Family concert: APPLAUSE FOR THE STRAUSS BROTHERS!

Conductor: Andreas Leisner
Direction: Giulia Giammona
Choreography and set design: Alessandra Bareggi
Projections: Michael Hofer-Lenz

Prima donna: Verena Tranker
Eduard Strauss | Singer | Gondolier: Philipp Martin Fischer
Johann Strauss: Adrian Umberto Weinek
Josef Strauß: Valerie Martin
A waiter | torreador | dancer: Alexandre Cardoso
Dancer: Alessandra Bareggi

Special Guest: Jonas Kaufmann

Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl

At the family concert of the winter season, our guests - young and old alike - immerse themselves in the world of the Strauss brothers and embark on a musical journey through the life of the legendary waltz kings. Andreas Leisner leads the orchestra of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl and an ensemble that will captivate and enchant the audience. The brilliant rhythms and enchanting melodies that have made the Strauss dynasty famous will be there, and there will certainly be a catchy tune or two! The family concert is a feast for the whole family - with lots of music, movement and, of course, plenty of Viennese charm. Let's hear it for the Strauss brothers!

Team

Andreas Leisner Conductor

Giulia Giammona Direction

Alessandra Bareggi Choreography and set design

Michael Hofer-Lenz Projections

Verena Tranker Prima donna

Philipp Martin Fischer Eduard Strauss | Singer | Gondolier

Adrian Umberto Weinek Johann Strauss

Valerie Martin Josef Strauß

Alexandre Cardoso A waiter | torreador | dancer

Alessandra Bareggi Dancer

Jonas Kaufmann Special Guest

Since his debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York in 2006, Jonas Kaufmann has been one of the top stars of classical music. After engagements in Saarbrücken, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Milan, the tenor went to the Zurich Opera in 2001, from where his international career began with appearances at the Lyric Opera Chicago, the Paris Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Deutsche Oper and Staatsoper in Berlin, the Vienna State Opera, as well as at the festivals in Salzburg and Bayreuth. He is internationally in demand in Italian and French repertoire as well as in German. He has sung Verdi's Otello in London, Munich and Naples, Massenet's Werther in Paris, Vienna and New York, Wagner's Lohengrin in Bayreuth, at La Scala, in Paris and Melbourne. From oratorios and operettas to Canzone napoletana and Viennese songs, he masters the entire spectrum of tenor repertoire and places great emphasis on versatility. He describes song singing as the "royal class of singing," which he cultivates with great success worldwide in artistic partnership with pianist Helmut Deutsch, most recently on an Asia tour.

Since September 2024, Jonas Kaufmann has been Artistic Director of the Tiroler Festspiele Erl. For the 100th anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's death, he undertook a concert tour in Europe in 2024. Further highlights of the current season include Pagliacci at the Vienna State Opera, a song tour with Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch, as well as Pagliacci at the Bavarian State Opera.

Jonas Kaufmann's recordings have been awarded numerous international prizes. He has been voted "Singer of the Year" several times, including by the trade journal Opernwelt, the classical magazines Diapason and Musical America as well as the juries of the International Opera Awards and Opus Klassik (formerly Echo Klassik).

Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl

Musik wächst aus der Begeisterung eines über die Jahre zusammengewachsenen, motivierten und exzellent vorbereiteten Ensembles. Im Sommer 1999 formierte sich das Orchester der Tiroler Festspiele Erl erstmals – und nunmehr spielen Musiker aus 20 Nationen zusammen. Schon im ersten Jahr stellte sich der beispiellose Erfolg des Klangkörpers ein, der die Tiroler Festspiele Erl international bekannt machen sollte. Junge Spitzentalente, Musiker:innen aus großen internationalen Orchestern, Kammermusikspezialist:innen und Dozent:innen kommen jährlich im Sommer und Winter, seit 2017 auch im Herbst und im Frühling im Rahmen der Tiroler Festspiele Erl zusammen. Unter der Leitung des Festspielgründers Gustav Kuhn gelang es dem Orchester, Lobeshymnen der internationalen Kritik zu ernten und seinen Ruf als eines der besten Wagnerorchester der Welt zu festigen. Mit Beginn der Intendanz von Jonas Kaufmann im September 2024 hat der im Opern- und im Konzertbereich international gefragte Dirigent Asher Fisch die Leitung des Orchesters übernommen.

Zum Repertoire des Orchesters gehören neben den zehn großen Musikdramen Richard Wagners und Opern von Strauss, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi und Rossini auch die Symphonien Beethovens und viele weitere zentrale Werke des Konzertrepertoires vom Barock bis hin zur Romantik sowie zeitgenössische Werke und Uraufführungen.