Singer

The grand season finale places an emphasis on various ways in which music is a powerful partner in dramatic storytelling. Beethoven wrote just one opera, Fidelio (1805) but was dissatisfied with his first three attempts at the overture, the so-called “Leonore” overtures. The final version we hear on this program was written in 1814, and at just six minutes in length, is a tour de force of energetic lyricism that helps set the stage. For Elgar’s strikingly beautiful song cycle, Sea Pictures, we are joined by special guest artist, mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas. Ms. Karanas has appeared throughout the United States, singing major roles with numerous renowned opera companies, including The Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and San Francisco Opera. Similarly, she also maintains a busy international career and has appeared with The Israeli Opera, Oper Frankfurt, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and Teatro Real. Her acclaimed Carnegie Hall debut was in 2019 with the Athens Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler’s Second Symphony. Especially crafted by Andrew Lloyd Webber and premiered in 2021, the LSO finishes the season with the stunning Symphonic Suites of the musicals, Evita and The Phantom of the Opera. The suites contain some of the best-loved music of the genre from truly iconic London West End and Broadway shows that ran for decades. You will not want to miss this incredibly special end to the season!

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Music of the Night

Callaway Auditorium

Guilt, grief, loss and the abuse of power in a powerfully personal story.
Weinberg’s 1968 opera The Passenger is based on a semi-autobiographical novel and stages the horrific and dehumanising behaviour of the guards at Auschwitz. It also refuses to allow these guards any kind of post-war redemption. The action alternates between an ocean liner in the post-war period and some scenes set in Auschwitz itself. Weinberg, who escaped Warsaw in 1939, lost most of his family in the concentration camp at Trawniki. Weinberg’s score is sometimes as tough and uncompromising as its story, but also contains moments of poignant tenderness. This performance by the CBSO Chorus conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla is guaranteed to be a remarkable, shattering experience.

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Daveda Karanas

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 2, 2027

Weinberg's The Passenger · City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Apr 29, 2025

Music of the Night · LaGrange Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Sea Pictures by Elgar

LaGrange Symphony Orchestra

Lisa in The Passenger by Weinberg

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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