Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann was born in Berlin in 1959 and began what Karajan called the classical conductor’s “hard but indispensable slog” through numerous small theatres at an early age. After 20 years of operatic experience, Thielemann, who also has been guest conductor-in-chief at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, started concentrating on a few selected orchestras and opera houses such as Covent Garden in London, the Metropolitan in New York and the Vienna State Opera. From 1997–2004 he was music director of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and in 2004 he was appointed music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker. Thielemann received Germany’s Bundesverdienstkreuz in 2003. 1991 Conducts Wagner’s Lohengrin with great success at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin 1991/92 US debut in Strauss’s Elektra in San Francisco, followed by engagements at the Metropolitan, including Strauss’s Rosenkavalier and, later, Arabella with Kiri Te Kanawa (release on Deutsche Grammophon) 1993 After engagements at all the major Italian opera houses, named Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna 1995/96 Conducts new production of Pfitzner’s Palestrina at the Deutsche Oper; becomes exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon – first releases: Preludes and Overtures by Pfitzner and Strauss with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, and Beethoven Symphonies nos. 5 & 7 with the Philharmonia 1996/97 Conducts Wagner’s Die Meistersinger at the Deutsche Oper as well as a new production of Palestrina at Covent Garden, having appeared there during earlier seasons with Janáèek’s Jenùfa and Strauss’s Elektra 1997/98 Becomes Generalmusikdirektor of the Deutsche Oper (until 2004) where he has since conducted Mozart’s Figaro, all of Wagner’s later operas including the complete Ring, Strauss’s Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Daphne, Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron and Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg; concert performances of Strauss’s Die ägyptische Helena at Covent Garden; debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras; CD releases include Schumann’s Second Symphony, the beginning of a complete cycle with the Philharmonia (coupled with the Manfred Overture and Konzertstück for 4 horns), and Wagner Overtures and Preludes with the Philadelphia Orchestra 1999 Records Orff’s Carmina burana with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper and Schumann’s Symphony no. 3 coupled with Overture, Scherzo & Finale and Genoveva Overture (Echo Award, 2000) released this year 2000 Bayreuth Festival debut conducting Wagner’s Die Meistersinger; Wiener Philharmoniker debut conducting Strauss (Alpine Symphony and Rosenkavalier Suite), recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon (Edison Award, 2002); CD release of Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper 2001 Conducts Parsifal at Bayreuth and Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Met; directs the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper at a Wagner Festival in Paris; CD releases include the Wiener Philharmoniker Strauss recordings, and Schumann’s Symphonies nos. 1 & 4, completing the cycle with the Philharmonia 2002 Salzburg Easter Festival debut conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker; Salzburg Festival debut conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker; conducts a new production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Vienna’s Musikverein and in London, Paris and Dortmund; conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic) in a Strauss-Pfitzner-Wagner programme and in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; release of his CD Evening Star with Thomas Quasthoff and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper (CD Compact, Barcelona, 2003) 2003 Conducts a new production of Wagner’s Tristan at the Vienna State Opera; returns to Bayreuth to conduct Tannhäuser; tour to Japan with the Wiener Philharmoniker; releases include his recording with the Wiener Philharmoniker of Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and the suite from Die Frau ohne Schatten (Choc du Monde de la Musique, 2003) 2004 Becomes music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker, performing Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony at his inaugural concert with them; conducts Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die tote Stadt, La fanciulla del West, and Parsifal at the Deutsche Oper, Tristan at the Vienna State Opera, and Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; autumn tour of Spain, Greece, Austria and Germany with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper; CD releases: Tristan und Isolde, recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, and German overtures with the Wiener Philharmoniker 2005 Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Daphne at the Deutsche Oper, Parsifal at the Vienna State Opera and Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin, the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival, and the Münchner Philharmoniker in Munich as well as on tour throughout Germany with Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony; concerts with the Munich orchestra in Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands; concert in honour of the new Pope Benedikt XVI in the Vatican. CD release of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, the live recording of his first concerts as music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker 2006 Concerts in Germany, Belgium, France and Spain with the Münchner Philharmoniker, in Berlin with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and in Vienna, Brussels and on tour in Germany with the Wiener Philharmoniker; conducts new production of Wagner’s Ring at the Bayreuth Festival. Appears with Plácido Domingo and the Münchner Philharmoniker at the opening ceremony of the Football World Cup in Munich. CD releases: Parsifal from Vienna and the Mozart Requiem from Munich 2007 Conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker in Germany, Austria and Spain (Bruckner, Beethoven, Schumann, Strauss), Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with Christine Schäfer and Christian Gerhaher in Munich, and a Wagner programme with René Pape also in Munich; Beethoven with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Austria, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin; Schumann and Brahms with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin. Once again Christian Thielemann conducts the Ring at the Bayreuth Festival. A further highlight of the year is the world-premiere performance in April of Siegfried Matthus’s Lamento with the Münchner Philharmoniker. CD releases: Beethoven’s Egmont Overture coupled with Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 in the spring, and a Wagner programme with René Pape (scheduled for release in the autumn)
