The Winter Journey

Spectacle, festival (concert, danse, théâtre)

Come and listen to Le Voyage d'Hiver (Winterreise), Franz Schubert's famous cycle of lieder, performed by Timothée Varon (baritone) and Anna Giorgi (piano) in the cloister of Le Thoronet!

Giorgi Anna et Timothée Varon

presentation

Scenes from a miniature theatre, the twenty-four lieder of Winter's Journey narrate the reveries of a solitary traveller in winter, suffering from an impossible love. A year before his death, the revelation of Winterreise, a cycle of poems by Wilhelm Müller, led Schubert to "slip melodies under the words", which was the poet's wish.

Concert produced by the Centre des monuments nationaux

Programme

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)The Winter Journey (Winterreise) D 911 (1827)

For any opera singer, tackling such an odyssey is a challenge. Driven by his love of texts, Timothée Varon, who started out with rap and reggae before discovering the magic of opera and joining the Académie nationale de l'Opéra de Paris in 2018, has chosen to embark on this difficult cycle. Let's be his travelling companions!