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Dvořák’s Spectre's Bride proves an eerily good time at the Konzerthaus

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“we left the hall with ghosts still whirling through our minds”
Reviewed at Konzerthaus: Großer Saal, Vienna on 3 June 2016
Dvořák, The Spectre's Bride (Svatební kosile), Op.69
ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Singakademie
Simona Šaturová, Soprano
Pavol Breslik, Tenor
Adam Plachetka, Bass-baritone
Cornelius Meister, Conductor
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