Elektra at the Deutsche Oper
On February 21 and 27, David Afkham returns to the pit of Berlin’s Deutsche Oper to conduct Richard Strauss’ one-act tragedy, Elektra. Catherine Foster sings the title role, Karita Mattila {…}
On February 21 and 27, David Afkham returns to the pit of Berlin’s Deutsche Oper to conduct Richard Strauss’ one-act tragedy, Elektra. Catherine Foster sings the title role, Karita Mattila {…}
On February 6, 7 and 8, David Afkham conducts in Madrid once again, in a program featuring Turina, Schumann, Richard Strauss and de Falla. Pablo Ferrández will be the soloist in {…}
The classic Greek myth of the nymph Daphne, who rejects Apollo’s advances and metamorphoses into a tree, was adapted into an opera by Richard Strauss and premiered in 1938. David Afkham makes his debut at Seattle Opera, conducting a concert version of the work on January 16 and 18. The cast features {…}
On November 28, 29 and 30, David Afkham leads the Orquesta Nacional de España in an emotional program, featuring Mahler’s Blumine, and the Adagio from Symphony No. 10. His first symphony would have had five movements if its composer had not removed the second—Blumine, florid—after 1894. His last symphony, on {…}
On October 24, 25, and 26, David Afkham makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Sergey Khachatryan. The second half of the program showcases Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8, a piece composed in troubled times, and sure to resonate with today’s audiences. He then travels to Minnesota {…}
On October 3 and 5, David Afkham leads two concert performances of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck at the Sala Sinfónica in Madrid. Premiered in Berlin in 1925, more than a social drama or an anti-war statement, Wozzeck is a descent into the abyss of the human condition, captured in a score in which the echoes {…}