Wonders ev’ry where: Ádám Fischer enchants with Haydn's Creation

Ádám Fischer conducts the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

Mojca Erdmann

The Creation at Müpa, Budapest

By Orsolya Gyárfás, 02 January 2024

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“much of this glee was felt in Fischer’ (scoreless) conducting, acrobatic and infectiously joyful”

Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 1 January 2024

Haydn, The Creation (Die Schöpfung), Hob XXI:2

Mojca Erdmann, Soprano

Gyula Rab, Tenor

Benjamin Appl, Baritone

Hungarian Radio Choir

Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra

Ádám Fischer, Conductor

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Orsolya Gyárfás

A university student in Budapest, currently pursuing a degree in Aesthetics, Orsolya is an opera fan, particularly interested in the works of Mozart and Wagner.