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ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Christian Thielemann, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Thomas Quasthoff, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
The Lost Tapes - Hugo Wolf: Orchestral Songs
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Meistersinger; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Tristan und Isolde
Thomas Quasthoff, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann
Die Stimme: Deutsche Opernarien
Elīna Garanča, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder / Mahler: Rückert-Lieder
Live from SalzburgRudolf Buchbinder, Sächsische Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Camilla Nylund, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Wagner at Wahnfried
Live at Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth / 2020
Rudolf Buchbinder, Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15; 6 Piano Variations in F Major, Op. 34
Piotr Beczala, Anna Netrebko, Evelyn Herlitzius
Wagner: Lohengrin
Visual Album / Live at Semperoper, Dresden / 2016
Christian Thielemann, Piotr Beczala, Anja Harteros
Wagner: Lohengrin
Live at Bayreuther Festspiele / 2018 / directed by Yuval Sharon
Christian Thielemann
Thielemann: Essentials
Piotr Beczala, Anna Netrebko, Evelyn Herlitzius
Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75
Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2016Stephen Gould, Evelyn Herlitzius, Georg Zeppenfeld
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
Live at Festspielhaus, Bayreuth / 2015Lisa Batiashvili, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Johannes Brahms / Clara Schumann
24bitPhilharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Schumann: Symphony No.2; "Manfred" Overture; Konzertstück for 4 Horns
Christian Thielemann, Wiener Staatsoper
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Das Rheingold
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Siegfried
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Walküre
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Brahms: Symphonies / Overtures
Live At Semperoper, Dresden
Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Live At Semperoper, Dresden
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Schumann: Symphony No.3 "Rhenish"; Overture Genoveva, Op.81; Overture, Scherzo, And Finale, Op.52
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann, Wiener Staatsoper
Wagner: Walküre
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Ring
Live At Staatsoper, Vienna / 2011
Evelyn Herlitzius, Anne Schwanewilms, Waltraud Meier
Strauss, R.: Elektra
Live At Philharmonie, Berlin / 2014
Maurizio Pollini, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann
Brahms: Klavierkonzert Nr. 2
Live From Semperoper, Dresden / 2013
Renée Fleming, Klaus Florian Vogt, Staatskapelle Dresden
Tonight - Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway
Live At Semperoper, Dresden / 2013
Ingeborg Schöpf, Piotr Beczala, Staatskapelle Dresden
Happy New Year - Die Operettengala Aus Dresden
Renée Fleming, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier
Angela Denoke, Ana Maria Labin, Piotr Beczala
Live aus der Semperoper - The Lehár Gala From Dresden
Renée Fleming, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Strauss, R.: Vier Letzte Lieder
GermanyChristiane Oelze, Simon Keenlyside, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orff: Carmina Burana
Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5
Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
German Overtures
Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Thomas Quasthoff, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann
Evening Star: German Opera Arias
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Schumann: Symphonies Nos.1 & 4
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann
Schoenberg: Pelleas & Melisande / Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Christiane Oelze, David Kübler, Simon Keenlyside
Orff: Carmina Burana
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann - Pfitzner / Strauss
Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Symphonies No.5 & No.7
SINGOLI
I singoli più rappresentativi di Christian Thielemann, tra successi storici e nuove uscite.
Thomas Quasthoff, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Wolf: Mörike-Lieder: No. 28, Gebet
Thomas Quasthoff, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Wolf: Goethe-Lieder: No. 9, Der Rattenfänger
Instant GratElīna Garanča, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder: V. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Live from Salzburg
Elīna Garanča, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder, WWV 91: III. Im Treibhaus (Orch. Mottl)
Live from Salzburg / Instant Grat
Elīna Garanča, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder: I. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft
Live from Salzburg / Instant GratRudolf Buchbinder, Sächsische Staatskapelle, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
Instant Grat
Camilla Nylund, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: V. Träume (Arr. Tarkmann for High Voice and Chamber Orchestra)
Instant Grat / Live at Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth / 2020
Rudolf Buchbinder, Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Variation VI. Coda. Allegretto
Instant Grat HD
Rudolf Buchbinder, Berliner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1: II. Largo
Instant Grat
Renée Fleming, Münchner Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder, Op. 44: 3. Um Mitternacht
IG 2BIOGRAFIA
Christian Thielemann was born in Berlin in 1959 and began what Karajan called the classical conductor’s “hard but indispensable slog” through numerous small theatres at an early age. After 20 years of operatic experience, Thielemann, who also has been guest conductor-in-chief at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna, started concentrating on a few selected orchestras and opera houses such as Covent Garden in London, the Metropolitan in New York and the Vienna State Opera. From 1997–2004 he was music director of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin, and in 2004 he was appointed music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker. Thielemann received Germany’s Bundesverdienstkreuz in 2003.
