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© Mitch Jenkins, Deutsche Grammophon
Bryn Terfel Sings Wagner Arias
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 August 2027 | ||||||
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Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
Budapest Wagner Days
The Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is one of the greatest opera singers of our time. His versatility is legendary: he sings everything from Mozart and Puccini to hit musicals. He also gives song recitals and performs in oratorical works. Having given us several chances to hear him at Müpa Budapest before, this time he is coming as a guest of the Budapest Wagner Days festival purely to evoke extraordinary moments from the great German composer's operas. Coming to life in his voice will be four different roles, four different personalities: Hans Sachs from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wolfram von Eschenbach from Tannhäuser, Wotan from Die Walküre, and the doomed mariner from Der fliegende Holländer. There will also be some orchestral excerpts by Wagner to round out the programme.
Program and cast
Conductor: Ádám Fischer
bass-baritone: Bryn Terfel
Featuring: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Program
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - overture
- Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - "Was duftet doch der Flieder” (Hans Sachs's monologue from Act 2)
- Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - overture
- Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer - "Die Frist ist um” (the Dutchman's monologue from Act 1)
- Wagner: Tannhäuser - overture
- Wagner: Tannhäuser - "Wie Todesahnung... O du, mein holder Abendstern” (Wolfram's Song to the Evening Star from Act 3)
- Wagner: Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries
- Wagner: Die Walküre - "Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind!” (Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music from Act 3)
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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