Recital - Elsa Dreisig

Elsa Dreisig, soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano

The Queen of Hearts

There are voices that captivate from the very first notes, and Elsa Dreisig’s is undeniably one of them. Uninhibited, she dazzles in both baroque and bel canto, moving with virtuosity from the dramatic figure of Salomé to the naïve sweetness of Manon. But if she is one of the most sought-after sopranos on the opera stage, she also excels in the lied and mélodie repertoire, with her brilliant voice, magnetic presence and virtuoso musicality. On the place de Neuve stage, she will take on the role of the Queen of Hearts, laying down the cards of Poulenc, Satie and Hahn, as well as Spanish and Scandinavian melodies, for a recital in the form of a journey around love and women. At the heart of it she placed Frauenliebe und Leben, composed by Robert Schumann to poems by Adalbert von Chamisso. With this landmark cycle of the Romantic repertoire, Elsa Dreisig embodies the many facets of a woman’s life, from the first stirrings of love to the joys of engagement, then from marriage to the fullness of motherhood, ending with the melancholy fidelity of the widow. Come and admire the triple Queen in the Tudors Trilogy between 2022 and 2024, crowned Queen of Hearts to close this recital season!