ACO Presents: Mahler's Song of the Earth - Melbourne Recital Centre

“Skelton brings a skein of bright-dark shades to a role that makes almost impossible demands of stamina and emotional intensity; he met them, impressively.” – The Guardian

Joining Tognetti and the ACO in Mahler’s Song of the Earth are Australian singers Stuart Skelton, one of the great heldentenors tenors of our time, and celebrated mezzo-soprano Catherine Carby. This is a rare chance to hear Skelton and Carby on their home stage, singing some of the most demanding music ever written for the human voice in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde. This is music that unflinchingly delves into our deepest selves, from darkness, light, cruelty, love, beauty and at last, catharsis.

Grammy-nominated Australian vocalist Stuart Skelton is one of the world’s great heldentenors (‘heroic tenors’), critically acclaimed for his outstanding musicianship, tonal beauty and intensely dramatic portrayals. He is in constant demand on concert stages around the world and has appeared with all the great orchestras and opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden. He is famed internationally for his interpretations of the notoriously demanding music of Wagner and Mahler.

PROGRAM

RICHARD WAGNER Siegfried Idyll ALMA MAHLER-WERFEL (arr. David Matthews) Laue Sommernacht; Die stille Stadt; Bei dir ist es traut (world premiere of new arrangements)* GUSTAV MAHLER (arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Rainer Riehn) Das Lied von der Erde