Skip to main content
Did you mean

Butterfly Lovers

R Recreation
Melissa White mit Geige lachend
© Dario Acosta

Melissa White, violin

Shows

US star violinist Geigerin Melissa White in pinkem Overall mit Geige Melissa White takes us on a journey into the touching romance of the "Butterfly Lovers". Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert Mei-Ann Chen crowns the animal evening with mystical love stories from the Parisian "Belle Époque".

Content

beautiful love stories

In China the tragic but beautiful story of the Butterfly Lovers, the couple who can only come together as butterflies, moves children and adults alike to tears. The premiere of this legendary violin concerto was played by a young violinist in Shanghai in 1959. In 2025 renowned American violinist Melissa White follows in her footsteps. And Mei-Ann Chen and the orchestra also tell beautiful love stories from Paris at the time of the Belle Époque.

Programme

Jacques Offenbach: Overture to "Orpheus in the Underworld"
Gang Chen/Zhanhao He: The Butterfly Lovers for Violin and Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals 

Intro

20 minutes before the beginning of each performance, Intendant Mathis Huber will tell you the story of the evening.

Tickets

Prices: EUR 82 / 68 / 53 / 38 / 23 
Subscriptions
Discounts: U27 - 50% off for all younger than 27

Cast

Melissa White

Geigerin Melissa White in pinkem Overall mit Geige
© Dario Acosta
Violin

Recreation - Das Orchester

die Mitglieder von Recreation auf der Stiege im Grazer Congress
© Werner Kmetitsch
Orchestra

Recreation is special in many ways: consisting of musicians whose nationalities range from Japan to Venezuela, most of the members received part of their training in Graz. After its formation in 2002, the collective played unique halls such as the Alte Oper Frankfurt and worked with outstanding conductors.

Mei-Ann Chen

Mei-Ann Chen dirigiert
© Nikola Milatovic
Conductor

Born in Taiwan, Mei-Ann Chen has lived in the US since 1989 and holds a doctorate in music (conducting) and a master’s degree in violin performance. One of America’s most promising young conductors, she was the first woman to win the Malko International Conductors Competition and has been appointed chief conductor of Recreation Graz beginning fall 2021.

All artists

You might also be interested in