Mahler's 'Song of the Earth'

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The Harvard Crimson

‘Song of the Earth (Das Lied von der Erde)’ Review: Mahler’s Masterpiece Finds New Life Through Boston Lyric Opera’s Intimate Staging

“How did I end up in this extremity called my life?” asks The Mother (Ellen Lauren), one of the three central characters in the “Song of the Earth,” a new reimagining of Gustav Mahler’s “Song of the ...
Washington Examiner

BSO presents Mahler’s ‘Song of the Earth’ at Strathmore

Few would have blamed composer Gustav Mahler had he written a cynical, somber work after the summer of 1907. His eldest daughter, Maria, died of scarlet fever, and his wife subsequently collapsed from ...