A stroke of G(luck): European theatre seen through Chinese glasses.
Sivene - Barbara Emilia Schedel
Lisinga - Kremena Dilcheva
Tangia - Milena Storti
Silango - Krystian Adam
Musiciens and Soloists from the
CHINA NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY, BEIJING
Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO
musical director: Werner Erhardt
directed and designed by: Igor Folwill
A joint production of Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO,
CHINA NATIONAL BEIJING OPERA COMPANY,
Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Theater Winterthur.
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A world tour in 1700: how baroque Europe travels around the globe in its dreams.
LE POÈME HARMONIQUE on historical instruments
Claire Lefilliâtre, soprano
Jean-François Lombard, countertenor
Serge Goubioud, tenor
André Morsch, bass
Arnaud Marzorati, baritone
musical director: Vincent Dumestre
A Coproduction with MAfestival Bruges.
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The Chinese House in Parc Sanssouci and its surroundings
Klaus Dorst
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A stroke of G(luck): European theatre seen through Chinese glasses.
Sivene - Barbara Emilia Schedel
Lisinga - Kremena Dilcheva
Tangia - Milena Storti
Silango - Krystian Adam
Musiciens and Soloists from the
CHINA NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY, BEIJING
Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO
musical director: Werner Erhardt
directed and designed by: Igor Folwill
A joint production of Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO,
CHINA NATIONAL BEIJING OPERA COMPANY,
Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Theater Winterthur.
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A journey through the gardening world of the „well-beloved“
Ulrich Hermann
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World literature: Jules Verne’s visionary and intoxicating travels
Friedhelm Ptok, reading (German)
Peter A. Bauer, percussion instruments from around the world
(marimbaphone, gong, tambourine, tam-tam, etc.)
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The Serenissima and its neighbours – the mosaic in the Friedenskirche,
Philipp Schubert /Klaus Dorst
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Rebab and Rebec – when Orient and Occident were still brothers
Jordi Savall, rebab (14th cent.) / rebec (15th cent. ) / Lira d’arco (16th cent.)
Pedro Esteban, percussion
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Chinoiseries and Oriental items in the New Palace
Burkhardt Göres
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A stroke of G(luck): European theatre seen through Chinese glasses.
Sivene - Barbara Emilia Schedel
Lisinga - Kremena Dilcheva
Tangia - Milena Storti
Silango - Krystian Adam
Musiciens and Soloists from the
CHINA NATIONAL OPERA COMPANY, BEIJING
Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO
musical director: Werner Erhardt
directed and designed by: Igor Folwill
A joint production of Ensemble L’ARTE DEL MONDO,
CHINA NATIONAL BEIJING OPERA COMPANY,
Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Theater Winterthur.
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From a flamenco to a dervish – the right turn for a summer night
L’ARPEGGIATA
Christina Pluhar, theorbo, baroque guitar
Lucilla Galeazzi, vocals
Elisabeth Seitz, psalterion
Marcello Vitale, chitarra battente, baroque guitar
Eero Palviainen, lute, baroque guitar
Doron Sherwin, cornett
Veronika Skuplik, baroque violin
Boris Schmidt, violin
Sergey Saprichev, percussion
tarantella: Anna Dego (theaterdanza, Italy)
dancing dervish: Talip Elmasulu (Turkey)
classic Indian dance: Shany Mathew (India)
bolero/flamenco: choreography Antonio Pérez (Spain)
musical director: Christina Pluhar
fireworks: Olaf Gödeke
tecnical director: Marc Mattukat, aem Potsdam
stage: StageCo Deutschland GmbH
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As a child in the Far East: tinkering, smelling and tasting.
Doors open: 3pm
Family Celebration (for children from five)
Do you fancy going really far away? How about visiting the Far East for two hours?
Why don’t you join the handicraft work, listen to the stories and enter „the Empire of the Golden Dragon“. In the 18th centure the dream image of faraway Asia animated people’s feelings. This was a time when we did not know (and did not want to know) much more than the fact that they drank tea and had valuable china.
