Concert

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011

Repertoire

ALBAN BERG Lulu Suite: Symphonic Pieces from the opera Lulu for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra Der Wein: Concert Aria for Soprano and Orchestra GUSTAV MAHLER Das klagende Lied for Solo Voices, Mixed Choir and Orchestra (1898/99 Version)

Synopsis

Dorothea Roeschmann, Anna Larsson, Johan Botha - and rising star Anna Prohaska: master conductor Pierre Boulez the "grand seigneur de subtle minimalism and exquisitely beguiling sounds" (Der Standard), assembled a cast of tremendous distinction for this prestigious concert, conceived as a tribute to Gustav Mahler. After two works by Mahler´s pupil Alban Berg, featuring Roeschmann and Prohaska, the main event of the concert is Gustav Mahler´s large-scale cantata "Das klagende Lied" - a "great spectral opera for the mind´s eye (Wiener Zeitung)

Additional Info

No: 710908
Composer: Alban Berg, Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
Artists: Dorothea Roeschmann, Anna Prohaska, Anna Larsson, Johan Botha, Wiener Philharmoniker
Production year: 2012-06
Run time: 01:35:00