Franz Welser-Most to Conduct Wozzeck at Carnegie Hall, 2/28

Carnegie Hall today announced that conductor Franz Welser-Möst has graciously agreed to step in for Daniele Gatti in the concert performance of Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck on Friday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The concert by the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is part of Carnegie Hall's three-week, citywide festival Vienna: City of Dreams. Due to a tendinopathy (acute inflammation of the tendon) of both shoulders, Maestro Daniele Gatti-on the advice of his doctors-with deep regret cancels all his professional engagements for the next two months, including his two Vienna: City of Dreams programs, scheduled for February 28 and March 15 at Carnegie Hall. A new conductor for the March 15 concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is to be announced.

Maestro Welser-Möst will launch Carnegie Hall's festival programming with concerts by the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on February 25 and 26.

Vienna: City of Dreams
From February 21 to March 16, 2014, Carnegie Hall presents Vienna: City of Dreams, a three-week citywide festival featuring more than 90 events at Carnegie Hall and 23 partner cultural organizations throughout New York City, all inviting audiences to discover the extraordinary artistic legacy of Vienna. The festival features symphonic and operatic masterpieces, chamber music, and lieder, as well as new sounds emerging from this historic cultural capital. In addition to music, Vienna: City of Dreams shines a spotlight on Vienna's visual art, film, architecture, politics, science, and history, creating an extensive look at a city that for centuries has drawn artists, dreamers, and innovators from all corners of the world to its dazzling intellectual and artistic life.

The centerpiece of Vienna: City of Dreams is seven concerts to launch and conclude the festival at Carnegie Hall by the renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera, led by esteemed conductors Franz Welser-Möst, Andris Nelsons, and Zubin Mehta. Vienna has long been known as a crucible for creativity and great artistic achievements, especially in the area of classical music, and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Vienna State Opera have both been at the center of the city's artistic life since their inception. Concerts presented as part of Vienna: City of Dreams highlight the roles played by these unparalleled cultural institutions as well as Carnegie Hall's longstanding partnership with the orchestra, which has appeared more than 100 times at the Hall since its 1956 debut-more than any other overseas ensemble.

The residency includes concert performances of Alban Berg's Wozzeck and Richard Strauss's Salome, marking only the second time in their history that the Viennese musicians have performed opera in concert at Carnegie Hall. The orchestra also performs such masterpieces as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9; Bruckner's Symphony No. 6; Brahms's Symphony No. 3; Schubert's Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished;" and Mahler's Symphony No. 4, concerts featuring core symphonic repertoire for which the ensemble has long been known.

The Vienna: City of Dreams celebration extends throughout New York City with festival events at leading cultural institutions, crossing arts disciplines to include music, film, visual arts, panel discussions, and even a Viennese Opera Ball, which launches the festival on February 21.

Carnegie Hall has launched a special website carnegiehall.org/vienna, which features information on festival events, interviews with artists, videos introducing the music being performed, and other content designed to illuminate Vienna: City of Dreams offerings. Once the festival begins, Carnegie Hall will also capture video of select performances to be shared alongside this content on the website.

Program Information
Friday, February 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
VIENNA STATE OPERA
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
Matthias Goerne, Baritone (Wozzeck)
Evelyn Herlitzius, Soprano (Marie)
Monika Bohinec, Mezzo-Soprano (Margret)
Herbert Lippert, Tenor (Drum Major)
Norbert Ernst, Tenor (Andres)
Wolfgang Bankl, Bass (Doctor)
Herwig Pecoraro, Tenor (Captain)
Andreas Hörl, Bass (First Apprentice)
Clemens Unterreiner, Baritone (Second Apprentice)
Peter Jelosits, Tenor (Madman)
Franz Gruber, Tenor (Soldier)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Thomas Lang, Chorus Director
Members of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun-Menaker, Artistic Director

ALBAN BERG Wozzeck, Op. 7 (concert performance)

Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Ara Guzelimian, Provost and Dean, The Juilliard School.

This concert performance is generously underwritten by Robert L. Turner.

Tickets: $55 to $175
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Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m.
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor to be announced
Juliane Banse, Soprano

FRANZ SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major

Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Walter Frisch, Professor of Music, Columbia University.

Tickets: $68 to $225

Lead funding for Vienna: City of Dreams is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.

Breguet is the Exclusive Timepiece of Carnegie Hall.

MasterCard is a Proud Supporter of Carnegie Hall.

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Ticket Information
Tickets are available at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57th Street, or can be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or by visiting the Carnegie Hall website, carnegiehall.org.

For Carnegie Hall Corporation presentations taking place in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, a limited number of seats, priced at $10, will be available day-of-concert beginning at 11:00 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 12:00 noon on Sunday until one hour before the performance or until supply lasts. The exceptions are Carnegie Hall Family Concerts and gala events. These $10 tickets are available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis at the Carnegie Hall Box Office only. There is a two-ticket limit per customer.

In addition, for all Carnegie Hall presentations in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage a limited number of partial view (seats with obstructed or limited sight lines or restricted leg room) will be sold for 50% of the full price. For more information on this and other discount ticket programs, including those for students, Notables members, and Bank of America customers, visit carnegiehall.org/discounts. Artists, programs, and prices are subject to change.

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