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The Vienna State Opera's Von der Liebe Tod - a moving, sad, and transcendental celebration of Gustav Mahler's gift for song combining his early Das Klagende Lied, or ‘The Song of Lamentation,' with his later Kindertotenlieder, or ‘Songs on the Death of Children.’

The Vienna State Opera fielded its own orchestra and chorus along with members of its training orchestra and children's chorus for this epic staged production which plays for an hour and a half without a pause.
Das Klagende Lied’, with words by Mahler himself, is based on the fairy-tale texts of Ludwig Bechstein and the Brothers Grimm about a treacherous knight who slays his brother to win a contest for a queen’s hand in marriage, but his crime catches up to him in a most unlikely way. Kindertotenlieder’, is based on the poems of Friedrich Rückert. The verses describe the writer’s personal tragedy of losing two of his offspring, something with which Mahler could identify. As the opera house said: "Fantastic verses and expressive music act as a common thread, uniting the two works into one transporting performance."

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder

Vera-Lotte Boecker (soprano)
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (contralto)
Daniel Jenz (tenor)
Florian Boesch (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Training Orchestra and Children's Choir
Lorenzo Viotti (conductor)