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Frühwerk trifft Meisterwerk - Wagners Symphonie in C-Dur und der erste Akt der Walküre im Stefaniensaal Graz

By Isabella Steppan, 23 September 2014
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“wie die Celli im leisesten Piano brodelten um sich zu Donnergrollen zu steigern - beeindruckend”
Reviewed at Congress Graz: Stefaniensaal, Graz on 22 September 2014
Programme
Wagner, Symphony in C major, WWV 29
Wagner, Die Walküre: Act 1
Performers
Aleksandar Marković, Conductor
Brno Philharmonic
Torsten Kerl, Tenor
Elena Batoukova-Kerl, Soprano
Steven Humes, Bass
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Isabella Steppan
Isabella Steppan
Isabella lebt in Graz und unterrichtet Deutsch und Philosophie/Psychologie. Ihre Freizeit verbringt sie am liebsten in der Oper, in klassischen Konzerten oder im Theater. Ihr Herz schlägt besonders für die Oper des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und die Operette. Als @operafangirl ist sie auf Twitter aktiv.