Composed in 1828, in Franz Schubert's final days, Schwanengesang (Swan Song) traverses a myriad of emotions, from despair and delirium to ecstasy and love, to form a series of masterful snapshots of all that life has to offer. Set at the pinnacle of a vocalist's repertoire, these emotive works are brought to thrilling new life in the world premiere of a theatrical staging by one of opera's most adventurous directors, Claus Guth.

Performed by world-renowned tenor Jonas Kaufmann and his pianist Helmut Deutsch, the moving collection of songs is amplified by additional Schubert repertoire, an evocative soundscape and transformative light and video projections to create a production that is part spectacle and part art installation. Named after the final song ‘Der Doppelgänger’, in which a soldier sees himself and accepts the reality of not having returned from war, this Armory commission beautifully explores the hunger for life and its beauty and the idea that death is not a sudden moment but a final journey.

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