Benjamin appl
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Imogen Lewis Holland (Managing Director):
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Helge Augstein (concerts only)
Jensen Artists (concerts only)
Baritone Benjamin Appl is celebrated by audiences and critics alike for a voice that ‘belongs to the last of the old great masters of song’ with ‘an almost infinite range of colours’ (Suddeutsche Zeitung), and artistry that’s described as ‘unbearably moving’ (The Times). Former Gramophone Award Young Artist of the Year in 2016, Appl was a BBC New Generation Artist 2014-16, a Wigmore Hall Emerging Artist and ECHO Rising Star in the 2015-16 season. He signed exclusively to SONY Classical in 2016 and begins an exciting multi-album collaboration with Alpha Classics from Autumn 2021.
An established recitalist, Appl has performed at the Ravinia, Rheingau, Schleswig Holstein, Edinburgh International, Life Victoria Barcelona, and Oxford Lieder festivals, deSingel Antwerp, Heidelberger Frühling, and at the KlavierFestival Ruhr. He has performed at major concert venues including Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Musée de Louvre, Paris, in addition to which he is a regular recitalist at Wigmore Hall and at the Schubertiade Hohenems and Schwarzenberg. In equal demand as soloist on the world’s most prestigious stages, he collaborates with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Philharmonia Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Vienna Symphony and many others.
Looking ahead, Appl’s 2022/23 season includes orchestral concerts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Klaus Mäkelä and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic in Mozart’s Requiem; NDR Hannover in Brahms’ Requiem; RSNO and Thomas Søndergård in Britten’s War Requiem; La Verdi Orchestra Milan in Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder; and Zurich Chamber Orchestra’s prestigious New Year’s Gala among others.
This season, Appl is Artist in Residence at London’s St. Martin in the Fields giving multiple recitals throughout the year including a collaboration with Holocaust surviver Éva Fahidi in a recital and talk exploring the loss of family, identity, memory and rediscovered hope. In addition, he looks forward to revisiting successful collaborations with lutenist Thomas Dunford in Bonn, Schleswig Holstein and Oxford Lieder Festivals; with pianist Alice Sara Ott at London’s Southbank Centre; with accordionist Martynas in Heidelberg, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, and with pianist James Baillieu at Festival St. Denis. Following his successful visit in 2022, Benjamin returns to the US for a series of prestigious recitals with James Baillieu, making his eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut, as well as concerts for San Francisco Performances, Vancouver, Portland and others.
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Repertoire
OPERA
P ABRAHAM
Stefan Koltay Viktoria und ihr Husar
A BERG
Wozzek (title role) *
G BIZET
Zurga Les Pêcheurs de perles
J BLOW
Adonia Venus and Adonis
B BRITTEN
Billy Budd (title role)
Starveling, Demitrius A Midsummer Nights' Dream
Owen Wingrave (title role)
Tarquinius The Rape of Lucretia
C DEBUSSY
Pelleas Pelléas et Mélisande
P EÖTVÖS
Baron Tusenbach Tri Sestri
CW GLUCK
Agamemnon Iphigenie en Aulis
C GOUNOD
Valentin Faust
GF HANDEL
Cesare Giulio Cesare (title role)
Argante Rinaldo
J HAYDN
Ernesto il mondo della luna
EW KORNGOLD
Fritz Der tote Stadt
F LEHÁR
Danilo Die lustige Witwe
A LORTZING
Graf Der Wildschütz
Zar Zar und Zimmerman
J MASSENET
Bustamente La Navarraise
