Organization

Kansas City Symphony

Dirigat

Michael Stern

Orchestra

Sänger

Joyce DiDonato

Voice

Masterworks & Ovation Series

Kansas City

Vereinigte Staaten

Public

The Unanswered Question

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Die Fledermaus

Genehmigt

Accordionist

Instrument

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Andere

Bühnenbild

Chor

Chordirektion

Choreographie

Chorus Director

Dramaturgie

Extra

GesangslehrerIn

Haar

Illustrator

Komposition

Korrepetition

Kostümbild

Lehrer

Leitender Produzent

Libretto

Lichtgestaltung

Maske

Orchester

Orchestra Operations

Photographer

Poet

Regie

Rundfunk

Schauspiel

Stage Manager

Tongestaltung

Tänzer

Videogestaltung

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Übersetzung

Bass-Bariton

Bariton

Tenor

Countertenor

Sopran

Mezzosopran

Bass

Alto

Continuo

Kinderstimme

Sprechrolle

Stumme Rolle

You’ll want to start 2024 off right by joining Maestro Stern and superstar mezzo-soprano (and hometown favorite!) Joyce DiDonato for a dazzling evening of music.

Chen Yi is a distinguished composer and long-time faculty member at the UMKC Conservatory and she’s writing a new piece. Her brilliant use of orchestral color and vivacious rhythms are captivating — we can hardly wait!

A true American original, Charles Ives penned music that invites you to ponder. The Unanswered Question is one of his most famous works and DiDonato, another American original, sings this contemplative version, straight from her new recording “Eden.”

Gustav Mahler wrote the poems that he later set to music in Songs of a Wayfarer, a thinly veiled autobiographical portrayal of his sensitive emotional state. Inhabiting the realm between pathos and acceptance, these songs follow the wayfarer through poignant memories, sharp despair, love betrayed, resignation, and dreams of solace. Also on the program, Mahler’s setting of poetry by German Romantic poet Friedrich Rückert is introspective and meditative, leaving behind the cares and tumult of the world, caressed in silken sounds.

“The Places We Leave” by rising talent Joel Thompson is an evocative setting of poetry by Tracy K. Smith, a U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner. The combination of DiDonato’s luminous voice, Smith’s haunting words, and Thompson’s lush orchestration will linger in your memory.

After such an emotional journey, it’s time for some musical champagne by Johann Strauss, Jr. The Overture to Die Fledermaus set the standard for rom-com soundtracks and never fails to please with its witty sparkle.

English

Masterworks & Ovation Series by Ives, C., Mahler, Strauss II, Ab (2024/2024), Dirigat Michael Stern

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Ensemble

Programm, Info & Synopsis

Weiterführende Literatur

Aufführungstermine & Spielstätten

Veranstaltungsorte