After performances this past April of Transfigured Night and Pelleas und Melisande, to open the 2024–2025 season, Rafael Payare continues his exploration of Schoenberg’s works with a monument of the post-Romantic repertoire: the Gurre-Lieder. This imposing musical saga narrating the ill-fated romances of King Waldemar at the Gurre Castle, unfolds against a backdrop of jealousy, demise, and damnation, and reaches its apex in the final chorus heralding the dawn of salvation. Schoenberg offers deep insight into human nature, while his music vividly and sensitively highlights the psychology of his characters. Though colossal, the work’s vocal and instrumental scoring is characterized by finesse and poetry. The deeply moving and striking Gurre-Lieder reveal a facet of Schoenberg’s personality well worth discovering.
Payare Conducts Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder
- Chef d’orchestre Rafael Payare
- Artistes Dorothea Röschmann (soprano - Tove), Clay Hilley (ténor - Waldemar), Karen Cargill (alto - Colombe), Stephan Rügamer (ténor - Klaus, le fou), Thomas E. Bauer (baryton - paysan), Ben Heppner (Sprechstimme - récitant), Mani Soleymanlou (présentateur)
- Chœur de l’OSM Andrew Megill (chef de chœur)
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