Manfred Honeck and René Pape

The Verbier Festival Orchestra invites Manfred Honeck and René Pape!

The programme opens with excerpts from famous Wagner operas: Tannhäuser of which they perform the long and sublime overture, Das Rheingold and Die Walküre of which they chose arias for bass, performed by René Pape, a specialist of the composer's works.

The concert closes with Bruckner's gigantic Symphony No. 7 – the composer's most famous piece. Its Adagio is said to be written after Wagner. Four Wagner-Tüben are featured in the orchestra in order to pay tribute to the Bayreuth master.

René Pape appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH.

Picture: René Pape © Aline Paley