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Ein klinischer Fall: Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

By Rainer Zerbst, 13 January 2021
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Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 11 January 2021
Programme
Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King
Performers
Bavarian State Opera
Olivier Tardy, Conductor
Andreas Weirich, Director
Holger Falk, Baritone
Markus Kern, Violin
Benedikt Don Strohmeier, Cello
Katharina Kutnewsky, Flute
Andreas Schablas, Clarinet
Claudio Andrés Estay González, Percussion
Jean-Pierre Collot, Piano
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Rainer Zerbst
Rainer Zerbst
Seit dem Studium an den Universitäten Tübingen und Bangor und Promotion ist Rainer Zerbst freier Kulturjournalist für Hörfunk und Presse. Autor u.a. von "Antoni Gaudí".