08.01.2020

Valery Gergiev will be conducting Lohengrin at the Wiener Staatsoper

In January, Valery Gergiev will be running a series of performances in Vienna – one of the world’s oldest music capitals. The maestro will conduct Wagner’s opera Lohengrin at the Wiener Staatsoper and present a series of concerts with the Wiener Philharmoniker.

On 9, 12, 16 and 19 January at the Wiener Staatsoper under the baton of Valery Gergiev there will be performances of Lohengrin (production by Andreas Homoki). The 2014 staging is a co-production with the Opernhaus Zürich where Homoki is Intendant. An impressive international cast has been assembled for this latest series of performances in Vienna: the title role will be performed by famed Polish tenor Piotr Beczała, the role of Elsa by young Swedish soprano Cornelia Beskow and the role of Ortrud by Linda Watson, one of America’s leading Wagnerian sopranos. Friedrich of Telramund will be sung by Latvian bass-baritone Egils Siliņš, who currently directs the Latvian National Opera, while renowned Estonian bass Ain Anger will be appearing as Heinrich der Vogler. The collaboration between Valery Gergiev and the Wiener Staatsoper has lasted for many years now. On numerous occasions the maestro has appeared with the theatre’s orchestra on tour, several years ago conducting the ensemble in a production of Parsifal at the Salzburg festival and, last season, this grandiose stage mystery was conducted by him at the Wiener Staatsoper.
Continuing the Vienna concert series, Valery Gergiev will be appearing with the Wiener Philharmoniker. On 10, 11 and 12 January at the Goldener Saal of the Musikverein and on 14 January at the Großer Saal of the Konzerthaus the programmes will feature works by Russian composers: Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony (Winter Dreams) and Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic suite Schéhérazade.
After the close of the series of performances in Vienna, Valery Gergiev will continue to tour in Europe with the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Rotterdam Philharmonic.

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