1001 Nacht

In the organizer's words:

Program
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
(Fugue and Toccata orchestrated by Gianluca Cascioli)
1914-17

Hector Berlioz
Les nuits d'été op. 7
1841

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Symphonic Suite from
One Thousand and One Nights op. 35
1888

Cast
Christian Gerhaher Baritone
Riccardo Minasi Conductor

A good cliffhanger is the most important thing: only those who are almost bursting with suspense at the end of a story will stay on the ball and want to know what happens next as quickly as possible. Directors of soaps and series use this trick, which they may have copied from Scheherazade: A Persian king has married her for a day and a night, after which she is supposed to die. With imagination and cleverly placed cliffhangers, Scheherazade tells the king of 1001 nights of sailors, princesses, murders, miracles and, of course, great love. A life-saving recipe for success, as will be revealed at the end. In his world-famous symphonic poem based on motifs from Scheherazade's collection of stories, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov makes the sea roar and the stars twinkle in the desert sky - so beautiful that you could also listen to 2001 Night. It is not Scheherazade, but star baritone Christian Gerhaher who sings of longing, twilight and death - without any cliffhangers in Hector Berlioz.

Price information:

Young adults: 9€ tickets (small contingent)