DOPPELGÄNGER Schubert’s Schwanengesang staged in New York 2023 JONAS KAUFMANN

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: DOPPELGÄNGER Schubert's Schwanengesang  
• Composer: Schubert Franz, Mathis Nitschke  
• Libretto: various  
• Venue & Opera Company: Wade Thompson Drill Hall, Park Avenue Armory, New York  
• Recorded: September 22-28, 2023
• Type: Other
• Singers: Jonas Kaufmann
• Conductor:   
• Orchestra: Helmut Deutsch, PIANO  
• Stage Director: Claus Guth  
• Stage Designer: Michael Levine  
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: Park Avenue Armory  
• Format: DVD
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

  “an imaginative and viscerally shocking staging of Schubert songs … the theatrical ingenuity and visceral force was so strong that the audience let out an audible gasp of shock.”
  —THE NEW YORK TIMES, Critic’s Pick

  “a remarkable theatrical coup … [Kaufmann’s] burnished tenor remains potent, unleashing powerful torrents of sound.”
  —THE FINANCIAL TIMES

  Composed in 1828 in Franz Schubert‘s final days, Schwanengesang (Swan Song) traverses a myriad of emotions, from despair and delusion to ecstasy and love, to form a series of masterful snapshots of all that life can offer. Sitting at the pinnacle of a vocalist’s repertory, these emotive works are given a thrilling new life in the world premiere of a theatrical staging by one of opera’s most adventurous directors, Claus Guth.

  Performed by world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann with his long-time collaborator pianist Helmut Deutsch, the heart-melting collection of songs is amplified by additional Schubert repertory, an evocative soundscape, and transformative light and video projections to create a production that is part performance and part installation art. Named for the last song “Der Doppelgänger,” in which a soldier sees themselves and comes to terms with the reality that they did not return from war, this Armory commission beautifully explores the hunger for life and its beauty and the idea that death is not a sudden moment but a last journey.

  Quoted from armoryonpark.org

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