Coming from the French part of the Basque Country, Maurice Ravel had a passion for Spanish folk music throughout his life. In addition to the “Bolero” and the “Rhapsodie espagnole”, his short opera L’HEURE ESPAGNOLE, which premiered in 1911, is the best-known example of Ravel’s sophisticated stylization of Spanish dance rhythms.
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Maxime Pascal
And like “Bolero”, the almost hour-long stage work about the sexually underutilized watchmaker’s wife Concepciòn is a masterpiece of Ravel’s typical laconic elegance.
The celebrated mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa can be heard in the role of Concepción, with the young French conductor Maxime Pascal at the podium, who combines the one-act play with Rimsky-Korsakov's symphonic suite “Scheherazade”.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [1844 – 1908]
Scheherazade, Symphonic Poem, Opus 35
Intermission
Maurice Ravel [1875-1937]
L’heure espagnole
Musical comedy in one act with a libretto by Franc-Nohain
Premiere on May 19, 1911 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris
- approx. 2 hours / one break
Participating artists
Maxime Pascal (Dirigent)
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchester)
Isabelle Druet (Concepción)
Burkhard Ulrich (Torquemada)
Alexandre Duhamel (Ramiro)
Valentin Thill (Gonzalvo)
Padraic Rowan (Don Inigo Gomez)
Dates
February 2025
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