Conductor

Liebestod , literally "death of love," refers to the famous finale of Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde . In this tragic scene, Isolde dies before Tristan's lifeless body. The term more broadly evokes the radical idea of ​​love made perfect by death.

Songs of love and death

Lille Opera

The women on the podium are the stars and the fabulous Dallas Opera Orchestra shines bright at the annual Hart Institute Showcase Concert. The only program of its kind, the Hart Institute provides training and career support for the next generation of women conductors, to address the profound gender imbalance that exists at the helm of the world’s opera orchestras. Following an intensive training residency, participants lead the acclaimed Dallas Opera Orchestra and exceptional vocal soloists in several operatic selections—and audiences will get a unique performer’s-eye-view of the conductor (via a live video stream projected onstage above the orchestra). A wonderful opportunity to hear a kaleidoscopic range of repertoire in a unique concert setting!

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The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert

AT&T Performing Arts Center

In his Serenade No. 6 dating from 1950, the American composer Vincent Persichetti combines two string instruments with a trombone, sometimes engaging them in an animated conversation, sometimes in a dreamy indulgence. This piece is followed by Gustav Mahler’s piano quartet, which was composed during his student days and is his only surviving work of chamber music. Apart from sketches for a scherzo only the first movement of the work has survived, which in this concert meets Alfred Schnittke’s piano quartet referring to Mahler’s quartet fragment. In this work, composed in 1988, Schnittke attempts to "remember something that did not come about (...), a sound quality that could not be thought through to the end." Mahler’s quartet sound shimmers through dimly, but is strongly alienated by clusters and polyphonic structures. The open end also gives Schnittke’s quartet the character of a fragment. The final piece is the colorful String quartet in D major by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, marked by its turn-of-the-century harmonies.

1. Chamber Music Concert

Liederhalle Cultural and Congress Center

In Jean Cocteau's novel, the "enfant terribles" are named Paul and Élisabeth. They are brother and sister, teenagers and orphans. Alone in a society they reject, they transform their room into an imaginary kingdom, a sanctuary of a symbiotic relationship where love borders on obsession and conceals a latent violence. When two friends, Gérard and then Agathe, intrude upon their private world, the threat of losing Paul draws Élisabeth into a vicious cycle of dangerous games, jealousy, and manipulation. In this short novel published in 1929, the author illuminates the fragility of adolescence, the impossibility of suspending time, and the disastrous consequences of an all-consuming passion.

Conductor

Virginie Déjos

Events

Upcoming events

20 - 26 Mar, 2026

The Terrible Children · Opéra de Lille

Past events

Sep 28, 2025

Songs of love and death · Opéra de Lille

Jan 25, 2025

The Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors Showcase Concert · Dallas Opera

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Les Enfants terribles by Glass

Opéra de Lille

Piano in Tristan and Isolde by Wagner

Opéra de Lille

Piano in Piano Quintet by Schnittke

Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Piano in Piano Quartet by Mahler

Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Piano in Serenade No. 6 by Persichetti

Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Piano in String quartet No. 3 by Respighi

Staatsorchester Stuttgart

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