Gurrelieder with radio choir

The program features Arnold Schoenberg's monumental "Gurre-Lieder" – a work that marks the culmination of his early, late-Romantic oeuvre, combining influences from Mahler, Wagner, and Strauss. It is based on the poem by Danish author Jan Peter Jacobsen, which tells the tragic love story of King Waldemar and his lover Tove, who meets a fatal end due to the queen's jealousy.


The Deutsche Oper is responsible for the five solo parts with singers from its own ensemble, including tenor David Butt Philip as "Waldemar." Jeremy Bines is in charge of rehearsing the chorus.


Cast

• Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
  
• Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
  
• David Butt Philip, Tenor (Waldemar)
  
• Felicia Moore, Soprano (Tove)
  
• Annika Schlicht, Mezzo-Soprano (The Wood Pigeon)
  
• Thomas Lehman, Baritone (Klaus-Fool)
  
• Thomas Blondelle, Tenor (Farmer)
  
• Choir of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
  
• Jeremy Bines, Choral Director
  
• Berlin Radio Choir
  
• Justus Barleben, Choral Director