2024-25 SEASON – JAMES GAFFIGAN

28jun5:30 pmAspen Music FestivalAspen Chamber Symphony

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PROGRAM

DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271, “Jeunehomme”
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JOEL THOMPSON: To See the Sky (AMFS co-commission)
R. SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120

FEATURED ARTISTS

James Gaffigan, conductor

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Aspen Chamber Symphony

“Even having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist Daniil Trifonov,” marveled the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Trifonov has been wowing Aspen audiences with his mesmerizing concert performances and recitals for several seasons. He now brings his unique interpretive stamp to the Mozart concerto that pianist Alfred Brendel called “one of the great wonders of the world.”

There is certainly much to wonder about regarding the work’s nickname. Long known as the “jeunehomme” or “young man” concerto, the dedicatee was actually Jenamy, the daughter of the Paris Opera ballet master. Although this was discovered long ago, the misspelling still sticks. It made sense that Mozart lavished extreme care into this work for the daughter of his well-connected friend at a time when he was desperately seeking a position outside of Salzburg. The inclusion of a minuet in the last movement may have even been a nod to his dancer friend.

Opening the program is Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, a shimmering depiction of a lustful satyr’s attempted seduction of sleeping nymphs.

Joel Thompson, composer-in-residence at Houston Grand Opera and known for his acclaimed opera The Snowy Day, will be represented by a new work co-comissisoned by AMFS. His first orchestral piece, An Act of Resistance, powerfully and concisely expressed the battle between love and conflict, and was warmly received by the Aspen audience last summer.

Following the success of his first symphony, Schumann almost immediately produced a second one. As with many sequels, it didn’t fare as well. Mendelssohn told his friend that his orchestration was too pedestrian, and ten years later, Schumann reworked it, adding heavier orchestration and further unifying the movements as was his original intention. The improvements gave the symphony an intense forward momentum and cohesiveness, inviting the listener to imagine their own narrative as they listen to this passionate and intriguing work.

Hear the inaugural concert of this summer’s Aspen Chamber Symphony in this wide-ranging program!

Time

(Friday) 5:30 pm

Location

Klein Music Tent

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04jul7:00 pmOrchestra of Teatro di San CarloTeatro di San Carlo

11jul9:30 pmMonte Carlo PhilharmonicOrchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

21jul2:30 pmVerbier Festival: MainstageVerbier Festival Junior Orchestra

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Bartók’s First Piano Concerto shocked its first audience in 1927 with its percussive dissonance – especially its tone clusters (chordal pile-ups), inspired by a 1925 encounter with the experimental American composer, Henry Cowell. Syncopation and repeat hammerings of a single note dominate the Allegro moderato. Strings drop out for the subdued central Andante with its Stravinskian ostinato rhythms and snaking woodwind counterpoint. This tips without a break into the Allegro molto finale, which hurtles furiously to an abrupt end. Originally an 1874 solo piano suite, and later transcribed into colourful orchestral creations by Ravel, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition was inspired by him visiting an exhibition of the works of his late friend, the artist Viktor Hartmann. Preceded and punctuated by ‘Promenades’ depicting Mussorgsky’s own heavy physique as he walks around, its ten character pieces begin with clumsily loping ‘Gnomus,’ believed to evoke a design for a nutcracker with large teeth. Further ‘pictures’ include ‘The Old Castle’ – a medieval troubadour – and ‘The Catacombs,’ whose sombre brass theme is based on the promenades. The climax is a majestic depiction of Hartmann’s bell-turret-topped design for ‘The Great Gate of Kiev.’

