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Markus Stenz Conductor
Gabriele Fontana Soprano

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel
Bernd Alois Zimmermann Photoptosis
Schumann Symphony No 3
Strauss Das Rosenband Op 36
Strauss Morgen Op 27
Strauss Caecilia Op 27

SURPRISE EXTRA APPEARANCE BY GABRIELE FONTANA
WITH THE GÜRZENICH ORCHESTRA AT FESTIVAL 07

Star soprano Gabriele Fontana has just announced that, as a gift to the Gürzenich Orchestra and to the Festival, she will perform with the orchestra in its Usher Hall concert on Friday 31 August.

In addition to playing The Countess in Cologne Opera’s new production of Capriccio at the Festival Theatre, she will also sing three songs by Richard Strauss all of which were first performed in 1900 by Strauss’s wife Pauline and the Gürzenich Orchestra and conducted by Richard Strauss himself.

Some of the finest composers and conductors of their time, Berlioz, Wagner, Verdi, Brahms and Stravinsky among them, wrote for this venerable orchestra. As a consequence it has a rich history of commissions and premieres including Richard Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel. This is an orchestra of outstanding virtuosity performing with its internationally acclaimed Music Director Markus Stenz.

What the critics say:

‘dazzlingly conducted by Markus Stenz.’
- THE SUNDAY TIMES