(Photo: Teresa Funk-Hilsdorf)
2017 Easter Festival with Puccini’s “Tosca”
The main event of this festival was Tosca, conducted by Simon Rattle. The guest artists included violinist Lisa Batiashvili and – making his debut at the Easter Festival – Kirill Petrenko with a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique which received a tumultuous reception.(Photo: Teresa Funk-Hilsdorf)
Marcelo Álvarez, Kristine Opolais, Evgeny Nikitin
Kristine Opolais and Sir Simon Rattle
Marcelo Álvarez
Marcelo Álvarez (Cavaradossi)
Kristine Opolais (Floria Tosca)
Marcelo Álvarez
Evgeny Nikitin (Scarpia) and Kristine Opolais
Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker
Director Philipp Himmelmann
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Horn quartet: Sarah Willis, Carsten Duffin (as extra), Andrej Zust and Stefan de Leval Jezierski
Bastian Schäfer and Dorian Xhoxhi, first violins
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Kristine Opolais (Floria Tosca)
Marcelo Álvarez (Cavaradossi)
Kristine Opolais and Marcelo Álvarez
Kristine Opolais and Evgeny Nikitin (Scarpia)
Evgeny Nikitin
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Kristine Opolais as Tosca
Marcelo Alvarez as Cavaradossi
Evgeny Nikitin as Scarpia
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Gunars Upatnieks, double bass
Wenzel Fuchs, principal clarinet
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, principal harp
Woodwinds from behind
Two creative minds: director Philipp Himmelmann and Sir Simon Rattle
Walter Seyfarth, clarinet, Wenzel Fuchs, principal clarinet, and Stefan Schweigert, principal bassoon
Thomas Leyendecker and Jesper Busk Sorensen, trombone
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Stefan de Leval Jezierski (French horn), principal clarinet Wenzel Fuchs are greeted by principal flute Emmanuel Pahud and Maja Avramović (1st violin)
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Andreas Mölich Zebhauser, Artistic Director of the Baden Baden Festspielhaus, welcomes Sir Simon and the orchestra back in Baden-Baden
Sir SImon seen from the stage by the Philharmonia choir
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
Simon Roessler, percussion
Sir Simon Rattle and Simon Roessler, percussion
(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)
