Too much consolation: Dvořák’s Stabat Mater at Müpa

By David Karlin, 01 November 2017

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 1 November 2017

Dvořák, Stabat Mater, Op.58

Riccardo Frizza, Conductor

Anastasia Shchegoleva, Soprano

Szilvia Vörös, Mezzo-soprano

Paolo Fanale, Tenor

Liang Li, Bass

Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hungarian Radio Symphony Choir

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.