Verdi’s ‘Giovanna d’Arco’ – A Musical Rarity in Berlin

Cast members

The guests on their way to Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1

The whole ensemble

Cast members

Andrea Countess Bernstorff with Prof. Catherine Galor

Thomas Fehrle, Managing Director of Deutsche Oper Berlin (right), with Dr. Ing. Ulrich Ruhnke

Professor Robert Ehrlich, Rector of the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin

Professor Dr. Christoph Stölzl, President of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar, with Larissa Miller

Georg Vierthaler, Managing Director of Stiftung Oper in Berlin, and escort

Professor Dr. Sabine Kunst, President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in conversation

Felix Krieger at the Archivio Storico Ricordi

Conductor Felix Krieger

Title page of the libretto for the world premiere, Milan, La Scala, February 15, 1845

The Berliner Operngruppe performs Verdi’s “Stiffelio” in Berlin in 2017

The Berliner Operngruppe performs Verdi’s “Stiffelio” in Berlin in 2017

Aria “Tu sei bella,” Prologue, Chorus of Evil Spirits, autograph score

Sketch by Peter Hoffer for the cover of the libretto, 1958

Professor Michael Eissenhauer, Helen Müller, and Professor Robert Ehrlich

Baritone David Ostrak (right) and tenor Andres Moreno Garcia

“Giovanna” (Maria Katzarava) and “Carlos” (Luciano Ganci)

Sergey Zemsky, First Counsellor of the Embassy of the Russian Federation, with Ms. Zemskaya

The Berliner Operngruppe singers on stage at the Konzerthaus Berlin

S.E. Michael Collins, Ambassador of Ireland, with Marie Collins

Ambassador Michael Collins in conversation with Alessandro Gaudiano, Envoy of the Embassy of Italy

Professor Dr. Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, with Dr. Ing. Veronika Braunfels

Conductor Felix Krieger with Karin and Nicolaus von Oppenheim

Luciano Ganci, Andres Moreno Garcia, Maria Katzarava, Isabel Ostermann, Felix Krieger, Helen Müller, Steffen Schubert, David Ostrak (f.l.t.r.)

Giovanna d'Arco, first page of the piano reduction from 1889