Program Mezzo

Claudio Abbado 10 years after

Born in the United States, Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer and guitarist with an unclassifiable style and an exceptional artistic personality, carried by a voice that is both soft and husky, with blues and folk accents. After spending part of her childhood in the United States, she moved to France as a teenager where she joined her first jazz bands. An atypical artist, she performs a lot in the street while participating in festivals and creating her own albums. In 2004, she had an international success with Careless Love. Other albums have been released since, including the recent Anthem (2018), the title of which is taken from a Leonard Cohen song.

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor) The choir of the music-oriented classes of Puolala School Marie Lambert-Le Bihan (stage director) John Torres (lighting designer) Charles Ives 1874–1954 The Unanswered Question Rachel Portman 1960– The First Morning of the World Gustav Mahler 1860–1911 Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft (from Rückert-Lieder) Marco Uccellini ca. 1603–1680 Sinfonia terza (a cinque stromenti) op. 7 Biagio Marini 1594–1663 Con le stelle in Ciel che mai (from Scherzi e canzone op. 5) Josef Mysliveček 1737–1781 Toglierò le sponde al mare (from the oratorio ‘Adamo ed Eva’) Giovanni Valentini 1582–1649 Sonata enharmonica Francesco Cavalli 1602–1676 Piante ombrose (from the opera ‘La Calisto’) Christoph Willibald Gluck 1714–1787 Danza degli spettri e delle furie: Allegro non troppo | Recitativo accompagnato: Misera, dove son! | Aria: Ah! non son io che parlo (from the opera ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’) George Frideric Handel 1685–1759 As with rosy steps the morn (from the oratorio ‘Theodora’) Gustav Mahler 1860–1911 Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert-Lieder) Turku, Concert Hall (Turku Music Festival), 29 August 2024

Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Ludovic Tézier (baritone) Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Jochen Rieder (Conductor) Giuseppe Verdi 1813 - 1901 La forza del destino : Oberture - Solenne in quest’ora - Morir! Tremenda cosa - La vita è inferno all‘infelice Invano Alvaro ti celasti al mondo I vespri siciliani : Oberture Amilcare Ponchielli 1834 - 1886 La Gioconda : Enzo Grimaldi, Principe di Santafior - Danza delle ore - Cielo e mar Giuseppe Verdi Otello : Credo in un Dio crudel - Tu? Indietro! Directed by Andreas Morell Baden-Baden, Festspielhaus, 8 January 2023