Christian Gerhaher has a secure place among the best baritones of our time. He is known for his intransigence in relation to any toning down or modernisation of the repertoire to make a work more popular or topical. He is a believer in rigour and makes no concessions to simplification and entertainment, advocating the maintenance of high standards that challenge the audience. Less interested in investing in his operatic career, the performer that the British newspaper The Telegraph considers “the most moving singer in the world” is an absolute devotee of chamber singing because it allows a more intimate scale.

Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
Daniel Harding Conductor
Christian Gerhaher Baritone

Arnold Schönberg
Five Orchestral Pieces, op. 16

Hector Berlioz
Les nuits d’ été

Robert Schumann
Symphony No.2, in D major, op. 61