Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

Philippe Herreweghe | direction
Magdalena Kožená | mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples | tenor 

Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, a moving work of humanity with Magdalena Kožená and Andrew Staples.

Dates

  1. Sunday 15 May 2022 - 8:00 PM

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde 

Concert sung in German, surtitled in French and English

Avant-concert at 6.30pm
Gustav Mahler - Conducting to live and living to compose, with Anna Stoll-Knecht, musicologist..
REGISTER (limited number of places)

About

Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) is Mahler's last work and was composed in the summer of 1908 after two of the most dramatic years in the composer's life, when he lost his beloved daughter, left the direction of the Vienna Opera and learned of the heart disease that was to claim him in the spring of 1911. An ideal fusion of the Lied and the symphony, the orchestra is adorned here with an intimate refinement that comes close to the spirit of chamber music. The voices are treated as instruments in their own right in the orchestra, creating a perfect balance between the legibility of the singing and the power of the orchestra. The work was originally written for tenor and baryon, but the female voices of contralto and mezzo have often found a dream setting. It is also one of Mahler's most famous works, acclaimed by nearly 150 different recordings since its premiere (including the mythical version by Kathleen Ferrier and Bruno Walter in 1952). Magdalena Kožená could not resist it and recorded it in her turn in 2018 under the direction of Simon Rattle with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra. The dramatic power of the mezzo and her intelligence of the text are marvellous.

PRODUCTION Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Prices

  1. CAT. 1 85 €
  2. CAT. 2 65 €
  3. CAT. 3 45 €
  4. CAT. 4 30 €
  5. CAT. 5 10 €
  6. CAT. 6 5 €
CAT. 4: reduced visibility
CAT. 5: reduced visibility / on sale from the box office and online
CAT. 6: no visibility / on sale 1h before the performance from the box office

Dates

  1. Sunday 15 May 2022 - 8:00 PM

Prices

  1. CAT. 1 85 €
  2. CAT. 2 65 €
  3. CAT. 3 45 €
  4. CAT. 4 30 €
  5. CAT. 5 10 €
  6. CAT. 6 5 €
CAT. 4: reduced visibility
CAT. 5: reduced visibility / on sale from the box office and online
CAT. 6: no visibility / on sale 1h before the performance from the box office

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