Strauss

14. April 2024

Richard Strauss
Macbeth op. 23
Moonlight Scene & Final Scene from the Opera «Capriccio»
Ständchen op. 17/2 (Arr. Felix Mottl)
Wiegenlied op. 41/1
Morgen! op. 27/4
Four interludes from the opera «Intermezzo»

  • Duration :
    approx. 1 H. 50 Min. Inkl. Pause after approx. 1 H.
  • More information:
    Introduction 45 min before the performance.

Music Direction:
Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda

Gianandrea Noseda has been General Music Director of the Opernhaus Zurich since the 2021/22 season. He is also Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D. C.)  and Principal Guest Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. In 2019 he became the founding Music Director of the Tsinandali Festival and Pan-Caucasian Youth Orchestra in the village of Tsinandali, Georgia. Noseda’s leadership as Music Director of the Teatro Regio Torino from 2007–2018 transformed the opera house resulting in internationally acclaimed productions, tours, and recordings. Noseda has conducted the most important international orchestras (Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Concergetbouw Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic), opera houses (La Scala, Metropolitan Opera and Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) and festivals (BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Salzburg and Verbier). He has had significant roles at the BBC Philharmonic (Chief Conductor), Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (Principal Guest Conductor), Mariinsky Theatre (Principal Guest Conductor), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Victor de Sabata Chair), Rotterdam Philharmonic (Principal Guest Conductor) and Stresa Festival (Artistic Director). Gianandrea Noseda’s discography comprises more than 70 CDs; notable among them is the «Musica Italiana» Project, in which Noseda documents neglected Italian repertoire of the 20th century. Born in Milan, Noseda holds the honor of Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He was honored as Musical America’s Conductor of the Year in 2015 and named Conductor of the Year by the International Opera Awards in 2016.

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Cast


Sopran Diana Damrau

Diana Damrau

Diana Damrau is a regular guest on the stages of the world’s leading opera and concert houses. Her extensive repertoire lies in the lyric and coloratura fach and includes, among others, the title roles in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Massenet’s Manon, as well as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. She regularly performs at major venues such as the Bavarian State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and La Scala in Milan. Specially composed for her were Iain Bell’s opera A Harlot’s Progress (Theater an der Wien, 2013) and Lorin Maazel’s 1984 (Royal Opera House, 2005). As an exclusive artist for Warner Classics/Erato, she has released numerous award-winning CD and DVD recordings. Diana Damrau is one of the most important lieder interpreters of our time. She regularly appears in renowned concert halls such as London’s Wigmore Hall, New York’s Carnegie Hall, and the Berlin Philharmonie. She maintains close artistic partnerships with pianist Helmut Deutsch and harpist Xavier de Maistre. In 2022, she will present a program of love songs by Brahms and Schumann in the most important concert halls of Europe together with Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch. On the opera stage this season, she will still sing Anna Bolena at the Vienna State Opera and make her role debut as the Countess in Strauss’s Capriccio at the Bavarian State Opera. Diana Damrau is a Kammersängerin of the Bavarian State Opera, recipient of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, as well as the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Abstract

«The music combined with the words certainly has a bombastic effect,» says soprano Diana Damrau in a conversation about Richard Strauss' opera Capriccio. The question of whether the music or the text is more decisive for the success of an opera is at the centre of Strauss' last opera. In the final monologue of Countess Madeleine, which Diana Damrau sings in this Philharmonic concert, the answer remains open... In addition to selected songs by Richard Strauss, the programme also includes Macbeth, his very first tone poem, and four interludes from the opera Intermezzo. General Music Director Gianandrea Noseda conducts the Philharmonia Zürich.

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