Organization

Singer

Spoken

Franz Grundheber

Moses

Tenor

Thomas Moser

Aron

Conductor

Daniele Gatti

Set designer

Wolfgang Gussmann

Costume designer

Wiener Staatsoper

Soprano

Asa Elmgren

1. Solostimme

Mezzo-soprano

Michaela Selinger

2. Solostimme

Contralto

Daniela Denschlag

3. Solostimme

John Dickie

4. Solostimme

Baritone

Marcus Pelz

5. Solostimme

Bass

Johannes Wiedecke

6. Solostimme

Chorus master

Jozef Chabron

Janina Baechle

Jens Musger

Three elders

Johannes Gisser

Jeong-Ho Kim

Oleg Savran

Michael Wilder

Konrad Huber

Cosmin Ifrim

The Twelve Chiefs

Marian Talaba

Herwig Pecoraro

Michael Roider

Benedikt Kobel

Karl-Michael Ebner

Clemens Unterreiner

Hans Peter Kammerer

Alfred Sramek

Wolfgang Bankl

Walter Fink

Janusz Monarcha

Stage director

Reto Nickler

Susana Mendoza

Lighting designer

Andreas Grüter

Video designer

Fett Film

Momme Hinrichs

Torge Møller

Norbert Balatsch

Janko Kastelic

Ildikó Raimondi

Junges Mädchen

Eine Kranke

Peter Jelosits

Junger Mann

Johann Reinprecht

Nackter Jüngling

Morten Frank Larsen

Anderer Mann

Georg Tichy

Ephraimit

Alexandru Moisiuc

Priester

Ileana Tonca

1. nackte Jungfrau

2. nackte Jungfrau

Cornelia Salje

3. nackte Jungfrau

Margareta Hintermeier

4. Nackte Jungfrau

Teatro Real de Madrid

Orchestra

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Others

Slovak Philharmonic Choir

German

Moses und Aron -  (Moses and Aaron)

Vienna

Austria

"After more then 30 years of absence, the Vienna State Opera dedicates a new staging to Schoenberg’s unfinished opera Moses und Aron with Franz Grundheber as Moses and Thomas Moser as Aron – a breathtaking and multimedia opera highlight accompanied by the chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera conducted by Daniel Gatti.

Possibly Schoenberg’s finest work, and certainly one that he held close to his heart, is his unfinished opera Moses und Aron. Even more than his play Der biblische Weg, Moses und Aron represents Schoenberg’s finest attempt at meshing his philosophical ideas with his artistry. It is a work that can be approached on many different levels: as an example of his twelve-tone system, as a work of biblical commentary, or as an attempt to work out the problems facing the Jew in the modern world."

Production booklet

Further reading