German conductor Ingo Metzmacher was appointed General Music Director of the Hamburg Opera in 1997, where he conducted a series of internationally acclaimed productions, many of them in collaboration with Stage Director Peter Konwitschny, over eight seasons. “Der Freischütz” was one of the highlights of their collaboration. The German opera magazine “Opernwelt” voted the Hamburg Opera House “Opera House of the year 2005”.
Symphony No. 2 in C minor
Bernard Haitink conducts the NOS Radio Choir and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection), recorded live from the Doelen Concert Hall in Rotterdam. The soloists are Charlotte Margiono (soprano) and Jard van Nes (contralto).