Jurmala festival. Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Zanda Švēde, LNSO, Andris Poga

29. July 2021 20:00
The Great Hall

Jurmala festival. Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Zanda Švēde, LNSO, Andris Poga

Featuring:

Aleksandrs Antoņenko, tenor;

Zanda Švēde, mezzo-soprano;

The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra;

Conductor Andris Poga

Programme:

Gustav Maler “The Song of the Earth”

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Performers

Andris Poga

Conductor

Andris Poga

Conductor

Andris Poga is the Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. He was the Music Director of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 2013 till 2021 and continues to collaborate with the LNSO as its Artistic Advisor. After the first successful collaborations he has become a regular guest at the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Hamburg, WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo and many others. He has also conducted the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Gewandhausorchester, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, Dallas Symphony.

Zanda Švēde

Mezzo-soprano

Zanda Švēde

Mezzo-soprano

Latvian mezzo-soprano Zanda Švēde has been praised for her “lush timber” (Münchener Merkur) and “full-bodied, sensuous voice and arresting presence” (Post Gazette). She starts her 2024/2025 season with returning to roles of Sonjetka in Lady Macbeth of Mcensk and Maddalena in Rigoletto at her home company Oper Frankfurt. There she will also present a Recital in Holzfoyer with a title Soirée en mer. Later in the season Zanda will make her role debuts as Eduige in Handel's Rodelinda and Pythia in Rheiman's Melusine. This season will also include return to Latvian National Symphony to perform Beethowen's Missa Solemnis.

29. July 2021 20:00 The Great Hall