3 concert with Jonas Kaufmann
“Carmen” with Simon Rattle, Magdalena Kožená and Jonas Kaufmann
Probably no other opera contains so many “hits” as Carmen. Yet despite its popularity, there is always something new to be discovered in the work – which is also the case in this 2012 performance from the Philharmonie. Here, Simon Rattle presents Carmen not as an overblown grand opera, but brings out the many nuances of the score, its lightness and refinement. The main roles are sung by Magdalena Kožená and Jonas Kaufmann.
21 Apr 2012Berliner Philharmoniker
Sir Simon RattleMagdalena Kožená, Jonas Kaufmann
Georges Bizet
Carmen, reconstruction of the original version by Fritz Oeser (concert performance)Magdalena Kožená Mezzo-Soprano (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann Tenor (Don José), Genia Kühmeier Soprano (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas Baritone (Escamillo), Christian Van Horn Bass Bariton (Zuniga), Andrè Schuen Bass-Baritone (Moralès), Christina Landshamer Soprano (Frasquita), Rachel Frenkel Mezzo-Soprano (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Tenor (Remendado), Simone del Salvio Bariton (Dancaïro), Children’s Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Vinzenz Weissenburger Chorus Master, Eberhard Friedrich Chorus Master
- free
Interview
“Carmen” at the Berlin Philharmonie
Concert with Claudio Abbado to mark the 100th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s death
With this concert from 18 May 2011, the Berliner Philharmoniker commemorated the 100th anniversary of Gustav Mahler’s death. Claudio Abbado, with whom the orchestra gave many moving Mahler performances, conducted two works to mark the event which seem like elegiac meditations on the finiteness of all life: Das Lied von der Erde with Anne Sofie von Otter and Jonas Kaufmann as the soloists – and the Adagio from the Tenth Symphony.
18 May 2011Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio AbbadoAnne Sofie von Otter, Jonas Kaufmann
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 10 (performing version by Deryck Cooke): AdagioGustav Mahler
Das Lied von der ErdeAnne Sofie von Otter Mezzo-Soprano, Jonas Kaufmann Tenor
Claudio Abbado conducts Schubert, Brahms and Schoenberg
In this concert from 2010, Claudio Abbado introduces the audience to some exquisite rarities. These include lieder by Franz Schubert in rarely heard orchestral arrangements, and Johannes Brahms’s cantata Rinaldo which gives us an idea of what an opera by this composer might have sounded like. The vocal soloists are young stars of the classical music scene: Christianne Stotijn and Jonas Kaufmann.
16 May 2010Berliner Philharmoniker
Claudio AbbadoChristianne Stotijn, Jonas Kaufmann
Franz Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118 · Nacht und Träume, D 827 · Erlkönig, D 328Christianne Stotijn Mezzo-Soprano
Arnold Schoenberg
Gurre-Lieder: Part 1 No. 11 Orchestral Prelude · No. 12 Lied der Waldtaube (Song of the Wood Dove)Christianne Stotijn Mezzo-Soprano
Johannes Brahms
Rinaldo, cantata, op. 50Jonas Kaufmann Tenor, Men of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey Chorus Master, Men of the Bavarian Radio Chorus
- free
Interview
Works by Schubert, Schoenberg and Brahms: An introduction by Simon Halsey