Director Pierre Audi was born in Lebanon in 1957, then he grew up between Beirut and Paris. In 1979, Pierre Audi founded the Almeida Theater in London and its Contemporary Music Festival, which he directed until 1989. Since 1988, Pierre Audi has been Director of the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, crowned in 2016 with the “Company” award. of the Year ”by the International Opera Awards. In addition to his responsibilities at the Amsterdam Opera, Pierre Audi was artistic director of the Holland Festival for ten years (until 2014). In June 2015, Pierre Audi was appointed Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory, in New York. In 2018, Pierre Audi took over the management of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence to prepare for 2019 and staged the world premiere of End of Party (Kurtag) at La Scala. Director Pierre Audi was born in Lebanon in 1957, then he grew up between Beirut and Paris. In 1979, Pierre Audi founded the Almeida Theater in London and its Contemporary Music Festival, which he directed until 1989. Since 1988, Pierre Audi has been Director of the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, crowned in 2016 with the “Company” award. of the Year ”by the International Opera Awards. In addition to his responsibilities at the Amsterdam Opera, Pierre Audi was artistic director of the Holland Festival for ten years (until 2014). In June 2015, Pierre Audi was appointed Artistic Director of Park Avenue Armory, in New York. In 2018, Pierre Audi took over the management of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence to prepare for 2019 and staged the world premiere of End of Party (Kurtag) at La Scala.

The name Klaus Florian Vogt (*1970) is certainly known to all Wagnerians, as the tenor is one of the Wagner specialists of our time. In the dramatic roles of "Lohengrin," "Parsifal" or "Tannhäuser," he has caused quite a stir to this day. These and other Wagner roles have brought him to the great stages of our time, from the Vienna State Opera to the New York Met. Since 2007, Vogt has appeared almost continuously at the Bayreuth Festival, and in the new production of the "Ring" (originally planned for 2020) he will take on the role of Siegmund.
The repertoire of the native North German is, however, much more complex and, in addition to Wagner, includes, for example, the role of Florestan in Beethoven’s only opera "Fidelio" or that of Paul in Korngold’s "Die tote Stadt." Vogt, who was awarded the ECHO-Klassik prize as Artist of the Year (2012), has also enjoyed international success in lied and chamber music. Most recently, the singer can be heard in the CD recording of the Beethoven symphonies by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Parvo Järvi as soloist alongside Christiane Oelze, Maria Lang and Matthias Goerne in the 9th symphony - incidentally, he also took on this role for the 2021 New Year’s Concert of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

Andrè Schuen studied solo, lieder and oratorio singing at the Salzburg Mozarteum and also attended various master classes. In 2006, the sensitive baritone from South Tyrol made his debut at the Salzburg Festival and initially made a name for himself as a lied singer, while he was also a member of the permanent ensemble at the Graz Opera from 2010 to 2014. Andrè Schuen has thus acquired a multidisciplinary repertoire early in his career. Today, engagements take him to renowned houses and festivals, including the Bavarian State Opera, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Hamburg State Opera and Elbe Philharmonic, the Schubertiade and the Bregenz Festival.
In the Lied field, Schuen, who was born in 1984, performs with his sisters, the Boulanger Trio and piano partner Daniel Heide, among others. His opera repertoire includes the title roles in Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, or Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) and Don Fernando (Fidelio).