Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin – Opera concert with Klaus Florian Vogt

Richard Wagner’s music, in which the orchestra itself becomes the great narrator, unfolds an impressive world of sound at the Konzerthaus Berlin alongside works by Carl Maria von Weber and Franz Lehár: a musical cathedral brimming with drama, longing and grandeur.

Ulf Schirmer conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Klaus Florian Vogt already shares a special Wagnerian history with this orchestra: in 2012, he sang a deeply moving Lohengrin as part of the major Wagner cycle conducted by Marek Janowski and recorded on CD.

Programme

Richard Wagner

‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ – Prelude to Act 1

Richard Wagner

‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’ WWV 96, ‘Fanget an!’ – Walther’s courtship song (Act 1, Scene 3)

Carl Maria von Weber

‘Der Freischütz’, ‘No, I shall bear these torments no longer’ / ‘Through the woods, through the meadows’ – Max’s scene and aria (Act 1)

Carl Maria von Weber

‘Der Freischütz’ – Overture to the Romantic opera

Richard Wagner

‘Parsifal’ WWV 111, ‘Amfortas, the wound!’ – Parsifal’s lament (Act 2)

Richard Wagner

‘Parsifal’ WWV 111, ‘Only one weapon will do’ – Parsifal’s realisation (Act 3)

Richard Wagner

“Lohengrin” WWV 75 – Prelude to Act 3

Richard Wagner

‘Lohengrin’ WWV 75, ‘In a distant land, beyond your reach’ – Lohengrin’s Grail tale (Act 3)

Richard Wagner

“Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest at Wartburg” WWV 70, Overture (Dresden version)

Richard Wagner

‘Tannhäuser and the Singers’ Contest at Wartburg’ WWV 70, ‘Inbrunst im Herzen’ – Tannhäuser’s tale of Rome (Act 3)

Franz Lehár

‘Friederike’, ‘O Mädchen, mein Mädchen’ – Goethe’s aria (Act 2)

Franz Lehár

‘Giuditta’, ‘Friends, life is worth living’ – Octavio’s aria (Act 1)

Cast

Ulf Schirmer – Conductor

Klaus Florian Vogt – tenor

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra