In the organizer's words:
Opera
The great soprano returns to Mannheim
In German
Diana Damrau began her international career in Mannheim. As a young singer, she was able to explore a wide variety of roles at the National Theater and build a repertoire that prepared her for the world’s greatest stages. Now the celebrated soprano returns for a recital—with a program that explores experiences of nature and images of nature from a Romantic perspective. The focus is on selected songs by Franz Schubert: from the luminous, hopeful “Gott im Frühling” to the dreamy “Nachtviolen” and “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen.” Louis Spohr’s “Six German Songs,” Op. 103, and Franz Lachner’s “Seit ich ihn gesehen,” Op. 82, expand the program to include further facets of Romantic sentiment. The evening takes on a special tonal quality thanks to one of Gustav Mahler’s most heartfelt and at the same time most ambiguous songs: “Das himmlische Leben” paints a picture of a childlike vision of paradise. Another rarity is the “Heitere Herbarium,” with which Hermann Prey already celebrated great success in the 1950s. Diana Damrau will perform the concert together with clarinetist Andreas Schablas and Helmut Deutsch, one of the most significant lieder pianists of our time, who will also inaugurate the National Theater’s new Steinway D grand piano on this occasion.
The great soprano returns to Mannheim
In German
Diana Damrau began her international career in Mannheim. As a young singer, she was able to explore a wide variety of roles at the National Theater and build a repertoire that prepared her for the world’s greatest stages. Now the celebrated soprano returns for a recital—with a program that explores experiences of nature and images of nature from a Romantic perspective. The focus is on selected songs by Franz Schubert: from the luminous, hopeful “Gott im Frühling” to the dreamy “Nachtviolen” and “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen.” Louis Spohr’s “Six German Songs,” Op. 103, and Franz Lachner’s “Seit ich ihn gesehen,” Op. 82, expand the program to include further facets of Romantic sentiment. The evening takes on a special tonal quality thanks to one of Gustav Mahler’s most heartfelt and at the same time most ambiguous songs: “Das himmlische Leben” paints a picture of a childlike vision of paradise. Another rarity is the “Heitere Herbarium,” with which Hermann Prey already celebrated great success in the 1950s. Diana Damrau will perform the concert together with clarinetist Andreas Schablas and Helmut Deutsch, one of the most significant lieder pianists of our time, who will also inaugurate the National Theater’s new Steinway D grand piano on this occasion.
