Symphony Hall

CBSO 2025/26: Strauss & Wagner 

21 May 2026

Thursday 7:30pm

£26-£62 inc. per ticket commission

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Artists

Fabien Gabel Conductor

Nikola Hillebrand Soprano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Programme

Wagner Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod, 17mins

Strauss Lieder, 25mins

Strauss Don Juan, 17mins

Strauss The Woman Without a Shadow: Symphonic Fantasy, 20mins

About CBSO 2025/26: Strauss & Wagner 

Age Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+

Running time This concert will last approximately 2 hours.

Experience all the drama of romance with Wagner and Strauss.

In the mood for high romance? This beguiling programme explores love in all its forms, from seduction to passion to spiritual transfiguration. Wagner’s monumental opera Tristan und Isolde opens with a breathtaking Prelude and ends with the devastating Liebestod: the ultimate resolution of love in death. Don Juan, meanwhile, swashbuckles his way through seductions before losing his life in a duel. Love of a more mysterious kind can be found in Strauss’ fantasy from his opera Die Frau ohne Schatten, a fable of love, sacrifice and missing shadows. Soprano Nikola Hillebrand sings the Liebestod and some of Strauss’s most ardent songs, sensitively led by Fabien Gabel.

Booking Info

Save on tickets with the CBSO’s multibuy discounts, group bookings & concessionary prices (on eligible concerts) starting from £5: See Ways to Save below.

This event is included in the multibuy discount.

Free (limited) ticket for Disabled Visitor’s Carers, as per Access Scheme.

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