Lied concert with Sarah Connolly

Date & Time

Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 19:00

Venue

Konserthuset Stockholm, The Grünewald Hall (Stockholm)

The highly acclaimed English mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly has held the title of Dame Sarah since 2017. Her opera career has been long and successful, spanning from the Baroque to contemporary repertoire. Among the many celebrated productions she has been involved in are Mozart's Titus at the English National Opera, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at La Scala in Milan, and Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.Alongside her opera career worldwide, art song has always been... Read full text

Keywords: Vocal Music

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Musicians

Sarah Connolly	Mezzo-Soprano
Magnus Svensson	Piano

Program

Three Songs op 10	Samuel Barber
Erwartung op 2:1	Arnold Schönberg
Schenk mir deinen goldenen Kamm op 2:2	Arnold Schönberg
Schlafen, schlafen	Alban Berg
From Hollywood Songs	Hanns Eisler
Glückwunsch	Erich Korngold
Sterbelied	Erich Korngold
Des Knaben Wunderhorn	Gustav Mahler
Märzveilchen	Robert Schumann
Muttertraum	Robert Schumann
Der Soldat	Robert Schumann
Der Spielmann	Robert Schumann
A Charm of Lullabies	Benjamin Britten

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