Weinberg: Die Passagierin / Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

In the organizer's words:

A sung culture of remembrance

"Weinberg's music opens up worlds to the listener that tell of human experiences and much more and, above all, are deeply moving. That's what makes them true masterpieces for me." Right at the start of her international career, Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytè-Tyla attracted attention with performances and recordings of works by Mieczysław Weinberg and made a significant contribution to the rediscovery of the Polish composer. His opera "The Passenger", which Shostakovich described as a "masterfully completed work", deals impressively with the Holocaust and repression in the post-war period. "I've known for several years that Weinberg is part of my life's work. And yet I am struck dumb with amazement every time I am allowed to really knead a work of his and hear what it contains and what a gift this music is," says the conductor. The opera, which was banned by the Soviet censors when it was written in the 1960s, was first staged in Bregenz in 2010. And with resounding effect: the story of a concentration camp guard who emigrates to Brazil in 1960 and is overtaken by her past on the crossing has impressed and overwhelmed audiences ever since.

Cast

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

CBSO Chorus

Daveda KaranasLisa

Nikolai SchukoffWalter

Adrienn MikschMartha

Iurii SamoilovTadeusz

Anna Gorbachyova-OgilvieKatja

Lidia Vinyes CurtisKrzystina

Marta Fontanals-SimmonsVlasta

Shay BlockHannah

Liuba SokolovaBronka

Olivia DorayYvette

Helen FieldAlte

Géraldine DulexChief supervisor and Kapo

Hrólfur SæmundssonThree SS men

Marcell BakonyiThree SS men

Albert CasalsThree SS-Men

ConductorMirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Program

Mieczysław Weinberg
The Passenger / Opera in two acts op. 97

Concert performance with German surtitles
The concert takes place with an intermission.

Venue: Elbphilharmonie / Great Hall

Organizer: HamburgMusik