{"id":11679,"date":"2026-04-28T19:50:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:50:35","slug":"katharina-ruckgaber-in-handels-alexanders-feast-and-in-a-song-recital-at-the-lied-festival-zeist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/en\/news\/katharina-ruckgaber-in-handels-alexanders-feast-and-in-a-song-recital-at-the-lied-festival-zeist\/","title":{"rendered":"Katharina Ruckgaber in Handel\u2019s Alexander\u2019s Feast and in a song recital at the Lied Festival Zeist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German soprano\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\"><strong>Katharina Ruckgaber<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0returns to Baroque music after excursions into contemporary repertoire\u2014Berio\u2019s\u00a0<em>Sequenza<\/em>\u00a0in Greece\u2014and after singing Zerlina in Mozart\u2019s\u00a0<em>Don Giovanni<\/em>\u00a0at Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. With Concentus Musicus Wien under the direction of Stefan Gottfried, she sings the soprano part in George Frideric Handel\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.harnoncourttage.at\/harnoncourt-tage-2026\/programm\/eroeffnungskonzert\"><em>Alexander\u2019s Feast<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the opening concert of the International Nikolaus Harnoncourt Days 2026 in St.\u00a0Georgen im Attergau.<\/p>\n<p>Together with bass-baritone Henk Neven,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\"><strong>Katharina Ruckgaber<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has been invited to perform Hugo Wolf\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ilfz.nl\/de\/produkt\/italienisches-liederbuch\/\"><em>Italian Songbook<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at the Lied Festival in Zeist. They will be accompanied at the piano by Hans Eijsackers.<\/p>\n<h2>Parish Church of St. Georgen im Attergau<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harnoncourttage.at\/harnoncourt-tage-2026\/programm\/eroeffnungskonzert\/\">George Frideric Handel:\u00a0<em>Alexander\u2019s Feast<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\">Katharina Ruckgaber<\/a>, soprano<br \/>\n<strong>May 8, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Lied Festival Zeist<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ilfz.nl\/de\/produkt\/italienisches-liederbuch\/\">Hugo Wolf:\u00a0<em>Italian Songbook<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.estherschollum.at\/artists\/katharina-ruckgaber-2\/\">Katharina Ruckgaber<\/a>, soprano<br \/>\n<strong>May 15, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German soprano\u00a0Katharina Ruckgaber\u00a0returns to Baroque music after excursions into contemporary repertoire\u2014Berio\u2019s\u00a0Sequenza\u00a0in Greece\u2014and after singing Zerlina in Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Don Giovanni\u00a0at Opera Ballet\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[227],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.7 - 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