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Kirill Petrenko conducts Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” Christian Gerhaher in conversation with Martin Heinze

Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah is his “ersatz opera”, notes singer Christian Gerhaher. Here he talks about the temporal component of the religious narrative and the ambivalent and modern figure of the prophet with Martin Heinze, double bass player with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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