Lise Davidsen returns to Cal Performances after her well-received debut recital in February 2025. The performance takes place on the heels of a remarkable year for this singular artist, including her long-awaited role debut as Isolde in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera and at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu in two stunning productions created expressly for her. In this recital she is joined by James Baillieu––one of the leading song pianists of his generation––bring a program featuring works by Bach, Reger, and Richard Strauss alongside Wagner’s Tristan-imbued Wesendonck Lieder, all capped off with a selection of traditional Christmas songs performed in English, German, Italian, and Davidsen’s native Norwegian.
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Program Items
R. Strauss
“Wiegenlied,” from 5 Lieder, Op. 41
Bach/Gounod
Ave Maria
Reger
Mariä Wiegenlied
Praetorius
Traditional Norwegian/Det hev ei rose sprunge
Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder
Traditional/Mendelssohn/arr. Douglas
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Traditional English/arr. Henderson
The First Noel
Gruber
Silent Night
Bach
Jesu bleibet meine Freude
Traditional
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Brorson
Mitt hjerte alltid vanker
Verdi
“Ave Maria,” from Otello
Traditional Norwegian
Deilig er jorden
Traditional Scottish
Auld Lang Syne
Adam
O Helga natt
Performers
Lise Davidsen
saprano
James Baillieu
piano