Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
Torsten Kerl tenor (The Emperor)
Anne Schwanewilms soprano (The Empress)
Ildikó Komlósi mezzo-soprano (The Nurse)
Yasushi Hirano baritone (The Messenger of Keikobad)
Andrey Nemzer tenor (The Guardian of the Threshold)
Michael Pflumm tenor (The Apparition of a Youth)
Nadezhda Gulitskaya soprano (The Voice of a Falcon)
Karolina Gumos contralto (A Voice from Above)
Thomas J. Mayer bass baritone (Barak, the Dyer)
Ricarda Merbeth soprano (The Dyer’s Wife)
Christoph Späth tenor (The Hunchback, Barak’s brother)
Tom Erik Lie baritone (The One-eyed Man, Barak’s brother)
Jens Larsen bass (The One-armed Man, Barak’s brother)
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Benjamin Goodson chorus master
Kinderchor der Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin choir
Vinzenz Weissenburger chorus master
Richard Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow), Opera in three acts, op. 65
A Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin event in co-operation with Berliner Festspiele/Musikfest Berlin