Aegeri Concerts: Piano meets Opera - Die Masterclass Zürich

Scenic opera evening "Opera meets Piano" Singers from the MASTERCLASS ZURICH/VIENNA perform famous operatic works. At the piano: Marcin Koziel. Director and concept: Sandra Trattnigg.

Program:

R. Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier | Overture | Marcin Koziel | Piano
R. Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier | As you were! As you are! | Marschallin / Octavian | Larissa Angelini | Soprano | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano
R. Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier | Are you laughing at me?... Am I laughing at you? | Marschallin / Octavian | Larissa Angelini | Soprano | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano
W.A. Mozart | Così fan tutte | E voi ridete? | Guglielmo / Ferrando / Don Alfonso | Christoph Waltle | Tenor | Michael Schwarze | Baritone | Yves Brühwiler | Bass-baritone
W.A. Mozart | The Magic Flute I Hm! Hm! Hm! Hm! | Three Ladies / Tamino / Papageno | Daniela Stoll | Soprano | Larissa Angelini | Soprano | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano | Christoph Waltle | Tenor | Michael Schwarze | Baritone
W.A. Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Cinque, dieci, venti | Zerlina / Figaro | Daniela Stoll | Soprano | Yves Brühwiler | Bass-baritone
W.A. Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Se vuol ballare, signor Contino | Figaro | Yves Brühwiler | Bass-baritone
W.A. Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Hai già vinta la causa!... Vedrò, mentr'io sospiro | Il Conte Almaviva |Michael Schwarze | Baritone
W.A. Mozart | Don Giovanni | Ah, chi mi dice mai | Donna Elvira | Larissa Angelini | Soprano
W.A. Mozart | Don Giovanni | Eh via, buffone, non mi seccar! | Don Giovanni / Leporello | Michael Schwarze | Baritone | Yves Brühwiler | Bass-baritone
G. Puccini | La Bohème | Quando me'n vò | Musetta | Daniela Stoll | Soprano
P. I. Tchaikovsky | The Queen of Spades | Da, vspomnilna... Podrugi milie | Polina | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano
P. I. Tchaikovsky | The Queen of Spades | Uzh vecher | Lisa / Polina | Larissa Angelini | Soprano | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano
G. Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | O mio babbino caro | Lauretta | Daniela Stoll | Soprano
P. I. Tchaikovsky | The Queen of Spades | Uzh polnoch blizitsya | Lisa | Larissa Angelini | Soprano
G. Bizet | Carmen | Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre | Escamillo | Yves Brühwiler | Bass-baritone
E. W. Korngold | Die tote Stadt | Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen | Fritz | Michael Schwarze | baritone
G. Bizet | Carmen | Je vais danser en votre honneur | Carmen | Mirjam Fässler | Mezzo-soprano
G. Bizet | Carmen | Attends un peu, Carmen | Carmen / Don José | Mirjam Fässler | mezzo-soprano | Christoph Waltle | tenor
J. Offenbach | Les Contes d'Hoffmann | Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour | Giulietta / Niklausse | Daniela Stoll | soprano | Mirjam Fässler | mezzo-soprano
G. Verdi | Rigoletto | La donna è mobile | Duke of Mantua | Christoph Wal

Subject to change without notice.
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Daniela Stoll, Soprano

Soprano Daniela Stoll lives in Switzerland and has her roots in Schaffhausen. She completed her studies with Prof. Rachel Harnisch at the Bern University of the Arts with distinction.
She initially sang light coloratura roles (Blonde, Madame Herz, Betly) and switched to a more lyrical repertoire with her debut as Marzelline in Beethoven's "Leonore" at Rheinsberg Castle. In summer 2022, she sang the role of the first lady in Mozart's "Magic Flute" as part of the Munot Opera Festival. In the 2024-2025 season, she performed the title role in Paul Graham Brown's musical "Vermisst - the missing days of Agatha Christie" at the Kammerspiele Seeb and the Bernhardtheater Zurich. In spring 2027, she will be heard as Helmwige in Richard Wagner's opera "Walküre". She has sung concerts at the National Opera of Ukraine, Kiev, the Kulturcasino Bern, the Musicaltheater Basel and the Konzert- und Ballhaus neue Welt in Zwickau. Her concert repertoire includes Mahler's 2nd Symphony, the 9th Symphony and Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Mozart's Requiem and his Coronation Mass.

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Larissa Angelini, Soprano

The Swiss soprano Larissa Angelini made her debut in 2021 as Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio (1805 version) at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg. Further engagements took her to Munich as Dorella in Wagner's Das Liebesverbot and to Leipzig Opera as the cover of Dorella as part of Wagner 22. In 2023, she made her debut in Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel as Mother and Witch in Zurich.
In 2022, she sang the solo part in Verdi's "Messa da Requiem" in Zurich, Lucerne and Bern and was nominated for the Wagner Prize at the International Singing Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Since 2022, she has also appeared regularly in children's operas at Zurich Opera House, including in productions such as ImprO-Opera Wagner and Felix, das Tännchen. Larissa Angelini studied at the Karlsruhe University of Music with Christiane Libor and in Zurich with Sandra Trattnigg. She took part in master classes with Julia Varady, Edith Mathis, Robert Holl and Peter Schreier and is a scholarship holder of the Swiss Richard Wagner Society.

