Change of Soloist (December 2024 Subscription Program C Concerts)

Jamez McCorkle, tenor, who was scheduled to perform in Liszt's Eine Faust-Symphonie (A Faust Symphony) in the above concerts has had to cancel his trip to Japan due to personal reasons. Christopher Ventris will perform in his place. The program and the rest of the performers remain the same.

Your kind understanding is most appreciated.

December 2024 Subscription Concerts (Program C)

Friday, December 13, 2024 7:00pm
Saturday, December 14, 2024 2:00pm
at NHK Hall

Fabio Luisi, Conductor
Christopher Ventris, Tenor*
Tokyo Opera Singers, male Chorus*
Liszt / Tasso: Lamento e trionfo, sym. poem (Tasso: Lament and Triumph)
Liszt / Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern (A Faust Symphony in Three Character Pictures)*
(Change is underlined)

Christopher Ventris, tenor

British tenor Christopher Ventris is one of world’s most renowned Wagnerian singers. He has frequently appeared at the major opera houses in the world including the Bayreuther Festspiele and Wiener Staatsoper, performing the roles he has been especially known for, such as Siegmund in Der Walküre and the title role in Parsifal. Most recently, he sang the role of Siegmund in Wagner’s Ring Cycle performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fabio Luisi in October this year.
Other successful roles include the title role in Britten's Peter Grimes, the Drum Major in Berg's Wozzeck, Jimmy Mahoney in Weill's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, and Laca in Janacek's Jenůfa. He has appeared at the Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Opernhaus Zürich, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Opéra national de Paris, and the Metropolitan Opera, and worked with famed conductors, including Bernard Haitink, Marek Janowski, Semyon Bychkov, Simon Rattle, Fabio Luisi, Christian Thielemann, Franz Welser-Möst, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Andris Nelsons. This is his first collaboration with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.