Marek Janowski: Wagner Cycle in Berlin 2010-2013
Marek Janowski will present a series of concert performances in Berlin with Wagner's most important operas between November 2010 and May 2013.
Der fliegende Holländer
2010
13 November: Der fliegende Holländer
2011
8 April: Parsifal
3 June: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
12 November: Lohengrin
2012
27 March: Tristan und Isolde
5 May: Tannhäuser
22 November: Das Rheingold
24 November: Die Walküre
2013
1 March: Siegfried
15 March: Götterdämmerung
With Richard Wagner’s opera Der fliegende Holländer, the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB) and Marek Janowski begin their series featuring concert performances of the ten most important of Wagner’s works for the stage on 13 November, 2010. An international elite of Wagner singers including, among others, Matti Salminen, Nina Stemme, Albert Dohmen, Christian Elsner, Ricarda Merbeth, Robert Dean Smith and Stephen Gould will be performing at the Berlin Philharmonie between November 2010 and May 2013.
Parsifal and Meistersinger
Under the direction of Marek Janowski, the RSB will also perform the operatic works Parsifal (April 8, 2011) and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (June 3, 2011) together with the Rundfunkchor Berlin during the 2010/11 season. It is the objective of the RSB’s principal conductor and artistic director, Marek Janowski, to convey to the audience the high musical quality of Wagner’s compositions in the absence of scenic interpretation, focusing on the music alone.
Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, Lohengrin and the Ring
The concert cycle will be continued in 2011/12 with Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde and Lohengrin. The performance of the complete opera tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen during the 2012/13 season marks the highpoint of the series, in honor of Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday.
Marek Janowski has been leading the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin since 2002. As the oldest German radio-owned orchestra, the RSB’s founding goes back to the first hour of German radio in October 1923.
The Rundfunkchor Berlin is one of the leading choral ensembles worldwide. Recognized with Grammy Awards in 2008 and in 2009, the Rundfunkchor took to the stage of the French opera festival in Aix-en-Provence for the first time in 2009, in the Götterdämmerung.
Ticket sales: Tickets for Wagner opera performances will go on sale as of June 1 for each season respectively. Tickets may be reserved in advance upon written request.
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