Song recital
Benjamin Bernheim

10. February 2020

Songs by Clara Schumann, Hector Berlioz («Les Nuits d'été»), Henri Duparc, Richard Strauss, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge.

  • Duration :
    1 H. 40 Min. Inkl. Pause after 1st part after approx. 40 Min.

Cast


Tenor Benjamin Bernheim


Klavier Carrie-Ann Matheson

Benjamin Bernheim

Benjamin Bernheim studied with Gary Magby in Lausanne and was a member of the International Opera Studio as well as of the ensemble at the Zürich Opera House. The French tenor has meanwhile established himself as a regular guest at the most renowned stages, including at the Opéra national de Paris, at the Vienna State Opera, at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden and at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, where he sings leading tenor roles of the romantic repertoire. He performed at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as well as at the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in December 2024. He has been honored, among others, at the Victoires de la Musique as Opera Singer of the Year, by the Syndicat professionnel de la critique as Musical Personality of the Year, and most recently at Opus Klassik 2025 as Singer of the Year. His discography includes several albums, including his debut album, which was awarded a Diapason d’Or and a Choc de Classica, "Douce France: Mélodies & Chansons" as well as the 2022 release "Boulevard des Italiens". Highlights of his career include the title roles in "Les contes d’Hoffmann" and "Faust", Rodolfo in "La bohème", Des Grieux in "Manon" and Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor".

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Carrie-Ann Matheson

Carrie-Ann Matheson stammt aus Kanada. 2014 wurde sie von Fabio Luisi als Dirigentin und Korrepetitorin ans Opern­haus Zürich engagiert. Davor arbeitete sie als Assistenz-Di­ri­­gentin an der New Yorker Met und war als Pianistin, Souffleuse und Korrepetitorin festes Mitglied des künstlerischen Personals der Met. Sie hat Dirigenten wie Fabio Lui­si, James Levine, Daniel Baren­boim, Daniele Gatti, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda u. a. assistiert. Ihr Debüt als Dirigentin gab sie am Opernhaus Zürich 2015 und hat hier u.a. Mozarts La finta giardiniera, Oscar Stras­noys Fälle, Jonathan Doves Das verzau­ber­te Schwein, Jörn Arneckes Ronja Räubertochter und Glucks Iphigénie en Tauride dirigiert. Be­sonderes Anliegen ist ihr die Förderung der jungen Sängergeneration. An der Met war sie viele Jahre feste Korrepetitorin des Lindemann Young Artist De­ve­lop­ment Program. Ab 2017 leitete sie als Dirigentin regelmässig die Gala-Konzerte des Internationalen Opernstudios am Opernhaus Zürich. Als Liedpianistin ist sie mit berühmten Sängerinnen und Sängern aufgetreten, u. a. mit Rolando Villa­zón, Benjamin Bernheim, Jonas Kaufmann, Piotr Beczala, Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Thomas Hampson, Barbara Bonney und Marilyn Horne. Kammermusik-Auftritte absolvierte sie mit Mitgliedern des New York Phil­harmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra und der Philharmonia Zürich. Als Korrepetitorin/Dirigentin arbeitete sie für die Salzburger Festspiele, das Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival, das Lyric Opera of Chicago Ryan Opera Center, die Los Angeles Opera und das Mariinsky Atkins Young Artist Program. Seit 2021 ist sie künstlerische Leiterin des San Francisco Opera Center an der San Francisco Opera.

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Abstract

French tenor Benjamin Bernheim began his career at the International Opera Studio of the Opera House. Since then he has made a name for himself in the great tenor roles of the romantic repertoire at Europe's most renowned opera houses. Benjamin Bernheim has prepared a carefully selected, exquisite programme for his first song recital in Zurich. The focus of the first part is – in addition to songs by Clara Schumann – Hector Berlioz's song cycle Les Nuits d'été based on texts by Théophile Gautier, which is rarely heard by male voices. In the second part of the evening Benjamin Bernheim and pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson combine famous songs by Richard Strauss with lesser-known gems by French composer Henri Duparc and English composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge.

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