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Visiting the exotic spots on the island – and the places of worship for Queen Luise
Susanne Fontaine
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Rush hour or temple garden? Chinoiserie for all senses!
Doors open: 6pm
Jenny Lin, piano
Pianistic Chinese fantasies and sensual program before the conert at the Chinese Temple
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The wise smile: Goethe wearing a Chinese costume.
Opening at 19pm
Hans-Jochen Röhrig, reading (German)
Guo Xuan, erhu
Zhang Congong, guzheng
Set menu and catering: Restaurant & Café Drachenhaus/ Peter and Alexander Hortig
Tickets include the set menu. Drinks are not included.
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Following coffee from the Botanic Garden into the coffee kitchen of Sanssouci Palace
Chef to the royal court F.A. Tamanti (aka: Michael Adam)
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Expats: guitar and violin discover a new continent
Manfredo Kraemer, violin, rabeca
Eduardo Egüez, theorbo, guitar
19.00 h, Ovid Gallery
Introduction: Manfredo Kraemer talks to Carsten Hinrichs
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Dinner is served at Mount Vesuvius: a savoury ragout of many cultures.
DOULCE MÉMOIRE
Véronique Bourin, Clara Coutouly, soprano
Paulin Bündgen, Philippe Barth, alto
Hugues Primard, Oliver Coiffet, tenor
Marc Busnel, Philippe Roche, bass
Pasquale Boquet, Miguel Henry, lute and renaissance guitar
Musical director: Denis Raisin Dadre
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visiting the reception of Egypt in the New Garden
Christian Tietze
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Love as a battlefield – Haydn draws the pyramids
Dorothee Mields, soprano
Daniel Sepec, violin
Gesine Queyras, violoncello
Christine Schornsheim, grand fortepiano
Dominik Maringer, reading (German)
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Live radio play with the „bearkiller“: how Karl May invented North America!
Regine Ahrem, radio play version
Hans Helge Ott, director
Rudolf Schmücker, music
Arna Vogel, producer
Reiner Schöne; narrator
Konstantin Graudus, Old Shatterhand
Martin Seifert, Sam Hawkens
Max Hopp, Winnetou
Anna Thalbach, Nscho-Tschi
Joachim Bliese, Intschu-Tschuna
Guntbert Warns, Klekhi Petra/Tangua
Peter Kaempfe, Rattler/ Santer/ engineer
Max Bauer, sound effects
DEUTSCHES FILMORCHESTER BABELSBERG
conductor: Lorenz Dangel
A coproduction of Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci with
Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg and Radio Bremen.
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Greetings to Käpt’n Kid: young buccaneers enter Orangerie Sanssouci!
Meeting (doors open): 2.30pm
The Pirat Musicians:
RED PRIEST
Piers Adams, recorder
Julia Bishop, violin
Angela East, violoncello
Howard Beach, harpsichord
The Pirat Crew:
INCANTO Erlebenskunst
The Pirate Cuisine:
Labsal Bio, Deli & Bistro Potsdam
Ticket price only valid for children accompanied by 1 adult. No entry for adults without children.
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A hot summer night under the palmtrees of Sanssouci
Doors open: 8.00pm
RED PRIEST
Piers Adams, recorder
Julia Bishop, violin
Angela East, violoncello
Howard Beach, harpsichord
The wilde pirate crew:
INCANTO Erlebenskunst
Caribbean cuisine:
Labsal Bio, Deli & Bistro Potsdam
Orchestra and dancers of the ensemble
DIFÉ KAKO
Artistic director: Chantal Loïal
Tickets include the welcome cocktail and all food; other drinks not included
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Chamberturk Aly explains foreign festivities and delicacies...
Chamberturk Aly (aka: Gerhard Vondruska)
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Tempting: the classic glance into the Oriental saraglio!
Violet Noorduyn, soprano
Antonio Abete, bass
Ensemble B’ROCK with historical instruments
harpsichord and musical director: Frank Agsteribbe
A coproduction with the opera festival Rotterdam and MAfestival Bruges.
