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Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis stands tall among the greatest sacred choral works, a monumental setting of the Mass text and the first piece performed in the then-new Symphony Hall in 1900. From soaring solo lines to striking contrasts — like the prayerful Agnus Dei interrupted by martial fanfares — Beethoven’s vision combines dramatic orchestration, virtuosic choral writing, and profound emotional depth.

Beethoven Missa Solemnis | Boston, Symphony Hall, & the BSO in 1900

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Repelled by the dispassion of the Wartburg society of minnesingers, Tannhäuser, a singer-knight, removes to the interior of the Venusberg in search of fulfilment. Eventually his longing for Elisabeth leads him to leave again. Back at the Wartburg castle, Tannhäuser takes part in a singing contest whose theme is the nature of love, but when he sings that love is ideally about sensual satisfaction, he is cast out and sent to Rome to seek papal absolution. He returns from Rome without the hoped-for indulgence and resolves to return to the Venusberg. Then a miracle occurs and he finds redemption after all.

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg

Deutsche Oper Berlin

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Gala Concert Fabio Luisi

Opernhaus Zürich

Exactly one hundred years since Pierre Boulez was born. Conductor, composer, theoretician, how can we sum up this figure, whose tutelary shadow continues to hover over the past century? Philippe Manoury, who was a close friend, pays tribute to him, and after his whimsical Notations , the Orchestre National de France remembers the immense Wagnerian that was Boulez: the first act of Die Walküre resurrects memories of a certain Bayreuth festival.

The Valkyrie / Ratings

Cité de la Musique

When Richard Wagner developed his initial ideas for Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in the mid-1840s, he had no intention of writing a monumental "festive opera". The work was intended to be a facile comedy, a jovial and humorous satyr play to place alongside his Tannhäuser, since – like Tannhäuser – reflections on art and artists are its focus. More than two decades later, he had a musical score that was one of the most extensive and multi-layered of his entire repertoire, and that aroused controversy.

The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

Bebelplatz

Fans and those who would like to become fans will experience just how entertaining Richard Wagner's music and lyrics can be in the new program "Wagner zu dritt mit Harald Schmidt." Guests of the entertainer include Klaus Florian Vogt and Jobst Schneiderat.

»Wagner threesome with Harald Schmidt«

Theater Lübeck

Elsa of Brabant is suspected of having killed her younger brother Gottfried in the forest. When King Henry the Fowler asks Elsa to defend herself, she pleads for an imaginary knight to come to her aid. Suddenly, Lohengrin, the Knight of the Swan, appears. He promises to fight for Elsa, but makes her promise beforehand never to question him about his identity or provenance.

Lohengrin

Hamburg State Opera

The male alliance of the Knights of the Grail is in crisis. Time and again, knights desert to the opposite realm of the sorcerer Klingsor, who had previously been rejected by the circle of knights.

Parsifal

Vienna State Opera

In order to free her husband Florestan, Leonore disguises herself as a male prison guard and sneaks into a prison. Beethoven’s only opera is infused with an unwavering belief in the power of hope. The powerful liberation music at the end anticipates the «Ode to Joy» from his Ninth Symphony. Andreas Homoki separates the plot from its bourgeois comic light opera context, focusing instead on the utopian idea of world brotherhood and the universal themes of humanity that Beethoven chose as his central focus. Klaus Florian Vogt, one of the most outstanding tenors of our time, will appear as Florestan.

Tenor

Klaus Florian Vogt

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 11, 2025

»Wagner threesome with Harald Schmidt« · Theater Lübeck

Mar 22 - Apr 11, 2026

Lohengrin · Staatsoper Hamburg

2 - 8 Apr, 2026

Parsifal · Wiener Staatsoper

3 - 16 May, 2026

Fidelio · Opernhaus Zürich

Past events

9 - 11 Oct, 2025

Beethoven Missa Solemnis | Boston, Symphony Hall, & the BSO in 1900 · Boston Symphony Orchestra

Sep 28 - Nov 2, 2025

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg · Deutsche Oper Berlin

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Missa solemnis by Beethoven

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Lohengrin in Lohengrin by Wagner

Staatsoper Hamburg

Tannhauser in Tannhäuser by Wagner

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Parsifal in Parsifal by Wagner

Wiener Staatsoper

Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven

Opernhaus Zürich

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