Mahler's unfinished symphony + a mezzo-soprano who'll wreck your heart. Boulez would approve.
Since its founding in 2003, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra has established itself as a benchmark in the interpretation of Mahler. The composer's Symphony No. 10 and his Rückert Lieder, performed by Elīna Garanča and conducted by Riccardo Chailly will open the 2025 Lucerne Festival with a tribute to Pierre Boulez, another figure of this renowned festival.
Direction
Feudel knows when to stay on Chailly's face during the Adagio.
Acting
Garanča's 'Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen'—vocally devastating.
Cinematography
The KKL concert hall shot like a spaceship of grief.
Director
Ute Feudel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mahler's Tenth was left as 72 pages of sketches; the 1964 Deryck Cooke 'performing version' remains controversial among purists.
Boulez founded the Lucerne Festival Academy in 2004; this 2025 opening deliberately bridges his modernist rigor with Mahler's Romantic excess.
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