Chevalier Des Griex Manon
C MONTEVERDI
Orfeo L'Orfeo
WA MOZART
Guglielmo Cosi fan tutte
Nardo La finta giardiniera
Conte Almaviva Le Nozze di Figaro
Don Giovanni (title role)
Papageno Die Zauberflöte
O NICOLAI
Her Flute, Dr. Cajus Die lustigen Wiber von Windsor
C ORFF
König Die Kluge
S OSWELL
F Scott Fitzgerald Zelda
S PROKOFIEV
Prince Andrei War and Peace
G PUCCINI
Schaunard La Bohème
H PURCELL
La Contessa Folleville Il viaggio a Reims
La Comtesse Adele Le comte Ory
Fiorilla Il turco in Italia
G ROSSINI
Dandini La Cenerentola
JP Rameau
Pollux Castor et Pollux
F Schubert
Frolla Alfonso und Estrella
R STOLZ
Rubio Die Trauminsel
R STRAUSS
Harlequin Ariadne auf Naxos
J STRAUSS
Dr. Falke Die Fledermaus
Minister Wiener Blut
A THOMAS
Hamlet (title role)
R WAGNER
Wolfram Tannhäuser
CM von WEBER
Fürst Ottokar Der Freischütz
C ZELLER
Martin Der Obersteiger
ORATORIO
JS BACH
Cantatas BMW 56, BMW 82 and many others
St John Passion (Arias and Christus)
Magnificat
St.Matthew Passion (Arias and Christus)
B minoe Mass
Osteroratorium
Weinachtsoratorium
JCF BACH
Pygmalion
CPE BACH
Ich bin vergnügt in meinem Stande
L van BEETHOVEN
Grosse Messe C major
J BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem
Triumphlied
B BRITTEN
War Requiem
M DURUFLÉ
Requiem
A DVORAK
Requiem
G FAURÉ
Requiem
GF HANDEL
Alexander's Feast
Dettingen Te Deum
Israel in Egypt
Judas Maccabeus
The Messiah
Samson (Menoah)
J HAYDN
Die Jahreszeiten
Missa in angustiis
Missa in tempore belli
Missa in Sancti Nicolai
Die Schöpfung
Schöpfungsmesse
Stabat Mater
M HAYDN
Requiem
F MENDELSSOHN
Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Paaulus
Elijah
Psalm 115
Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
WA MOZART
C minor mass
Grabmusik KV42
C major mass (Krönungsmesse)
Requiem
Vesperae de Dominica
Vesperae silences de confessore
H PURCELL
Ode to St. Cecilia
The Fairy Queen
G RHEINBERGER
Der Stern von Bethlehem
G ROSSINI
Petite Messe solenelle
J RUTTER
Mass of Children
C SAINT-SAËNS
Oratorio de Noël
F SCHUBERT
Magnificat
Mass in Ab major
Mass in Eb major
R SCHUMANN
Das Paradies und die Peri
Requiem für Mignon
Der Rose Pilgerfahrt
Des Sängers Fluch (King)
H SCHÜTZ
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
Ich lieg und schlafe (solo motet)
GP TELEMANN
Bleibe, lieber König, leben
Der Schulmeister
Donner-Ode
Großmädhtigster Monarch der Briten
Reformationsoratorium
Lieber König, du bist tot
R VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem
Recital Repertoire and Special Projects
Schubert Trilogy - Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin, Schwanengesang
Three recitals celebrating the three masterpieces by Franz Schubert
The Songwriter - recital with Thomas Dunford / Lute: From Dowland to Paul McCartney
The Songwriter has existed across centuries, writing beautiful and popular songs that appeal to all audiences today
The Sound of Silence - Songs by Schumann, Monteverdi, Ives
This recital focuses on the subject, awareness and importance of silence in music
Nocturne - recital with James Baillieu / piano: A journey through the shades of night
Songs by Bolcom, Schumann, Chabrier, Weber, Macmillan, Strauss
Recital with Fortepiano - recital with Kristian Bezuidenhout / fortepiano
Songs by Mendelssohn, Schumann and Schubert
Benjamin Appl, Alice Sara Ott & Friends: baritone, piano and strings
Songs by Beethoven, Vaughan Williams and Schubert combined with Schubert‘s Trout Quintet
To the Distant Beloved - Armida Quartett - Songs by Barber & Schubert
A true Schubertiad with songs and string quartet op. 98 by Schubert
Cosmos of Humanity - with piano
Songs by Mahler, Kurtág and Schubert