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)
interval
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)
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.
Conductor: Ádám Fischer
bass-baritone - Bryn Terfel
Featuring: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
Photo: © Mitch Jenkins, Deutsche Grammophon
