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LA Phil

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Zubin Mehta

Orchestra

Chorus

Los Angeles Master Chorale

Chorusmaster

Conductor (+4)

Grant Gershon

Conductor (+2)

Jenny Wong

Soprano (+3)

Christine Goerke

Tove

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Violeta Urmana

Waldtaube

Tenor (+3)

Gerhard Siegel

Klaus-Narr

Baritone (+9)

Dietrich Henschel

Narrator

Baritone (+3)

Gabriel Manro

Peasant

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Tenor

John Matthew Myers

Waldemar

Gurrelieder’s lush Romantic atmosphere, hyper-emotional language, endless melody, and sprawling scale bring to mind names like Wagner or Mahler. Arnold Schoenberg composed the cantata as a monument to late Romantic style before landing on his expressionist style that helped set off a musical revolution in the 20th century. Gurrelieder’s massive scale—calling for five soloists, multiple choirs, a narrator, and gargantuan orchestra—has made it a rarely performed but beloved masterpiece. Equally rare are conductors who know how to navigate the piece, and LA Phil Conductor Emeritus Zubin Mehta is an expert in revealing the operatic emotion and architecture of Gurrelieder having conducted the LA Phil premiere, recording it multiple times, and choosing it for his final concert as NY Phil Music Director. Don’t miss this special opportunity to experience Mehta return to one of his signature pieces with the epic and poetic Gurrelieder.

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