Name: Zubin Mehta Conducts Gurrelieder
Start: 2024-12-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Walt Disney Concert Hall

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LA Phil

Conductor

Zubin Mehta

Orchestra

Others

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Chorus master

Grant Gershon

Jenny Wong

Singer

Soprano

Christine Goerke

Tove

Tenor

Brandon Jovanovich

Waldemar

Mezzo-soprano

Violeta Urmana

Waldtaube

Gerhard Siegel

Klaus-Narr

Spoken

Dietrich Henschel

Narrator

Zubin Mehta Conducts Gurrelieder

Los Angeles

United States

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Public

Gurre-Lieder

Rahul Solomon

Approved

Zubin Mehta Conducts Gurrelieder: Gurre-Lieder Schoenberg, Arnold

Gurrelieder’s lush Romantic atmosphere, hyper-emotional language, endless melody, and sprawling scale bring to mind names like Wagner or Mahler. Arnold Schoenberg composed the cantata as a monument to late Romantic style before landing on his expressionist style that helped set off a musical revolution in the 20th century. Gurrelieder’s massive scale—calling for five soloists, multiple choirs, a narrator, and gargantuan orchestra—has made it a rarely performed but beloved masterpiece. Equally rare are conductors who know how to navigate the piece, and LA Phil Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta is an expert in revealing the operatic emotion and architecture of Gurrelieder having conducted the LA Phil premiere, recording it multiple times, and choosing it for his final concert as NY Phil Music Director. Don’t miss this special opportunity to experience Mehta return to one of his signature pieces with the epic and poetic Gurrelieder.

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Cast

Crew

Ensemble