When Rossini died in 1868, Verdi suggested that Italy’s leading composers join forces to write a funeral mass. He himself contributed the concluding »Libera me«. However, the project was abandoned shortly before the premiere. Five years later, Verdi decided to write his own requiem, into which he incorporated the existing material. This work was not written for the church, but for the concert hall. Powerful emotions and dramatic contrasts combine to create a stream of deeply felt music that underscores the urgent message of the sacred texts: humility in the face of death and the hope of salvation to be gained through supplication.

6th Symphony Concert

Semperoper Dresden

Robert Jindra, principal guest conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, will present Béla Bartók's one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle from 1911. German bass Günther Groissböck will play the role of Bluebeard, while Judith will be performed by Hungarian mezzo-soprano Szilvia Vörös.

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Bluebeard's Castle

Rudolfinum

The dwarf Alberich, ridiculed and rejected by the three Rhinemaidens, steals the Rhinegold,curses love and uses the gold to forge a ring that bestows great power. From then on, everyone lusts after it, but it brings death and destruction, laden with a curse.

Das Rheingold

Vienna State Opera

With their incestuous, adulterous love, they violate the guest and marriage laws that Wotan's wife Fricka watches over. Siegmund is therefore supposed to die in a duel with Hunding, but Wotan's daughter Brünnhilde, a Valkyrie, defies her father's will and fights for Siegmund. Wotan is forced to kill Siegmund himself. Brünnhilde is punished by her father: he surrounds her with a wall of fire and sinks her into a deep sleep.

Die Walküre

In the final part of the Nibelung tetralogy, Siegfried goes out into the world, gets caught up in Hagen's intrigues and is murdered by him. Dying, he remembers his love for Brünnhilde.

Szilvia Vörös

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 24, 2026

Bluebeard's Castle · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

May 19 - Jun 6, 2026

Das Rheingold · Wiener Staatsoper

May 25 - Jun 7, 2026

Die Walküre · Wiener Staatsoper

4 - 14 Jun, 2026

Götterdämmerung · Wiener Staatsoper

Past events

12 - 13 Feb, 2025

6th Symphony Concert · Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Waltraute in Götterdämmerung by Wagner

Wiener Staatsoper

Fricka in Die Walküre by Wagner

Wiener Staatsoper

Fricka in Das Rheingold by Wagner

Wiener Staatsoper

Singer in Messa da Requiem by Verdi

Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden

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