Salzburg Festival 2025 - One Morning Turns into an Eternity
Spiritual Opening • Fatum
Since 2012, the Ouverture Spirituelle has dedicated itself to the centuries-old tradition of sacred music during the first days of the Salzburg Festival. In addition to a thematic focus, these concerts are closely linked in content to the overall program.
Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951): Expectation
Monodrama in one act for soprano and orchestra op. 17 (composed 1909, premiered 1924)
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911): The Farewell
for alto and orchestra, from Das Lied von der Erde (composed 1908, premiered 1911)
Cast:
Expectation: Ausrine Stundyte, A Woman
The Farewell: Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Alto