Dichterliebe+

Does having a heartbreak, falling in love and being disappointed sound different today then they did in 1840? 

With Dichterliebe+, Lorenzo de Cunzo and Tarek El Barbari venture into the turbulent world of love songs. In this extraordinary program, new meets old, where Robert Schumann’s captivating poetic love is contrasted, among other things, with excerpts from Jörg Widmann’s feverish cycle.

The Hot Heart, Rufus Wainwright’s poppy-jazzy songs for Lulu or Francesco Paolo Tosti’s voluptuous Quattro canzoni d’Amaranta. 

Whether the compositions are absolute classics or contemporary makings – it’s all obvious that musical themes around love remain the same to this day. Our program focuses on the timeless quality of love and its emotional facets. 

Songs by Robert Schumann, Jörg Widmann, Moritz Eggert, Wilhelm Killmayer, Rufus Wainwright and Francesco Paolo Tosti.