Opera Productions
Productions 2012-2013
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Orpheus and Eurydike
(Vienna Version 1762, sung in German)
22, 23, 24 February &
1, 2, 3 March 2013 Theater an der Rott (Eggenfelden, Bavaria)
Armin Gramer, Orpheus (alto)
Ulrike Hofbauer, Eurydike (soprano)
Fritz Spengler, Amor (alto)
Heinrich Schütz Ensemble
(Rehearsed by: Martin Steidler)
Produced by: Benjamin Schad
Choreography: Yasha Wang
Costume design: Annett Lausberg
Stage design: Tobias Flemming
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Miriways
Baroque Singspiel in three acts (1728)
Libretto by Johann Samuel Müller
10, 11, 16 & 17 March 2012, 7:30 pm Theater Magdeburg
together with the Magdeburger Telemann-Festtage (staged performance)
14. April 2012, 7:05 pm: radio broadcast on Deutschlandradio Kultur
23 September 2012, 6 pm, Brucknerfest Linz (concert performance)
Miriways, Prince of Candahar, Protector of Persia - Markus Volpert (Baritone)
Sophi, son of the deposed Shah, in love with Bemira - Ulrike Hofbauer (Soprano)
Bemira, thought to be the sister of Nisibis, lately found out to be the daughter of Miriways,
in love with Sophi - Julie Martin du Theil / Marie-Sophie Pollak (Soprano)
Nisibis, a Persian lady, fled to Isfahan - Gabriele Hierdeis (Soprano)
Murzah, a Tartaric prince, Samisha’s brother, in love with Nisibis - Stefan Zenkl (Baritone)
Zemir, a Persian prince, in love with Nisibis - Susanne Drexl (Mezzosoprano)
Samischa, secretly married to Miriways - Ida Aldrian (Mezzosoprano)
Scandor / Gesandter - Ilja Werger / Matthias Helm
Produced by: Jakob Peters-Messer
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Betulia liberata
Azione sacra in two parts K 118 (74c)
Libretto: Pietro Metastasio
4, 5, 10, 11 & 12 August 2012
donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau
Christian Zenker - Ozia, principe di Betulia (tenor)
Margot Oitzinger - Giuditta, vedova di Manasse (alto)
Marelize Gerber - Amital, nobile donna israelita (soprano)
Markus Volpert - Achior, principe degli Ammoniti (bass)
Elisabeth Breuer - Cabri & Carmi (soprano)
Produced by: Manuela Kloibmüller
Stage scenery: Isabella Reder
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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Orpheus und Eurydike
(Vienna German 1762, sung in German)
22, 23, 24 February &
1, 2, 3 March 2013 Theater an der Rott (Eggenfelden, Bavaria)
Armin Gramer, Orpheus (alto)
Ulrike Hofbauer, Eurydike (soprano)
Fritz Spengler, Amor (soprano)
Heinrich Schütz Ensemble
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In Planning 2014-2015
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die verstellte Gärtnerin (The Feigned Gardener)
Singspiel in three acts
German version of the Dramma giocosa La finta giardiniera, K. 196
(authorised, arranged and enhanced by the composer)
Text by Franz Joseph Stierle (1741-after 1800)
first performed in Augsburg, 1st May 1780,
by the drama group of Johann Heinrich Böhm (1740-1792)
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Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Claudine von Villa Bella D 239 (1815)
Fragment eines Singspiels in 3 Akten, mit musikalisch-theatralischen Ergänzungen,
Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)
Der angenehme Betrug oder Der Carneval von Venedig
(The pleasant deceit or The Carnival of Venice)
Singspiel in three in German and Italian language (1707)
after the opéra-ballet Le Carnaval de Venise
by André Campra and Jean-François Regnard
Libretto by Barthold Feind and Mauritz Cuno
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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
La corona
Azione teatrale in one Act (1765)
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio
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Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) & Jean-Jaques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Les Fêtes de Ramire
Acte de Ballet in seven scenes (first performance: Versailles, 22. Dezember 1745)
Text by François-Marie Arouete, a.k.a. Voltaire (1694-1778)
- concert version -
Ramire, 1er Guerrier – Anders J. Dahlin (haute-contre)
Fatime, 1ère Grâce – Eugénie Warnier (dessus)
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Review 2003 - 2011
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
La cambiale di matrimonio (The Bill of Marriage)
Farsa comica in one act (1810)
Libretto by Gaetano Rossi
18-20 March 2011
Musikverein für Steiermark, Graz
Tobia Mill, an English merchant - Moritz Gogg, Bass
Fanny, his daughter - Elizabeth Hott, Soprano
Edoardo Milfort, Fanny’s lover - Gong Lianghua, Tenor
Slook, a Canadian merchant - Tigran Martirosian, Bass
Clarina, Fanny’s chambermaid - Darina Kandulkova, Mezzo Soprano
Norton, Mill’s clerk - N.N., Bass
Produced by: Matthias von Stegmann
