This extraordinary opera by Carnegie Hall’s Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair (based on Dante’s Divine Comedy) combines “complexity, intellectualism, horror, beauty, multi-layering, allusions, historical and mythological references, and, above all, irony,” says Andriessen. The Los Angeles Times found it to be full of humor, along with “terrible fury” and “ravishing grace.”
Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Louis Andriessen in conversation with Jeremy Geffen, Director of Artistic Planning, Carnegie Hall.
Asko | Schoenberg
Reinbert de Leeuw, Conductor
Claron McFadden, Voice
Jeroen Willems, Voice
Marcel Beekman, Voice
Cristina Zavalloni, Voice
Synergy Vocals
The Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun, Director
LOUIS ANDRIESSEN
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La Commedia (concert version, US Premiere)
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