1991
Conducts Wagner’s Lohengrin with great success at the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
1991/92
US debut in Strauss’s Elektra in San Francisco, followed by engagements at the Metropolitan, including Strauss’s Rosenkavalier and, later, Arabella with Kiri Te Kanawa (release on Deutsche Grammophon)
1993
After engagements at all the major Italian opera houses, named Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale of Bologna
1995/96
Conducts new production of Pfitzner’s Palestrina at the Deutsche Oper; becomes exclusive artist of Deutsche Grammophon – first releases: Preludes and Overtures by Pfitzner and Strauss with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, and Beethoven Symphonies nos. 5 & 7 with the Philharmonia
1996/97
Conducts Wagner’s Die Meistersinger at the Deutsche Oper as well as a new production of Palestrina at Covent Garden, having appeared there during earlier seasons with Janáèek’s Jenùfa and Strauss’s Elektra
1997/98
Becomes Generalmusikdirektor of the Deutsche Oper (until 2004) where he has since conducted Mozart’s Figaro, all of Wagner’s later operas including the complete Ring, Strauss’s Elektra, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Daphne, Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron and Henze’s Der Prinz von Homburg; concert performances of Strauss’s Die ägyptische Helena at Covent Garden; debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw and Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestras; CD releases include Schumann’s Second Symphony, the beginning of a complete cycle with the Philharmonia (coupled with the Manfred Overture and Konzertstück for 4 horns), and Wagner Overtures and Preludes with the Philadelphia Orchestra
1999
Records Orff’s Carmina burana with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper and Schumann’s Symphony no. 3 coupled with Overture, Scherzo & Finale and Genoveva Overture (Echo Award, 2000) released this year
2000
Bayreuth Festival debut conducting Wagner’s Die Meistersinger; Wiener Philharmoniker debut conducting Strauss (Alpine Symphony and Rosenkavalier Suite), recorded live by Deutsche Grammophon (Edison Award, 2002); CD release of Schoenberg’s Pelleas und Melisande and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper
2001
Conducts Parsifal at Bayreuth and Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Met; directs the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper at a Wagner Festival in Paris; CD releases include the Wiener Philharmoniker Strauss recordings, and Schumann’s Symphonies nos. 1 & 4, completing the cycle with the Philharmonia
2002
Salzburg Easter Festival debut conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker; Salzburg Festival debut conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker; conducts a new production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Vienna’s Musikverein and in London, Paris and Dortmund; conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic) in a Strauss-Pfitzner-Wagner programme and in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; release of his CD Evening Star with Thomas Quasthoff and the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper (CD Compact, Barcelona, 2003)
2003
Conducts a new production of Wagner’s Tristan at the Vienna State Opera; returns to Bayreuth to conduct Tannhäuser; tour to Japan with the Wiener Philharmoniker; releases include his recording with the Wiener Philharmoniker of Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben and the suite from Die Frau ohne Schatten (Choc du Monde de la Musique, 2003)
2004
Becomes music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker, performing Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony at his inaugural concert with them; conducts Die Frau ohne Schatten, Die tote Stadt, La fanciulla del West, and Parsifal at the Deutsche Oper, Tristan at the Vienna State Opera, and Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; autumn tour of Spain, Greece, Austria and Germany with the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper; CD releases: Tristan und Isolde, recorded live at the Vienna State Opera, and German overtures with the Wiener Philharmoniker
2005
Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten and Daphne at the Deutsche Oper, Parsifal at the Vienna State Opera and Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival; concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin, the Wiener Philharmoniker at the Salzburg Festival, and the Münchner Philharmoniker in Munich as well as on tour throughout Germany with Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony; concerts with the Munich orchestra in Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands; concert in honour of the new Pope Benedikt XVI in the Vatican. CD release of Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony, the live recording of his first concerts as music director of the Münchner Philharmoniker