19.00 h, fireplace room of the superintendency
Introduction: Frank Agsteribbe and Tomas Bisschop (MAfestival Bruges)
talk to Dr. Andrea Palent
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A World Tour by Bicycle
Your trip around the world in a day: 23 locations, 13 concerts and visits to various palaces, museums and gardens in and around Potsdam!
>> program in detail
>> course of events & organisation
Create your very own, fovourite bicycle and concert tour chosing from a large number of offers. Apart from the locations with free access, all program activities last about 30 minutes and are repeated at regular intervals – pick your venues yourself. Lunch in Bavaria or on Sicily, gazing at cacao plants in Africa or having tea in China, Venetian vespers compositions or oriental piano fantasias under palm trees? Let your imagination decide. And the inner city is packed with exciting short-haul routes for the more relaxed cyclist.
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Guided tour through Orangery Palace, view from the tower to Park Sanssouci
Courtlady Editha von Haacke (aka: Maja Das Gupta)
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A Good-for-Nothing on educational leave: Eichendorff’s novel about Italian desires
Wolfram Berger, reading (German)
PASSION DES CUIVRES
Robert Wintzen, cornet
Helen Barsby, cornet
Steffen Launer, horn
Bernhard Meier, trombone
Erhard Schwartz, ophicleide
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Charlottenhof Palace, or: where Friedrich Wilhelm IV. called himself king of Siam
Antje Adler
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World Exhibition 1889: Debussy’s Southeast Asian sound revolution.
Claire Chevallier, piano
(pianoforte by Érard, 1905, Chevallier collection)
A coproduction with MAfestival Bruges.
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Spain’s pride – a national consciousness and its roots.
Rafael Bonavita, baroque guitar
Rafael Catalá, classic and flamenco guitar
In cooperation with MAfestival Bruges.
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The king’s brisk government declaration: opera reform in Berlin.
Montezuma - Florin Cezar Ouatu (mezzosoprano)
Eupaforice - Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Erissena - Raquel Andueza (soprano)
Tezeuco - Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Pilpatoè - Mark Chambers (soprano)
Cortes - Paolo Lopez (soprano)
Narvès - Gerald Thompson (soprano)
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM with historical instruments
Musical director and bassoon: Sergio Azzolini
Directed by: Geoffrey Layton
Designed by: Anna Eiermann
Dramaturgy: Micaela von Marcard
A joint production of Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM
18.30 h, Marquis-d’Argens-Apartment
Introduction: members of the production team talk to Micaela von Marcard
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Frederic the Great’s apartment in the New Palace
Sonja Puras
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The king’s brisk government declaration: opera reform in Berlin.
Montezuma - Florin Cezar Ouatu (mezzosoprano)
Eupaforice - Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Erissena - Raquel Andueza (soprano)
Tezeuco - Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Pilpatoè - Mark Chambers (soprano)
Cortes - Paolo Lopez (soprano)
Narvès - Gerald Thompson (soprano)
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM with historical instruments
Musical director and bassoon: Sergio Azzolini
Directed by: Geoffrey Layton
Designed by: Anna Eiermann
Dramaturgy: Micaela von Marcard
A joint production of Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM
18.30 h, Marquis-d’Argens-Apartment
Introduction: members of the production team talk to Micaela von Marcard
Let Babelsberg and Hollywood take you to faraway places!
A cooperation between Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Filmmuseum Potsdam.
Let Babelsberg and Hollywood take you to faraway places!
A cooperation between Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Filmmuseum Potsdam.
Let Babelsberg and Hollywood take you to faraway places!
A cooperation between Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and Filmmuseum Potsdam.
The world visits Prussia: family ties, high diplomacy and the New Palace
Evelyn Friedrich
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Europe in good shape: everyone’s voice is heard.
CAPRICCIO STRAVAGANTE
Sophie Gent, volin
Tuomo Suni, violin
Josh Cheatham, viola da gamba
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
A coproduction with MAfestival Bruges.
