WAGNER Good Friday Music from Parsifal
R. STRAUSS Vier Letzen Lieder (Four Last Songs)
PUCCINI Highlights from Turandot
Nearing the end of their lives, three composers gave us masterpieces that stand
as cornerstones of their incredible musical legacy. Wagner’s mystical
Parsifal uses a medieval quest to find the Holy Grail as a
metaphor for our search for wisdom and compassion. Soprano Amy Johnson performs
Strauss’ autumnal Four Last Songs, which look towards death with calm
and peaceful acceptance. Puccini’s masterful final opera Turandot, the
exotic story of an icy Chinese princess being pursued by a smitten prince,
includes the breath-taking Nessun dorma, Pavarotti’s signature aria.
