Few opera singers are passionate about the whole repertoire, from baroque to contemporary, while also being capable of working to the exacting standards of the German Lied and French Mélodie. Lyon’s Stéphane Degout, however, is one of them. He returns to his home town to perform Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, lending his voice to the legend of the Wanderer, as celebrated by both Schubert and Mahler. Constantly on the move, a restless traveller, Degout’s Wayfarer carries with him all the pain of our past disappointments and our—constantly disappointed—hopes of a better future.

Gustav Mahler
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Version pour orchestre de chambre de Schoenberg

Franz Schubert
Quatuor à cordes « La Jeune Fille et la Mort »
(transcription pour orchestre à cordes de Gustav Mahler)