Programme

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
Piano Concerto No. 1 Sz. 83

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestration M. Ravel

Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Tsotne Zedginidze, composer, piano

Time

(Sunday) 2:30 pm

Location

Salle des Combins

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28jul2:30 pmVerbier Festival: MainstageVerbier Festival Junior Orchestra

11aug2:30 pmTanglewood Music FestivalBoston Symphony Orchestra

16aug7:15 pmEdinburgh International FestivalKomische Oper Berlin

17aug7:15 pmEdinburgh International FestivalKomische Oper Berlin

18aug6:00 pmEdinburgh International FestivalKomische Oper Berlin

30aug10:00 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

05sep8:00 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

12sep8:00 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

13sep7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

14sep7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

15sep7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

03oct7:30 pmMANONLES ARTS VALENCIA

06oct7:30 pmMANONLES ARTS VALENCIA

09oct7:30 pmMANONLES ARTS VALENCIA

12oct7:30 pmMANONLES ARTS VALENCIA

15oct7:30 pmMANONLES ARTS VALENCIA

31oct8:00 pmJAMES' CHOICEKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

17nov6:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Sunday) 6:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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21nov7:30 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Thursday) 7:30 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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23nov7:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

24nov6:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Sunday) 6:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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26nov7:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

28nov7:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Thursday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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29nov7:30 pmHERBERT FRITSCHKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

30nov6:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

03dec7:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

08dec4:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Sunday) 4:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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11dec7:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Wednesday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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13dec7:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

14dec7:30 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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20dec7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÓNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

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César Franck 1822 – 1890
Le Chasseur maudit

Francisco Coll 1985
Ciudad sin sueño

Work commissioned by Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel – premiere in Spain Maurice Ravel 1875 – 1937 Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major La Valse Javier Perianes (piano) Orchestra of the Valencian Community

James Gaffigan conducts a Franco-Spanish program that begins with Franck’s fascinating symphonic poem Le Chasseur maudit followed by the Spanish premiere of Ciudad sin sueño, commissioned by Les Arts from the Valencian composer Francisco Coll. Forged as a fantasy for piano and orchestra, written especially for the soloist of this concert, Javier Perianes, takes its title from Lorca’s homonymous poem that belongs to Poeta en Nueva York and is inspired by flamenco musical material, such as he had already done Coll a Turia or Four Iberian Miniatures. In the second part, dedicated to Ravel, Perianes interprets the Piano Concerto, brilliant music, “without depth”, as the composer quipped, with some reminiscence of the world of jazz and demanding virtuosity for the soloist in the final movement. After the concert, an apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, served by the most performed and resplendent piece of the French composer, La Valse.

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Auditori del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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21dec7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÓNICOrquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

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César Franck 1822 – 1890
Le Chasseur maudit

Francisco Coll 1985
Ciudad sin sueño

Work commissioned by Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Orchestra, Sinfonieorchester Basel – premiere in Spain Maurice Ravel 1875 – 1937 Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major La Valse Javier Perianes (piano) Orchestra of the Valencian Community

James Gaffigan conducts a Franco-Spanish program that begins with Franck’s fascinating symphonic poem Le Chasseur maudit followed by the Spanish premiere of Ciudad sin sueño, commissioned by Les Arts from the Valencian composer Francisco Coll. Forged as a fantasy for piano and orchestra, written especially for the soloist of this concert, Javier Perianes, takes its title from Lorca’s homonymous poem that belongs to Poeta en Nueva York and is inspired by flamenco musical material, such as he had already done Coll a Turia or Four Iberian Miniatures. In the second part, dedicated to Ravel, Perianes interprets the Piano Concerto, brilliant music, “without depth”, as the composer quipped, with some reminiscence of the world of jazz and demanding virtuosity for the soloist in the final movement. After the concert, an apotheosis of the Viennese waltz, served by the most performed and resplendent piece of the French composer, La Valse.

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Auditori i Palau de Congressos de Castelló

Av. de la Mare de Déu del Lledó, 50, 12004 Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain

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23dec7:00 pmKOMISCHE OPER BERLINKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Monday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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27dec7:00 pmLE NOZZE DI FIGAROKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

28dec7:30 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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31dec6:00 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

BY THE WAY

Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Tuesday) 6:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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01jan6:00 pmNew Year’s Gala “Starting Anew”KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

04jan7:30 pmSWEENEY TODDKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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With this grand musical on the stage of the Schiller Theatre, director Barrie Kosky reveals himself to be a master of the macabre. An equally dark and delightfully chilling thriller by Stephen Sondheim about the bloody revenge inflicted by the legendary London barber Sweeney Todd. And in the role of meat-pie queen Mrs Lovett: the fabulous Dagmar Manzel!

