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Saturday 6 September Wellington Town Hall 8.00pm
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Bartok Bluebeard’s Castle
Marc Taddei ~ conductor
Margaret Medlyn ~ soprano
Paul Whelan ~ bass baritone
Aidan Lang ~ director
Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus ~ Michael Vinten music director
In association with
The NBR New Zealand Opera
Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, inscribed “to the glory of God” and described as “poems of exultation but also of anger and judgement”, integrates echoes of the Baroque world and a flash of the Rite of Spring into these deeply moving texts and simple sound world. Passion rules in Bluebeard’s Castle, Bartok’s only opera, a spell-binding, blood-stained drama about a young wife in a mysterious castle and the power and limitations of love. The soaring soprano of Margaret Medlyn as Judith will be coupled with the magnificent bass baritone voice of Paul Whelan as Bluebeard. Aidan Lang, General Director of The NBR New Zealand Opera, will bring this thrilling semi-staged folk tale to life and to its inevitable tragic end. This concert is a true tour de force. Sung in Hungarian with English surtitles.
Free pre-concert talk one hour prior to the performance
Ticket Information
Wellington Tickets from Ticketek $45 to $70 from 31 March Tel (04) 384 3840
(Service fee will apply)
Special Child/Student rates available at all centres
Discounted Tickets available now on subscription
With generous support from
   
Peter Diessl
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