This production illustrates Stravinsky’s opulent diversity of forms. Three of the works performed are longer, have larger casts – and yet could not be more different: With “The Flood”, “Renard” and “Les Noces”, Stravinsky presents himself as the chameleon he is often apostrophised as. The RSB (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin) under its principal conductor Vladimir Jurowski welcomes seven soloists and the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin. The renowned German actor Stefan Kaminski hosts the evening. PROGRAM: “The Flood”; “Fanfare for a new theatre”, “Tilim Bom“, “Renard” Burleske in one act; Lullaby from “The Rake’s Progress”, “Four cat songs“; “Musick To Heare“ from Three Songs by William Shakespeare, “The Owl and the Pussy-cat”, “Les Noces“, 1919 version
Der Freischütz
The Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus is acclaimed worldwide for its avant-garde opera productions. In their production of “Der Freischütz,” created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the opera’s premiere at the Konzerthaus Berlin as well as the 200th anniversary of the concert hall itself, La Fura dels Baus created a virtual forest in which the cast of amazing soloists as well as the choir performed with the Konzerthausorchester under music director Christoph Eschenbach. Without any audience present, the Great Hall of the Konzerthaus was thus transformed into a myth-filled installation – a 360-degree experience for all the senses.