London, in all its dreariness. Benjamin Barker, an upstanding barber of humble beginnings, is unjustly sentenced to a long prison term by Judge Turpin, who has his eye on Barker’s beautiful wife. Years later, Barker returns with only one thing on his mind: revenge. He learns from Mrs Lovett, the completely burnt-out but business-savvy owner of a meat-pie shop, that his wife has killed herself. And so Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, not only embarks on an extremely efficient campaign of revenge, he also joins forces with his informant to start a flourishing joint venture in the meat-pie business …

The story of the ‘demonic barber of Fleet Street’ who became a mass murderer first appeared in 1846 as a penny dreadful entitled The String of Pearls, and has since served as the basis for numerous dramatic and cinematic adaptations. In composing this thriller musical, Sondheim drew inspiration from film soundtracks as well as Richard Wagner’s use of leitmotif. Barrie Kosky stages his vision of this classic musical as a ‘children’s theatre nightmare collage’, revelling in that lust for horror, wavering between disgust and laughter, that has always fascinated audiences.

He mercilessly digs into the question of what humans are capable of when they follow the logic of revenge to the bitter end, and what’s at stake in the process.

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Cannibalism has featured in myths and fairy tales since antiquity: Chronos eats his children, Titus Andronicus bakes his dead enemies into pies, and the wicked witch intends to eat Hansel for dinner.

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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09jan7:30 pmSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND RAY CHENSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

10jan7:30 pmSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND RAY CHENSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

11jan7:30 pmSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND RAY CHENSAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

17jan7:00 pmCONCERT OF ARIASHOUSTON GRAND OPERA

23jan8:00 pmNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER AND VADIM GLUZMANNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER

24jan7:30 pmNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER AND VADIM GLUZMANNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER

26jan11:00 amNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER AND VADIM GLUZMANNDR ELBPHILHARMONIE ORCHESTER

08feb4:00 pmEVERYBODY NOW!KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

09feb4:00 pmEVERYBODY NOW!KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

02mar7:30 pmDER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERLES ARTS VALENCIA

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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883

A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine

James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an “intense” version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his “passionate mastery of the score”. This production features a cast of seasoned Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological aspect of the drama.

Creative Team

Conductor: James Gaffigan

Stage director: Willy Decker

Set and Costume designer: Wolfgang Gussmann

Lighting designer: Hans Tölstede

Cast

Der Holländer: Nicholas Brownlee

Senta: Elisabet Strid

Daland: Franz-Josef Selig

Erik: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Steuermann: Moisés Marín⁺

Mary: Eva Kroon

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana

Chorus master Francesc Perales

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Time

(Sunday) 7:30 pm

Location

Sala Principal del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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05mar7:30 pmDER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERLES ARTS VALENCIA

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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883

A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine

James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an “intense” version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his “passionate mastery of the score”. This production features a cast of seasoned Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological aspect of the drama.

Creative Team

Conductor: James Gaffigan
Stage director: Willy Decker
Set and Costume designer: Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting designer: Hans Tölstede

Cast

Der Holländer: Nicholas Brownlee
Senta: Elisabet Strid
Daland: Franz-Josef Selig
Erik: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Steuermann: Moisés Marín⁺Mary: Eva Kroon

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus master Francesc Perales

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Time

(Wednesday) 7:30 pm

Location

Sala Principal del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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08mar7:30 pmDER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERLES ARTS VALENCIA

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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883

A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine

James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an “intense” version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his “passionate mastery of the score”. This production features a cast of seasoned Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological aspect of the drama.

