Name: Aurora Marthens
Start: 2025-07-27T18:00:00
Location: Monrepos Lakeside Palace

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Aurora Marthens

Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele

In her early 30s, soprano Aurora Marthens is no newcomer to the classical music world; after all, she has been a member of the Vienna State Opera ensemble since 2022 and already counts numerous performances and awards to her resume. However, the second prize and the Audience Award at the 2024 ARD Music Competition pave the way for the Finnish singer to greater international success. With her radiant presence and voluminous voice, she has already brought operatic roles by Wagner and Richard Strauss, among others, to the stage in concerts in Palermo, Helsinki, and Vienna; she will also bring some of these large-scale arias to the Schlossfestspiele and complement them with heartfelt, romantic song compositions by Wagner, Strauss, and her compatriot Sibelius. The "Four Last Songs," which Strauss wrote a year before his death, are particularly captivating with their lyrical exploration of life, farewell, and death. Three of the four songs were based on poems by Hermann Hesse. The particularly moving song "At Sleep" lets the soul "float in free flight, to live deeply and a thousandfold in the magic circle of the night."