Vec Makropulos (The Makropulos Affair), JW I/10

Composer: Janacek, Leos

Librettist/Text Author: Janacek, Leos

Conductor: Salonen, Esa-Pekka

Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Andresen, Jorn Hinnerk

A conscientious objector: Lobert, Peter

A Scottish maid: Ormiston, Linda

Albert Gregor: Very, Raymond

Anita Stadler: Stadler, Anita

Dr. Kolenaty: Schmeckenbecher, Jochen

Emilia Marty: Denoke, Angela

Hauk-Sendorf: Davies, Ryland

Janek: Briscein, Ales

Jaroslav Prus: Reuter, Johan

Jin Ling: Rau, Sasha

Krista: Adamonyte, Jurgita

Mary Lang: Fenz, Silvia

Vitek: Hoare, Peter

Set Designer: Viebrock, Anna

Costume Designer: Viebrock, Anna

Lighting Designer: Winter, Olaf

Stage Director: Marthaler, Christoph

Television Director: Rossacher, Hannes

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Date of Production: 2011

Festival: Salzburg Festival

Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

Playing Time: 01:56:52

Catalogue Number: A04001559

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With the "breathtakingly grandiose" (Salzburger Nachrichten) Angela Denoke in the lead role, this emotionally powerful opera is given a superior treatment at the hands of the Wiener Philharmoniker under Esa-Pekka Salonen and in an ingenious staging by Christoph Marthaler. Denoke gives a winning account of the sensual, tormented leading role. While Salonen lets the Wiener Philharmoniker alternate between powerful accents, filigree textures and mighty outbursts of raw emotion, Marthaler charms the viewer with his typical witty, naturalistic details.