Creative Team

Conductor: James Gaffigan
Stage director: Willy Decker
Set and Costume designer: Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting designer: Hans Tölstede

Cast

Der Holländer: Nicholas Brownlee
Senta: Elisabet Strid
Daland: Franz-Josef Selig
Erik: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Steuermann: Moisés Marín⁺Mary: Eva Kroon

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus master Francesc Perales

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Sala Principal del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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11mar7:30 pmDER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERLES ARTS VALENCIA

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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883

A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine

James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an “intense” version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his “passionate mastery of the score”. This production features a cast of seasoned Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological aspect of the drama.

Creative Team

Conductor: James Gaffigan
Stage director: Willy Decker
Set and Costume designer: Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting designer: Hans Tölstede

Cast

Der Holländer: Nicholas Brownlee
Senta: Elisabet Strid
Daland: Franz-Josef Selig
Erik: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Steuermann: Moisés MarínMary: Eva Kroon

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus master Francesc Perales

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Time

(Tuesday) 7:30 pm

Location

Sala Principal del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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14mar7:30 pmDER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERLES ARTS VALENCIA

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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883

A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine

James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an “intense” version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his “passionate mastery of the score”. This production features a cast of seasoned Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological aspect of the drama.

Creative Team

Conductor: James Gaffigan
Stage director: Willy Decker
Set and Costume designer: Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting designer: Hans Tölstede

Cast

Der Holländer: Nicholas Brownlee
Senta: Elisabet Strid
Daland: Franz-Josef Selig
Erik: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Steuermann: Moisés MarínMary: Eva Kroon

Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana
Chorus master Francesc Perales

Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Sala Principal del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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20mar11:00 amTHE BUZZ OF SPRINGTIMEKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

27mar8:00 pmSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Janine JansenSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

28mar8:00 pmSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Janine JansenSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

03apr7:30 pmLES ARTS ÉS SIMFÒNICORQUESTRA DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA

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Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714

Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 – 1809
Symphony no. 49 in F minor, Hob.I:49, “La Passione”

Serguei Prokófiev 1891 – 1953
Aleksandr Nevski

Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano)

Choir of the Generalitat Orchestra of the Valencian Community

El Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana , under the baton of James Gaffigan , interprets the Aleksandr Nevski cantata that Prokófiev extracted from his soundtrack for Eisenstein’s film of the same name, completely re-orchestrated and provided with a symphonic development. Majestic music, fascinating to the ear of any music lover due to the expressive power of the choral mass, the robustness of the orchestral sound and the poignant tribute to the fallen heroes, which will evoke the beautiful and warm voice of the mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrova. Previously, the male section of the Choir discovers one of Schubert’s best choral pieces, Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, with text by Goethe about nature and human existence, and the OCV highlights the most revolutionary Haydn with Symphony 49, “La Passione”.

Time

(Thursday) 7:30 pm

Location

Auditori del Palau de les Arts

Av. del Professor López Piñero, 1, 46013 València, Valencia, Spain

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Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714

Franz Joseph Haydn 1732 – 1809
Symphony no. 49 in F minor, Hob.I:49, “La Passione”

Serguei Prokófiev 1891 – 1953
Aleksandr Nevski

Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano)

Choir of the Generalitat Orchestra of the Valencian Community

El Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana , under the baton of James Gaffigan , interprets the Aleksandr Nevski cantata that Prokófiev extracted from his soundtrack for Eisenstein’s film of the same name, completely re-orchestrated and provided with a symphonic development. Majestic music, fascinating to the ear of any music lover due to the expressive power of the choral mass, the robustness of the orchestral sound and the poignant tribute to the fallen heroes, which will evoke the beautiful and warm voice of the mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrova. Previously, the male section of the Choir discovers one of Schubert’s best choral pieces, Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, with text by Goethe about nature and human existence, and the OCV highlights the most revolutionary Haydn with Symphony 49, “La Passione”.

