Abstract
French tenor Benjamin Bernheim began his career at the International Opera Studio of the Opera House. Since then he has made a name for himself in the great tenor roles of the romantic repertoire at Europe's most renowned opera houses. Benjamin Bernheim has prepared a carefully selected, exquisite programme for his first song recital in Zurich. The focus of the first part is – in addition to songs by Clara Schumann – Hector Berlioz's song cycle Les Nuits d'été based on texts by Théophile Gautier, which is rarely heard by male voices. In the second part of the evening Benjamin Bernheim and pianist Carrie-Ann Matheson combine famous songs by Richard Strauss with lesser-known gems by French composer Henri Duparc and English composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frank Bridge.