18.30 h, Marquis-d’Argens-apartment
Introduction: Skip Sempé talks to Carsten Hinrichs
Foreign countries inside the Marble Palace, incl. the Oriental Chamber
Anna Krawczyk
Getting off the Divan: romanticists travelling to the Orient
Andreas Wolf, bassbaritone
Christoph Ulrich Meier, piano
Baroque luxury goods, a visit to the old palace
Michaela Völkel
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The global gamba: Tartars, Mandarines and the Zsar dance French style
Vittorio Ghielmi, viola da gamba/ pardessus de viole
Luca Pianca, lute
Chinoiseries and Oriental items in the New Palace
Burkhardt Göres
The king’s brisk government declaration: opera reform in Berlin.
Montezuma - Florin Cezar Ouatu (mezzosoprano)
Eupaforice - Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Erissena - Raquel Andueza (soprano)
Tezeuco - Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Pilpatoè - Mark Chambers (soprano)
Cortes - Paolo Lopez (soprano)
Narvès - Gerald Thompson (soprano)
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM with historical instruments
Musical director and bassoon: Sergio Azzolini
Directed by: Geoffrey Layton
Designed by: Anna Eiermann
Dramaturgy: Micaela von Marcard
A joint production of Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM
16.00 h, Marquis-d’Argens-Apartment
Introduction: members of the production team talk to Micaela von Marcard
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The Steam Engine Hall (Mosque)
Adelheid Pupka
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A totally new world: dance rhythms fill Mexican cathedrals
THE HARP CONSORT
Tuuli Lindberg, Clara Sanabras, soprano
Jennie Cassidy, Veera Railio, alto
Julian Podger, Ian Honeyman, tenor
Alfredo Grandini, Paul Willenbrough, bass
Leif Meyer, organ
Steven Player, guitar, baroque dance
David Yacus, baroque trombone
Paolo Tognon, bajòn
Ricardo Padilla, drums, conch horn
baroque harp and musical director: Andrew Lawrence-King
19.00 h, fireplace room in the superintendency
Introduction: Andrew Lawrence-King talks to Carsten Hinrichs
Snappy snappers: how to force Spaniards onto the claviature
Christine Schornsheim, harpsichord
Andreas Staier, harpsichord
Luz Martín Léon-Tello, snappers
Expedition to the Lausitz and the garden designer and Orient expert
Departure: 10.00am*
Beginning: 12.00am
Reading Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785-1871)
Aus Mehemed Ali’s Reich (stories of a traveller, 1844)
Peter Pagel, reading (in German)
Anna Fusek, on Prince Pückler-Muskau’s historical grand piano
Gondola tour through the landscaped garden
Guided tour of the special exhibition
Prince Pückler set menue (3 parts)
*Departure at 10.00am: from Stop Yorckstraße/ Wilhelm-Staab-Straße, returning approximately around 18.00 h
85,- EUR incl. bus shuttle | 65,- EUR with own transfer
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The king’s brisk government declaration: opera reform in Berlin.
Montezuma - Florin Cezar Ouatu (mezzosoprano)
Eupaforice - Mireille Delunsch (soprano)
Erissena - Raquel Andueza (soprano)
Tezeuco - Makoto Sakurada (tenor)
Pilpatoè - Mark Chambers (soprano)
Cortes - Paolo Lopez (soprano)
Narvès - Gerald Thompson (soprano)
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM with historical instruments
Musical director and bassoon: Sergio Azzolini
Directed by: Geoffrey Layton
Designed by: Anna Eiermann
Dramaturgy: Micaela von Marcard
A joint production of Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci and
KAMMERAKADEMIE POTSDAM
15.00 h, Marquis-d’Argens-Apartment
Introduction: members of the production team talk to Micaela von Marcard
Closing concert with fireworks
Host: Ulrich Wickert
Gardar Thór Cortes, tenor
Female singers of FILMCHOR BERLIN
DEUTSCHES FILMORCHESTER BABELSBERG
Musical director: Scott Lawton
fireworks: Olaf Gödeke
technical director: Marc Mattukat, aem Potsdam
stage: StageCo Deutschland GmbH
