Past Event

Mon, February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM

STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN & FINNEGAN DOWNIE DEAR

What Is the Word: Works by Bartók, Kurtág, and Schubert

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Pierre Boulez Saal

From January 2025, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden will present György Kurtág’s only opera Fin de partie, based on Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. During the run of performances, the Staatskapelle and a group of vocal soloists bring Kurtág’s 1990 Beckett homage What Is the Word to the Pierre Boulez Saal, continuing the annual tradition of the orchestra’s guest concerts. Kurtág’s fascinating score is framed by works of Béla Bartók and Franz Schubert. Young British conductor Finnegan Downie Dear, who led the Staatskapelle’s previous Pierre Boulez Saal appearance, returns to the podium.

Presented by the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in cooperation with the Pierre Boulez Saal.

Tickets are available exclusively from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden: staatsoper-berlin.de

Artists

Program

Béla Bartók
Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz 113
György Kurtág
Samuel Beckett: Mi is a szó / What Is the Word Op. 30b
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major D 485

EVENT TIMELINE

Bar opens
18:30
Hall opens
19:00
Start
19:30
Intermission
End
21:00
Bar closes
22:00
Times are approximate.

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