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© Julia Wesely
Jonas Kaufmann, Diana Damrau, Helmut Deutsch
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She is regarded as the "Queen of Coloratura," he as the "King of Tenors." When they share the stage, it becomes truly regal. "An evening of songs of a very special class," judges ARD. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and soprano Diana Damrau have once again created a song recital about love—featuring works by Mahler and Strauss.
With his romantic settings of poems from Achim von Arnim's and Clemens Brentano's collection "Des Knaben Wunderhorn," Gustav Mahler created a poetically inspiring reflection of life. Several songs are designed as a dialogue between man and woman. This draws on the traditional style of the ballad with its own unique way of presentation: to tell a story and bring it to life.
Duets and solo songs, alternately interpreted by these two audience favorites, tell of longing, love, and sorrow—and showcase how well Kaufmann and Damrau harmonize not just vocally. They are supported by Jonas Kaufmann's long-time accompanist, the brilliant "piano wizard Helmut Deutsch, whom many lieder singers swear by" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).
Program and cast
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Diana Damrau, soprano
Helmut Deutsch, piano
Programme
Gustav Mahler
Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Selection)
Richard Strauss
Selected Love Songs
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany. Home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the building is acclaimed for both its acoustics and its architecture.
The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall, an area that for decades suffered from isolation and drabness but that today offers ideal centrality, greenness, and accessibility. Its cross street and postal address is Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the orchestra's longest-serving principal conductor. The neighborhood, often dubbed the Kulturforum, can be reached on foot from the Potsdamer Platz station.
Actually a two-venue facility with connecting lobby, the Philharmonie comprises a Großer Saal of 2,440 seats for orchestral concerts and a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal, of 1,180 seats. Though conceived together, the smaller venue was added only in the 1980s.
By subway (U-Bahn):
Lines U2 (Bahnhöfe Potsdamer Platz or MendelssohnBartholdy-Park)
By city train (S-Bahn):
Lines S1, S2, S25 (Potsdamer Platz)
By regional train:
Lines RE3, RE4, RE5 (Potsdamer Platz)
By bus directly to the Philharmonie:
Lines 200 (Philharmonie), M48, M85 (Kulturforum or Varian-Fry-Straße),
Further bus lines: M29 (Potsdamer Brücke), M41 (Potsdamer Platz)
By car:
A limited number of parking spaces are available on the Philharmonie property. Please use the parking garages under the Sony Center and under the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden (Entrance at Reichpietschufer).
By bycicle:
A limited number of bycicle stands are available on front and behind the Philharmonie. Additional stands can be found in front of the State Library (Staatsbibliothek) across the street.
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