Neujahrsglanz – Strauß & Puccini

Neujahrsglanz – Strauß & Puccini

Waltzes, polkas, blissful operetta charm, sparkling like champagne: this is what the Viennese masters from the great Strauss family and Franz Lehár stand for. Atmospheric opera moments by contemporary Giacomo Puccini introduce the gala, before the imaginary curtain opens to forays through operetta classics such as "The Merry Widow", "Giuditta" and "Die Fledermaus". Waltzes and fast polkas provide the furious finale. The star guest is Polish soprano Magdalena Lucjan, who studied in Vienna.

Puccini – Messa di Gloria

The fourth symphony concert, concluding the Puccini Year 2024, focuses entirely on the Italian composer's work, featuring rare instrumental pieces like the "Preludio sinfonico" and "Capriccio sinfonico." These works, composed during his studies, hint at his future operatic style. The concert also includes his "Messa di Gloria," a masterpiece blending orchestral splendor, operatic melodies, and sacred music.

Puccini – Messa di Gloria

The fourth symphony concert, concluding the Puccini Year 2024, focuses entirely on the Italian composer's work, featuring rare instrumental pieces like the "Preludio sinfonico" and "Capriccio sinfonico." These works, composed during his studies, hint at his future operatic style. The concert also includes his "Messa di Gloria," a masterpiece blending orchestral splendor, operatic melodies, and sacred music.

Opera Classics: Verdi, Puccini, Bizet and Lehár

Renée Fleming sings Strauss

It always feels good to make music with friends – and when that friend is soprano Renée Fleming, you just know that something extra-special is on the cards. No introduction is required for one of the LPO’s best-loved guests, the American soprano whose personality lights up the world’s greatest stages and whose voice has been compared to double cream. ‘Unforgettable’ was how one critic described her 2022 Gala with the LPO, and tonight she returns to sing Richard Strauss’s radiant Four Last Songs. Music that never grows old, sung by one of the supreme voices of our time.

Strauss 200 – All Waltz!

Johann Strauss (son) was born into a musical family near Vienna on 25 October 1825 and became the first pop star in music history during his lifetime as the »Waltz King«. To mark his 200th birthday, the Kölner Männer-Gesang-Verein (KMGV) and the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra will be presenting original works for male choir by Johann Strauss (son) as well as his world-famous super hits and the most beautiful and lively melodies of his Viennese contemporaries – and of course a waltz or two... Following the performance of the world-famous »Fledermaus« as a Cologne musical at the Divertissementchen 2025 and two major concerts in Cologne in the summer, the KMGV will be returning to Hamburg for the first time since 2011. Together with the Symphoniker Hamburg, it builds a bridge between Rhenish joie de vivre, Viennese waltz bliss and Hanseatic cosmopolitanism.

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

The Hamburg University of Music and Theatre Symphony Orchestra.

KCOV Amsterdam: a musical tribute to Puccini and Fauré

The Concertgebouw is right at the heart of Dutch music. That is why we love to welcome the best amateur orchestras and choirs of the Netherlands. To an amateur musician a performance at the Concertgebouw is always special, often marking the end of an extensive period of rehearsals. Please note: although these concerts are of a high standard, they are not performed by professional ensembles.

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