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Donald Runnicles makes his Festival debut conducting Mahler’s consummate fusion of song cycle and symphony, Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth), performed here in its intimate chamber orchestra version. Mahler was reeling from the loss of his daughter and other crises when he wrote this deeply moving work, and the poems he set to music evoke the beauty, sadness, and transience of life. An all-star ensemble is joined by two extraordinary soloists who are also making their Festival debuts: German mezzo-soprano Annika Schlicht, whose voice OperaWire has praised as “extraordinary for its beauty of tone,” and American heldentenor Clay Hilley, who was lauded by The New York Times for his “vocal heft [and] clarion sound.” 

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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

New Mexico Museum of Art

Joined by renowned soloists and commanding colossal vocal and instrumental means, Rafael Payare conducts a monument of the post-Romantic repertoire: Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder.

Clay Hilley

Tenor

Events

Aug 5, 2024

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde · Santa Fe Chamber Music festival

11 - 13 Sep, 2024

Payare Conducts Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder · Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Future and recently performed repertoire

Waldemar in Gurre-Lieder by Schönberg

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Florestan in Fidelio by Beethoven

Canadian Opera Company

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