In times of Corona, moderator Holger Wemhoff looks inside the classic scene in the concerti classic daily podcast.
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American baritone Thomas Hampson has long been recognized as one of the most innovative and multifaceted musicians of our time, receiving countless international honors for his singular artistry and cultural leadership. With more than 80 operatic roles in his repertoire, Hampson shines across a vast array of styles, languages, and periods. From Rossini’s elegance to the dramatic depths of Verdi and the modern innovations of contemporary masterpieces, he has portrayed characters that span the full spectrum of human experience and emotion. He is well known for his superb interpretation of Mozart, including the title role in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, and most recently, Don Alfonso in Cosí fan tutte. A lauded Verdian, Hampson has excelled as Simon Boccanegra, Rodrigo in Don Carlo, Germont in La traviata, Don Carlo in Ernani, and more. He is a champion of new opera, and has starred in many world premieres, most recently Mikael Karlsson’s Fanny and Alexander, Stefan Wirth’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian, Miroslav Srnka’s South Pole, and many others.
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Within just a few years, Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann has established herself as one of her generation’s most important voices. Equally at home on the operatic and concert stages, she is acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for her exceptionally beautiful timbre and sensitive performances. For her performances in the Salzburg Festival’s 2022 production of Die Zauberflote, The Telegraph hailed: "Regula Mühlemann is outstanding as a radiant Pamina."
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Praised by critics and loved by audiences for her beauty of tone and impeccable artistry, soprano Mojca Erdmann is a star in the international music scene. She is known for her broad repertoire – ranging from baroque to contemporary music – which she performs in major opera houses, festivals, and concert halls worldwide. In the 2024/25 season, Mojca Erdmann demonstrates her versatility on the concert stage. In the Pierre Boulez Saal, the soprano performs Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and Chamber Symphony No. 1 together with the Boulez Ensemble and under the direction of Zubin Mehta to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. On the concert stage of the Arena di Verona, Erdmann sings Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4 under the direction of Wolfram Christ before returning to the Pierre Boulez Saal. Here she sings Gustav Mahler's Rückert-Lieder in the arrangement by Philip Hefti. With conductor Adam Fischer, Mojca Erdmann makes her debut in the role of Elsa in a concert version of Wagner's Lohengrin at the Konzerthaus Copenhagen. After that, Erdmann performs a recital with Malcolm Martineau in Sociedad Filarmónica de Bilbao before traveling to Palermo's Teatro Politeama, where she sings Bach's St. John Passion under the direction of Lothar Koenigs. The soprano ends her season with concerts at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg: together with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and under the direction of Kent Nagano, she sings the world premiere of Alex Nante's symphony Anahata.
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