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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Orpheus oder “Die wunderbare Beständigkeit der Liebe”
Musical Drama (1726)
after the tragédie lyrique by Michel du Boullay
7, 8, 13, 14 & 15 August 2010
donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau
Orasia, widowed Queen of Thrace – Dorothee Mields / Karina Lochner, Soprano
Orpheus – Markus Volpert, Baritone
Eurydice, his newly wedded wife – Ulrike Hofbauer, Soprano
Eurimedes, a friend of Orpheus – Christian Zenker, Tenor
Ismene, Orasia’s lady-in-waiting – Barbara Kraus, Soprano
Pluto, God of the Underworld – Reinhard Mayr, Bass
Cephisa, a nymph / priestess – Marelize Gerber, Sopran
Ascalax, Pluto’s servant / 2nd nymph – Julie Comparini, Alto
Produced by: Manuela Kloibmüller
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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder)
Farsa giocosa per musiche in one act (1812)
Libretto by Giuseppe Foppa
17-19 April 2010
Musikverein für Steiermark, Graz
Dormont, Giulia’s guardian – David Park, Tenor
Giulia - Trine Wilsberg Lund, Soprano
Lucilla, Giulia’s cousin - Michaela Adamcova, Soprano
Dorvil - Kirlianit Cortes, Tenor
Blansac - Moritz Gogg, Tenor
Germano, Dormont’s servant - David McShane, Bass
Produced by: Thomas Mittmann
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Die wüste Insel (The desert island)
Opera in two Acts, Hob. XXVIII:9
Libretto by Pietro Metastasio (based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)
with an added German text
by Johann Otto Heinrich Schaum
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
- concert version -
20 June 2009
OÖ Stiftskonzerte, St. Florian near Linz
Soloists: Ulrike Hofbauer (Constanze), Barbara Kraus (Silvia),
Christian Zenker (Fernando), Reinhard Mayr (Enrico)
12 July 2009
Theater an der Wien
Soloists: Nuria Rial (Constanze), Barbara Kraus (Silvia),
Bernhard Berchtold (Fernando), Reinhard Mayr (Enrico)
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Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il signor Bruschino
Farsa giocosa per musiche in one act (1813)
Libretto by Giuseppe Foppa
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
21-23 March 2009
Musikverein für Steiermark, Graz
Soloists: Vladimir Chernov, Olga Peretyatko and others
Produced by: Thomas Mittmann
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donauFESTWOCHEN im strudengau
Conducted by: Michi Gaigg
Directed by: Andrea Haupt
2007
Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795)
Romeo und Julie
Singspiel in 3 Acts, Mannheim version from 1784
(first setting to music of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet from 1597)
2005
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Zaide (Fragment, 1779/80)
German Singspiel in 2 Acts KV 344 with a final chorus
by Johann Anton André
2003
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho
Serenata musicale in one Act TWV 21:32 (1761)
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Schwetzinger Fespiele 2003
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783)
Il Figlio delle Selve
Favola pastorale in 3 Acts, based on a drama
by Carlo Sigismondo Capece of the same name
(written for the opening of the Schwetzingen Rococo Theatre in 1753)
Produced by: Georges Delnon
Conducted by: Christoph Spering
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Press reviews (excerpts)
“The fact that some of the Holzbauer arias were deeply moving also had to do with their outstanding and uncompromising interpretation by the L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra under Christoph Spering.”
Die Welt, 3 May 2003
“The small “Entführung” in grand style! Michi Gaigg and her L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra interpret the sparkling score with intoxicating zest. They could also rely on a faultless vocal ensemble.”
Die Presse, August 2005
“The musicians swept through Zaide’s 15 numbers with zest and historically informed enthusiasm. They were conducted with equal drive and sensitivity by Michi Gaigg.”
Wiener Zeitung, August 2005
“L’Orfeo, directed by Michi Gaigg, was convincing with their balanced string sound, incredibly light woodwind sound, sensitive traversos, beautiful oboe solos and a fine sense for cantabile lines [...].”
Hans-Jürgen Becker, Concerto, October/November 2007
“[...] musical director and conductor, Michi Gaigg, and her L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra introduce the Sturm and Drang composer Benda with sufficient sensibility and colourful freshness, bringing back to life this exquisite work. This is enthusiasm which we also hear on the newly released CD with works by J.C.F. Fischer. [...]“
Die Presse, August 2007
“[...] Michi Gaigg and her L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra provide a light and finely woven musical carpet of noblest descent. [...]
Neue Kronenzeitung, August 2007
