With brass blaring and strings soaring, James Conlon trailblazes an epic journey through high points of the opera that caps Wagner’s Ring Cycle. The last time the legendary Wagnerian soprano Christine Goerke joined the BSO to channel the fearsome Brünnhilde, “Her voice didn’t just soar above the orchestra; she drew them up to meet it.” (The Washington Post) The terse, wordless drama of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony raises the curtain on this monumental program.

Artists
James Conlon, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano

Repertoire
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”

WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung
Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Siegfried’s Tod and Funeral March
Final Scene: Brunnhilde’s Immolation

The appearance of BSO Artist in Residence Christine Goerke is supported by the Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Guest Artist Fund.