Oh Donna Clara – Evergreens for the advanced (Opening concert)
As usual, the festival hosts will open the a cappella Festival Leipzig with a recital revealing a new facet of their music. In addition, they’ll be accompanied by musical guests from Austria, Die Österreichischen Salonisten – a small but remarkably active salon ensemble. Songs spanning the period from the 1920s to the 1950s will be performed in arrangements specially created for this line-up of five singers and six instrumentalists. Refrains once sung by the likes of Rudi Schuricke and Friedrich Holländer will feature in this lively, entertaining programme of German-language classics and popular songs upcycled from old 78s!
In cooperation with the Gewandhaus
*Concessions are available for students (school pupils and trainees), unemployed persons, Federal Volunteers (Bundesfreiwilligendienst participants), severely disabled persons, and Leipzig Pass holders, upon presentation of a valid personal ID.
For the concerts on 1st May and 5th May, the concession rules of the Leipzig Opera House and the Gewandhaus respectively apply. All information is subject to change.
