The world's greatest lieder singer bids farewell to Mahler. No encore, just eternity.
Acting
Quasthoff's face tells Mahler's stories before he opens his mouth.
Direction
Cameras vanish; only the haunted space between singer and silence remains.
Sound
Staatskapelle Dresden: velvet, violence, and 460 years of ghosts.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Quasthoff retired from singing in 2012 due to health issues; this 2010 Dresden concert became his unintended Mahler valediction.
The Staatskapelle Dresden, founded in 1548, is the world's oldest orchestra—Quasthoff's voice joined nearly five centuries of accumulated sound.
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