Time

(Friday) 7:30 pm

Location

Auditori i Palau de Congressos de Castelló

Av. de la Mare de Déu del Lledó, 50, 12004 Castellón de la Plana, Castellón, Spain

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27apr6:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

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Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Sunday) 6:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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02may7:30 pmSPRINGTIME EMOTIONSKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN SYMPHONIC

03may7:30 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Saturday) 7:30 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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07may7:30 pmARTHUR WASER PRIZE-WINNER’S CONCERTLUZERNER SINFONIEORCHESTER

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Richard Strauss (1864 ‒ 1949)
Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 7

Soloist Concerto (chosen by the winner of the Arthur Waser Prize)

Sergej Rachmaninow (1873 ‒ 1943)
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

Sometimes the stars just don’t align. This was certainly the case with Rachmaninoff’s ill-fated First Symphony, the work of a twenty-two-year-old. Its premiere on 15th March 1897 was a complete failure, ending in fiasco. The orchestra was poorly-prepared, and the conductor – renowned composer Alexander Glazunov – was obviously drunk. This failure affected the young Rachmaninoff to such an extent that he was unable to compose at all for almost four years, eventually having to seek medical and psychotherapeutic help. Golden child Richard Strauss, on the other hand, had a much easier time of it. With his Serenade Op. 7 he aroused the interest of the great conductor Hans von Bülow, who premiered the seventeen-year-old’s work in 1882, later conducting it on concert tours. It is enchanting music, clearly modelled on the slow movements of Mozartʼs cheerful serenades: one genius acknowledging another.

Some are immensely lucky, others equally unlucky: how young composers can fare with their first works.

Time

(Wednesday) 7:30 pm

Location

KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal

Europaplatz 1, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland

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08may7:30 pmARTHUR WASER PRIZE-WINNER'S CONCERTLUZERNER SINFONIEORCHESTER

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PROGRAM

Richard Strauss (1864 ‒ 1949)
Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op. 7

Soloist Concerto (chosen by the winner of the Arthur Waser Prize)

Sergej Rachmaninow (1873 ‒ 1943)
Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

Sometimes the stars just don’t align. This was certainly the case with Rachmaninoff’s ill-fated First Symphony, the work of a twenty-two-year-old. Its premiere on 15th March 1897 was a complete failure, ending in fiasco. The orchestra was poorly-prepared, and the conductor – renowned composer Alexander Glazunov – was obviously drunk. This failure affected the young Rachmaninoff to such an extent that he was unable to compose at all for almost four years, eventually having to seek medical and psychotherapeutic help. Golden child Richard Strauss, on the other hand, had a much easier time of it. With his Serenade Op. 7 he aroused the interest of the great conductor Hans von Bülow, who premiered the seventeen-year-old’s work in 1882, later conducting it on concert tours. It is enchanting music, clearly modelled on the slow movements of Mozartʼs cheerful serenades: one genius acknowledging another.

Some are immensely lucky, others equally unlucky: how young composers can fare with their first works.

Time

(Thursday) 7:30 pm

Location

KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal

Europaplatz 1, 6005 Luzern, Switzerland

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09may7:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Friday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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11may4:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Sunday) 4:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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14may7:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Wednesday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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17may7:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

Time

(Saturday) 7:00 pm

Location

Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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23may7:00 pmDON GIOVANNIKOMISCHE OPER BERLIN

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The »opera of all operas«, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov at the Schiller Theatre! After the tale of love and loss in Così fan tutte and the social disparities between servants and masters in The Marriage of Figaro, Serebrennikov now completes Mozart’s Da Ponte trilogy with arguably the most dangerous of the three operas . . .

A gentleman who’s a playboy, a servant who’s tired of serving, and a long list of cheated women: Don Giovanni takes what he wants and knows how to throw a magnificent party. The servant Leporello grumbles under his master’s seductive exploits, as he’s the one who has to clean up afterward, comforting and even enlightening the duped. But when Don Giovanni kills the Commendatore in a duel over the honour of his daughter Donna Anna, even Leporello has had enough. But his master is already onto his next victim: Zerlina. It is only his former lover Elvira who refuses to countenance his betrayal and tries to warn the other women about the philanderer—of course in vain. Seducing and deceiving, Don Giovanni simply enjoys gambling with his life, until the ghosts of the past come to haunt him . . .

With Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte successfully created a masterwork of the operatic canon. In this dramma giocoso or ‘lighthearted drama’, they achieved—through Mozart’s sophisticated psychological composition, spellbinding melodies, and brilliant instrumentation—an extraordinary study of human nature that, in Kirill Serebrennikov’s fearless hands, brings up compelling questions about sex, the power of seduction, the pursuit of individual freedom, and the right to defy societal norms.

BY THE WAY
Those curious to see more of Mozart, Da Ponte, and Serebrennikov can also see The Marriage of Figaro with us.

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(Friday) 7:00 pm

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Schillertheater – Großer Saal

Bismarckstraße 110 10625 Berlin

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NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers. On Thursday, Grammy winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard. Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels. Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award–winning legend John Williams.

James Gaffigan, conductor
James Ehnes, violin (Thu. performance)
Abel Pereira, horn^Ω (Sat. performance)

NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers.

On Thursday, Grammy^® winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games series, Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan films, The Fugitive, Pretty Woman).

Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels (Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Nope, Us; Bad Education).

Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award^®–winning legend John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Harry Potter, to name a few).

Part of Notes & Frames: A Film & Music Festival
The silver screen comes alive with a symphonic twist as the NSO performs beloved movie scores, new masterpieces, and more live-to-picture concerts. Join us this summer for a three-week celebration of timeless films and the music that continues to define cinematic history.

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(Thursday) 7:00 pm

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Kennedy Center

2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566

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13jun8:00 pmNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, NOTES & FRAMES: A FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVALNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers. On Thursday, Grammy winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard. Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels. Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award–winning legend John Williams.

James Gaffigan, conductor
James Ehnes, violin (Thu. performance)
Abel Pereira, horn^Ω (Sat. performance)

NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers.

On Thursday, Grammy^® winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games series, Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan films, The Fugitive, Pretty Woman).

Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels (Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Nope, Us; Bad Education).

Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award^®–winning legend John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Harry Potter, to name a few).

Part of Notes & Frames: A Film & Music Festival
The silver screen comes alive with a symphonic twist as the NSO performs beloved movie scores, new masterpieces, and more live-to-picture concerts. Join us this summer for a three-week celebration of timeless films and the music that continues to define cinematic history.

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(Friday) 8:00 pm

Location

Kennedy Center

2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566

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14jun8:00 pmNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, NOTES & FRAMES: A FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVALNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers. On Thursday, Grammy winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard. Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels. Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award–winning legend John Williams.

James Gaffigan, conductor
James Ehnes, violin (Thu. performance)
Abel Pereira, horn^Ω (Sat. performance)

NSO favorite James Gaffigan conducts film music by classical composers—including Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront and Nino Rota’s The Godfather—in a program that spotlights concertos by three of today’s greatest film composers.

On Thursday, Grammy^® winner James Ehnes plays Violin Concerto No. 2 by James Newton Howard (The Hunger Games series, Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, M. Night Shyamalan films, The Fugitive, Pretty Woman).

Friday’s concert features Delights and Dances by Michael Abels (Jordan Peele’s Get Out, Nope, Us; Bad Education).

Abel Pereira takes center stage Saturday in the Horn Concerto by Academy Award^®–winning legend John Williams (Star Wars, Jaws, Harry Potter, to name a few).

Part of Notes & Frames: A Film & Music Festival
The silver screen comes alive with a symphonic twist as the NSO performs beloved movie scores, new masterpieces, and more live-to-picture concerts. Join us this summer for a three-week celebration of timeless films and the music that continues to define cinematic history.

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(Saturday) 8:00 pm

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Kennedy Center

2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566

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Jules Massenet 1842-1912

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