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Red roses for the lady, in this case Rachel Schmidt, 2nd violin
Tour of the Ruhr area with Ligeti’s “Le Grand Macabre”
On tour dates in Dortmund and Essen in February 2017, the Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle and a top-class ensemble of singers presented György Ligeti’s anarchic and humorous opera Le Grand Macabre in a production directed by Peter Sellars which had already enjoyed success in Berlin(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)Red roses for the lady, in this case Rachel Schmidt, 2nd violin
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Václav Vonášek, contra bassoon
Cornelia Gartemann, 2nd violin
1st principal 2nd violin Thomas Timm and 2nd violin Anna Mehlin
Principal horn Stefan Dohr
Firrst violins Laurentiu Dinca, Luis Esnaola and Rüdiger Liebermann
Thomas Leyendecker trombone
Alvaro Parra 1st violin
Walter Seyfarth, clarinet, and principal clarinet Wenzel Fuchs
Peter, Simon and the gang...
Four out of six: Our great stage team gets a well deserved applause from the orchestra
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Walter Küssner and Ignacy Miecznikowski , Viola, Rachel Helleur, Cello
Bastian Schäfer, 1st Violin
The woodwind section
Cornelia Gartemann, 2nd Violin
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Peter Sellars and Sir Simon Rattle
Solène Kermarrec, cello, and Peter Sellars
Ludwig Quandt, 1st Principal Cello, Christian Stadelmann, Leader of the 2nd Violins, Daniel Stabrawa, 1st Concertmaster
Daniel Stabrawa, 1st Concertmaster, Andreas Ottensamer, Principal Clarinet
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Frode Olsen (Astradamors), Heidi Melton (Mescalina)
Frode Olsen (Astradamors), Heidi Melton (Mescalina)
Berliner Philharmoniker and Rundfunkchor Berlin
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Fürst Go-Go)
Christoph Hartmann (oboe), Dominik Wollenweber (Cor anglais)
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Peter with 1st principal viola Máté Szűcs
... and with Anna Prohaska, soprano
...with Sir Simon..
... and with Ben Zamora (light director) and his right hand Hans Georg Lenhart
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Camilla Tilling, soprano, our soloist in Mahler 4
Standing ovations
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The real flutes...
... and the other ones from the percussion section
Patricia Kopatchinskaja lives the Ligeti violin concerto ...
...supported by concertmaster Andreas Buschatz, the orchestra...
...and Sir Simon Rattle
A very special encore by Patricia Kopatchinskaja and 1st concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa
Stephan Schulze, 2nd violin
Christoph Streuli, 2nd violin
Amihai Grosz, 1st principal viola
Julia Gartemann, viola
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Christoph Hartmann, oboe, talking to Sir Simon
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and her partner in crime, 1st concertmaster Daniel Stabrawa
Anna Mehlin and Simon Roturier, 2nd violins
Sir Simon at his old working place together with percussionist Jan Schlichte
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and principal flute Mathieu Dufour
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Alexander von Puttkamer, tuba
Solène Kermarrec, cello
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Fürst Go-Go)
Jan Schlichte (percussion) and Christoph Igelbrink (cello)
Peter Sellars, Sir Simon Rattle
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Pavlo Hunka (Nekrotzar), Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker
Ronnita Miller (Amando), Anna Prohaska (Amanda), Pavlo Hunka (Nekrotzar), Peter Hoare (Piet vom Fass)
Sir Simon Rattle, Heidi Melton (Mescalina)
Heidi Melton (Mescalina), Peter Hoare (Piet vom Fass), Frode Olsen (Astradamors), Pavlo Hunka (Nekrotzar), Sir Simon Rattle
Christian Stadelmann, Leader of the 2nd Violins
Audrey Luna (Venus and Gepopo)
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Heidi Melton, Mescalina, on stage and screen...
...and in Peter Sellars' arms
Singing orchestra...
...and Berlin Radio Choir
Peter Hoare, Piet vom Fass
Audrey Luna, Venus
Matthew McDonald, 1st principal bass, Nikolaus Römisch and Christoph Igelbrink, celli and some nuclear waste
Franz Schindlbeck, percussion
Martin Löhr, principal cello
Mor Biron, bassoon, under the roof
Sir Simon Rattle, the score and Peter Sellars
Peter Sellars and Gijs Leenaars, chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Choir
Simon Rössler, percussion
Emmanuel Pahud, solo flute, and Mor Biron, bassoon
Peter Sellars
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