Staple (Ein junger Hirt) Vienna, Staatsoper, 25 May 2025