2006
Concerts in Germany, Belgium, France and Spain with the Münchner Philharmoniker, in Berlin with the Berliner Philharmoniker, and in Vienna, Brussels and on tour in Germany with the Wiener Philharmoniker; conducts new production of Wagner’s Ring at the Bayreuth Festival. Appears with Plácido Domingo and the Münchner Philharmoniker at the opening ceremony of the Football World Cup in Munich. CD releases: Parsifal from Vienna and the Mozart Requiem from Munich
2007
Conducts the Münchner Philharmoniker in Germany, Austria and Spain (Bruckner, Beethoven, Schumann, Strauss), Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem with Christine Schäfer and Christian Gerhaher in Munich, and a Wagner programme with René Pape also in Munich; Beethoven with the Wiener Philharmoniker in Austria, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin; Schumann and Brahms with the Berliner Philharmoniker in Berlin. Once again Christian Thielemann conducts the Ring at the Bayreuth Festival. A further highlight of the year is the world-premiere performance in April of Siegfried Matthus’s Lamento with the Münchner Philharmoniker. CD releases: Beethoven’s Egmont Overture coupled with Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 in the spring, and a Wagner programme with René Pape (scheduled for release in the autumn)
ULTIME NEWS
18.09.2014
Il Brahms di Thielemann e Pollini in un cofanetto a prezzo speciale
Domani mattina alle ore 9:00 va in onda su Radio 3 all'interno del programma "Primo Movimento" lo speciale dedicato al nuovo cofanetto dedicato a Brahms interpretato da Maurizio Pollini e diretto da Christian Thielemann, con la Staatskapelle Dresden e con la partecipazione di Lisa Batiashvili al violino. Si tratta di un cofanetto a prezzo speciale con le registrazioni dal vivo delle Sinfonie Complete e dei Concerti per pianoforte n. 1 e 2 (Pollini) e del Concerto per violino (Lisa Batiashvili). Il box è composto da 3 CD e 1 DVD.
10.06.2014
Christian Thielemann dirige Elektra
E' disponibile da oggi su etichetta Deutsche Grammophon l'incisione dell'"Elektra" di Christian Thilemann, avvenuta alla Philharmonie di Berlino lo scorso gennaio. Una delle registrazioni più attese per l'anniversario di Richard Strauss (150 anni dalla nascita). La pubblicazione avviene in concomitanza con la messa in scena dell'opera al Teatro alla Scala di Milano, sotto la direzione del Maestro Esa-Pekka Salonen. Il cast del disco è superlativo, grazie alla presenza di Anne Schwanewilms, Waltraud Meier, René Pape e della protagonista Evelyn Herlitzius "che si conferma la migliore Elektra della sua generazione" (New York Times). Acquistalo subito su Amazon cliccando sull'immagine sottostante!
26.07.2013
Il "Ring" di Thielemann al primo posto in Germania
Sta assumendo proporzioni inaspettate il successo dal nuovo Ring wagneriano inciso da Christian Thielamann per Deutsche Grammophon (479 1560).Il cofanetto è entrato nelle classifiche pop in Germania, Austria e Svizzera.In Germania, in particolare, è al n.1 nella classifica classica, in un mese storico per Universal che ha 8 dischi dei 10 più venduti nel mese di luglio. Oltre a Thielemann figurano in graduatoria Einaudi (2,3,6 ), Cecilia Bartoli (4), Garrett (8), Beczala (9) e Lisiecki (10).
08.07.2013
Il "Ring" diretto da Thielemann entra nelle classifiche pop
Il "Ring" di Wagner diretto da Christian Thielemann è entrato nelle classifiche pop di Austria (#44) e Germania (#59). Il box, pubblicato da Deutsche Grammophon, ha inoltre raggiunto il primo posto della classifica dei dischi classici in Germania ed è entrata nella classifica classica al tredicesimo posto negli UK. Il cofanetto sta riscutendo ottimi risultati anche in Italia.
27.06.2013
LO SPETTACOLARE RING DI WAGNER DIRETTO DA CHRISTIAN THIELEMANN
Questa edizione del Ring realizzata all’Opera di Vienna nel 2011 diretta da Christian Thielemann è considerata uno degli eventi wagneriani più importanti degli ultimi anni. Ora è disponibile in un cofanetto di 14 CD con in più 2 DVD con 4 film documentari di introduzione alle opere realizzati dal producer Eric Schulz, commentati da Thielemann e da numerosi esperti. Grazie ad un cast eccezionale ed alla perfetta intesa con l’Orchestra ed il Coro dell’Opera di Vienna, Thielemann ci regala un’interpretazione che è già considerata di riferimento. In uscita per Deutsche Grammophon, disponibile dal 25 giugno.
24.05.2013
Il DVD di Parsifal" di Richard Wagner, diretto da Christian Thielemann
Guarda il trailer dedicato al DVD e Blu-ray del "Parsifal" di Richard Wagner, diretto da Christian Thielemann su etichetta Deutsche Grammophon. L'opera è stata registrata al Salzburg Easter Festival agli inizi del 2013, anno del bicentenario wagneriano. Il cast include Johan Botha, Michaela Schuster, Stephen Milling e Wolfgang Koch. Clicca sul link sottostante per vedere il trailer!
27.03.2013
