Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Oscar Jockel

mit Vera-Lotte Boecker (Artist in Residence)

Vera-Lotte Boecker

“I’m interested in works and characters that have something to say to us today, even though they speak to us from a different era,” says Artist in Residence Vera-Lotte Boecker. Overtures by Dvořák and Beethoven frame her multifaceted opening concert with the Konzerthausorchester, which she begins with “Lulu’s Song” from one of her favourite roles: “Alban Berg’s ‘Lulu’ follows the rules of twelve-tone music, yet it is deeply emotional and, to me, heart-wrenchingly moving. The subject matter could hardly be more relevant today.” An enchanting natural atmosphere and wonderful melodies, in turn, characterize Dvořák’s famous “Song to the Moon” from the fairy-tale opera “Rusalka”, while Unsuk Chin’s second opera, “The Dark Side of the Moon” (2024/25), tells a 21st-century Faustian tale in which the girl Miriel tries in vain to save a scientist. Beethoven’s strong female character, Leonore, on the other hand, succeeds in freeing her husband Florestan from prison.

Alban Berg - Sinfonische Stücke aus „Lulu“PauseAntonín Dvořák - Ouvertüre zur Oper „Rusalka“ op. 114Antonín Dvořák - „Lied an den Mond“ aus der Oper „Rusalka“ op. 114Unsuk Chin - Szene der Miriel aus der Oper "Die dunkle Seite des Mondes"Ludwig van Beethoven - Ouvertüre zur Oper „Fidelio“ E-Dur op. 72Ludwig van Beethoven - "Abscheulicher... Komm, Hoffnung" – Rezitativ und Arie der Leonore aus der Oper„Fidelio" op. 72Ludwig van Beethoven - Ouvertüre zur Oper „Leonore“ Nr. 3 C-Dur op. 72a

Artists/Collaborators: Oscar Jockel (Dirigent), Vera-Lotte Boecker (Sopran (Artist in Residence))

Next date:

• Date Friday, 02/October/2026 20:00 bis 21:45 ( 1 more date )
• Venue Konzerthaus Berlin - Großer Saal
• Address Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin-Mitte