René Pape: Summer 2009
This summer, German basso
René Pape appears at several of the most prestigious European music festivals –
including Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein, Switzerland’s Verbier, and Austria’s
Salzburg. On July 20, Pape
portrays Leporello in a concert performance of Don Giovanni at the Verbier Festival, and on the 21st
he participates in a gala concert with colleagues Bryn Terfel, Thomas
Quasthoff, Vadim Repin, Mischa Maisky, and Lang-Lang. A week later he sings in the Salzburg Festival’s performance
of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with Paavo Järvi conducting the Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie.
On August 29, Pape portrays
King Marke in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde on opening night of the Berlin State Opera “Unter den Linden” for his
home company’s 2009-10 season.
Soon after, he departs for Tokyo with the orchestra and chorus of
Milan’s La Scala. There he’ll give
five performances as King Philip II – like King Marke, a signature role – in
Verdi’s Don Carlo under Daniele
Gatti, and reprise the Verdi Requiem under Daniel Barenboim, having opened his summer season with an
unprecedented performance of the work in Tel Aviv, with La Scala forces on
their first visit to Israel.
René Pape, film star
Two years ago Pape played
both Sarastro and the Speaker in Kenneth Branagh’s poignant film version of
Mozart’s Magic Flute, set in
World War I – now set for U.S. distribution. This year Pape is recording Carl Maria von Weber’s
ur-Romantic opera Der Freischütz
for a film soundtrack in the authentic setting of Schloss Moritzburg in
Dresden, Saxony – the region from which the opera – like Pape himself –
originated.
René Pape: Summer 2009
engagements
July
20
Verbier,
Switzerland: Don Giovanni (Leporello)
Honeck
July
21
Verbier,
Switzerland
Gala
with Mischa Maisky, Lang-Lang, Thomas Quasthoff, Vadim Repin, Bryn Terfel
July
29
Salzburg
Festival
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 9
Deutsche
Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Järvi
August
29
Berlin
State Opera season opening
Wagner:
Tristan und Isolde (King Marke)
Barenboim
September
8, 12, 13, 15, 17
Tokyo,
Japan
Verdi:
Don Carlo (Philip II)
Teatro
alla Scala di Milano / Gatti
September
10
Tokyo,
Japan
Verdi:
Requiem
Teatro
alla Scala di Milano / Barenboim
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