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Mirjam Fässler, mezzo-soprano

The Swiss mezzo-soprano Mirjam Fässler is acclaimed by the press as a singer with a warm, radiant voice and as a strong woman with a captivating presence. She studied in Salzburg, Vorarlberg and Bern and has won prizes at various national and international competitions. She works closely with soprano Sandra Trattnigg and the Zurich Masterclass. She has been a Richard Wagner scholarship holder at the Bayreuth Festival since 2024. Her current repertoire includes roles such as Charlotte in "Werther", Olga in "Eugene Onegin", Octavian in "Der Rosenkavalier" and Bizet's Carmen in the opera of the same name.

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Christoph Waltle, Tenor

Tenor Christoph Waltle, who comes from Domleschg (GR), received his training at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau with Prof. Reginaldo Pinheiro. He is currently working with the Austrian soprano Sandra Trattnigg (diemasterclass Zurich). He also studied classical percussion, played in various orchestras and was active in the new music scene.
After completing his studies, Christoph Waltle was engaged as a member of the ensemble at the Freiburg Theater. Here he was able to develop a wide range of roles, which he filled with great enthusiasm and differentiated scenic design.

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Michael Schwarze, Baritone

The Zug baritone Michael Schwarze made his debut as Belcore at the New Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv in November 2024. Debuts at the Vienna Musikverein (Guglielmo/Cosi fan tutte) and at the Munot Opera Festival in Schaffhausen (Fiorillo/Barbiere di Siviglia) followed in summer 2024. In 2023, he made a very successful debut at the Vienna Musikverein with Don Giovanni. In 2019, he appeared as Leporello in the Basel University production Mille Tre. This was followed by the role of Nardo (La finta giardiniera) at the ZHdK in 2021 and the following year at the same venue as Satan in the Martinu opera Messertränen. Schwarze was a scholarship holder of the Lotte Lehmann Opera Academy in 2022, where he appeared as Conte in Le nozze di Figaro.
In January 2025, Schwarze took part in the award-winning Tenor Viñas competition in Barcelona in the 'Opera-Oratorio-Song' category. Schwarze is a scholarship holder of LiedBasel and the Görlitz Lied Competition Bolko von Hochberg. Schwarze is in demand as a concert singer throughout Switzerland.
In January 2023, Schwarze completed his Master's degree in Vocal Pedagogy at the ZHdK under the direction of Prof. Scot Weir. Schwarze is currently being mentored by the Austrian soprano Sandra Trattnigg.

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Yves Brühwiler, bass-baritone

The Swiss bass-baritone Yves Brühwiler works as a freelance singer throughout Europe. In 2025, he returns to Zurich Opera House as the 4th Pastore in Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. And in December 2025, he will celebrate his premiere at the Zurich Chamber Opera as Don Gregorio in Gaetano Donizetti's opera of the same name. In addition to the opera stage, his repertoire also includes the bass roles in the great oratorios. He performs classics such as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mozart's Requiem and Bach's St. Matthew Passion as well as the largely unknown Christoforus by Rheinberger and L'Enfance du Christ by Berlioz.

Yves Brühwiler gained ensemble experience in the Zurich Sing-Akademie. Since 2015, he has been a regular member at the Tonhalle Zurich, on concert tours and on numerous CD recordings under renowned conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Paavo Järvi and René Jacobs. As bass singer in the Swing4you quartet, he is also no stranger to excursions into light music, including concerts with Pepe Lienhard.

Yves Brühwiler is currently coached by Sandra Trattnigg. He gained further vocal impulses from Dunja Vejzovic and Roberto Scandiuzzi, among others. Yves Brühwiler is also a scholarship holder of the Bayreuth Festival 2024.

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Marcin Kozieł, piano

Marcin Koziełł lives and works in Vienna, where he has been leading an accompaniment class for singers at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 2010. He began his career in Poland, where he accompanied numerous Polish entertainment and opera singers. Today, his accompaniment work is in demand in many European cities; in addition to courses in Salzburg, Krakow, Warsaw and London, he has also accompanied at the Maria Callas/Athens, Robert Schumann/Zwickau, Belvedere/Vienna and Stanisław Moniuszko/Warsaw competitions.
Marcin Kozieł works with renowned singing teachers including Helena Lazarska, Francisco Araiza, Gerhard Kahry, Rudolf Piernay, Margreet Honig, Grace Bumbry and Claudia Visca. He also conducts his own courses for singers and pianists at music universities (Reykjavik, Poznan, Bydgoszcz, Nicosia, Gdansk, Ljubljana, Martina Franca).


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