Elias by Mendelssohn, Fra (2016/2016), Dirigent Matthew Halls, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

Mendelssohn's stirring oratorio, a milestone in the composer's oeuvre, opens the 2016-17 season. Florian Boesch, to whom the Wiener Konzerthaus is dedicating a portrait-series this year, leads us through the Old Testament epic as the eponymous prophet. The cast also features such extraordinary singers as Marlis Petersen and Michael Schade. For the first time, the young British conductor Matthew Halls, whose interpretation of Handel's "Solomon" earned glowing praise at the Osterklang Festival in 2013, will conduct the Wiener Symphoniker in these concerts. Please note: This concert is presented as part of a cooperation between the Wiener Symphoniker and the Wiener Konzerthaus Society.