NY Phil: Rouvali Leads Julia Wolfe, Strauss, & Sibelius
$64-$180
- Miah Persson, soprano
- Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Richard Strauss — Vier letzte Lieder ("Four Last Songs"), Op. posth.
Jean Sibelius — Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conducts a program exploring the stages of life. Julia Wolfe calls music her fountain of youth, and her piece by that name offers, writes the composer, "a rhythmic, high-energy swim." Soprano Miah Persson sings Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs, the composer's farewell to his life and artistic journey. Sibelius's Fifth, commissioned to celebrate his 50th birthday, ends in staggering triumph.
Runs Nov. 7-12.
About Miah Persson, soprano
Swedish soprano Miah Persson is one of the world's principal Mozart interpreters, having left a lasting legacy on lyric soprano roles for which she has become most celebrated: the Mozart roles of Susanna and Zerlina (in Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Cosi fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), and the Contessa (The Marriage of Figaro), as well as Sophie (Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier), and Poppea (Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea).
https://www.nyphil.org/about-us/artists/miah-persson/Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
10 Lincoln Center PlazaNew York, NY 10023
United States
https://www.lincolncenter.org/venue/david-geffen-hall/s/Wu%20Tsai%20Theater