Récital Stéphane Degout by Various, De (2017/2017), Opéra Nouvel de Lyon, Lyon, France

For his return to the stage of the Opéra de Lyon, which saw his debut as a member of the Troupe, the singer Stéphane Degout imagines a journey bringing together melodies and lieder by Gabriel Fauré and Johannes Brahms. These pieces, composed in the seventies and eighties of the 19th century, are matched by a magnificent cycle of lieder by Robert Schumann, on poems by Justinus Kerner. The twelve lieder of opus 35 were conceived in 1840, the famous year of the lieder, during which Schumann, triumphing over the resistance of his father, finally married Clara Wieck and let his joy burst forth by conceiving a large part of his vocal work.