NY Phil: Jaap van Zweden Conducts Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony

New York Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic Chorus

Saturday, June 8, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (EDT)

Wu Tsai Theater at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, United States

SOLD OUT

Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

In his final subscription concerts as Music Director, Jaap van Zweden conducts Mahler's colossal — and profound — Second Symphony. With the forces of a vast orchestra and chorus, two vocal soloists, and offstage brass and percussion, Mahler valiantly explores themes of death and resurrection, tragedy and triumph.

Runs June 6-8. Please note, all performances are currently sold out.

About Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano

Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, and was a Royal Opera Young Artist from 2002 to 2004. Her international career took off in 2005 with her success as Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at Opéra National de Paris. Since then she has sung the German and Italian repertoire worldwide with renowned conductors including Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Daniel Barenboim, Kirill Petrenko, Philippe Jordan, Semyon Bychkov, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, to name a few. In 2021 and 2022, she had a great success as Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival. In 2023, she returned to The Metropolitan Opera as Adalgisa in Bellini's Norma, made her role debut as Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal at Vienna Staatsoper, and returned to the Bayreuth Festival as Venus in Tannhäuser. Ekaterina Gubanova is also sought-after for concert appearances, making her New York Philharmonic debut in Mahler's Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" in June 2024, led by Music Director Jaap van Zweden.

https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/opera_guest/gubanova_ek2/