- Concert
- 19–21 oct 2018, Main Stage.
- 2 hours and 15 minutes, including 1 interval.
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Ensemble
The Bells
- Conductor
- Karen Kamensek
- Soprano
- Annalena Persson
- Tenor
- Tomas Lind
- Baritone
- Mats Persson
- The Göteborg Opera Chorus
- The Göteborg Opera Orchestra
Carmina Burana
- Conductor
- Karen Kamensek
- Soprano
- Mia Karlsson
- Tenor
- Daniel Ralphsson
- Baritone
- Daniel Hällström
- The Göteborg Opera Chorus
- The Göteborg Opera Youth Choir
- The Göteborg Opera Orchestra
Tickets SEK 100–395. Included in the Weekday subcriptions, and can be selected in the Your Choice subscription.
The Bells & Carmina Burana
Powerful choral pieces by Rachmaninov and Orff.
The Bells
Choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943). Based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe and translated into Russian by Konstantin Balmont. Sung in Russian with Swedish surtitles.
Carmina Burana
Cantata by Carl Orff (1895–1982) based on 24 profane medieval poems.
Sung in Latin, German and French with Swedish surtitles.
Based on a symbolist translation of text by Edgar Allan Poe, The Bells describes everything from wedding bells to bells sounding the alarm in war. To this text Rachmaninoff composed a fascinating, harsh piece of late Romantic music with medieval Gregorian chant as its overriding theme. Brilliant, enigmatic and bitter-sweet.
Carmina Burana is a cornucopia filled to the brim with life’s suffering, humor, drunkenness, love and spirituality — all overseen by the merciless judgment of Fortune. The tone ranges from gossamer light to rampantly raucous, and its most famous section is the colossal O Fortuna.
These impressive works will be conducted by Karen Kamensek, who was here last for Carmen during season 2016/2017.
Two performances only, 19 & 21 October 2018
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