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Ring ohne Worte

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Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert Mei-Ann Chen fulfils a wish of her heart: she conducts Richard Wagner sieht mit ernstem Gesicht in die Kamera Richard Wagner's "Ring des Nibelungen" in orchestral cross-section without singing voices - the master's leitmotifs tell the story even without words.

Programme

What to expect:

Richard Wagner: The Ring Without Words

Cast

Recreation - Das Orchester

die Mitglieder von Recreation auf der Stiege im Grazer Congress
© Werner Kmetitsch
Orchestra

Recreation is special in many ways: consisting of musicians whose nationalities range from Japan to Venezuela, most of the members received part of their training in Graz. After its formation in 2002, the collective has played in unique halls such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt and has worked with outstanding conductors.

Mei-Ann Chen

Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert
© Nikola Milatovic
Conductor

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the US since 1989 and holds a doctorate in music (conducting) and a master’s degree in violin performance. One of America’s most promising young conductors, she was the first woman to win the Malko International Conductors Competition and has been appointed chief conductor of Recreation Graz beginning fall 2021.

Ursula Strauss

Porträt Ursula Strauss
© Werner Kmetitsch
Actress

Even as a child, she felt more comfortable on the stage than in real life. At least since her role as a sharp-witted TV detective in ‘Schnell ermittelt’, the Melk-born actress has been one of Austria's most popular TV faces. Her acting has already been honoured five times with a Romy, the German Film Critics' Award, the Austrian Film Prize and at the Diagonale.

Thomas Höft

Portrait von Thomas Höft, Dramaturg der Styriarte
© Werner Kmetitsch
Dramatic adviser

Seit 1994 prägen seine Ideen und Erzählungen das Antlitz und die DNA des Hauses Styriarte entscheidend mit. Neben der Dramaturgie, in der sein unkonventioneller Expertensinn für Musikgeschichte(n) immer neue Überraschungen aufspürt, ist der 1961 geborene Niedersachse auch Autor und Regisseur mit europaweitem Wirkungskreis.

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Content

Mei-Ann Chen has her heart‘s desire:

She conducts “The Ring of the Nibelung” by Richard Wagner as a cross-section of the operas and without voices. Lorin Maazel was not the only one who was of the opinion that the “Ring” sounded even more magical without heroic tenors. The score is full of superlative orchestral favourites: from the waves of the Rhine to the entry of the Gods into Valhalla; from the ride of the Walkyries to the magic fire; from the forest weaving to Siegfried’s death.

Prices: EUR 64 / 53 / 42 / 30 / 19

Discounts:
U27: 50% off for all younger than 27

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