Swedish singer IRENE THEORIN makes her first appearance with the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER. The dramatic soprano received great acclaim as Brünnhilde in Bayreuth and Berlin. Her interpretation of Richard Strauss’ Elektra under Daniele Gatti, who will be the conductor of the GUSTAV MAHLER JUGENDORCHESTER summer tour 2012, has recently been released on DVD. With INGO METZMACHER and the GMJO, IRENE THEORIN will perform Wagner: The Death of Isolde from Tristan und Isolde as well Brünnhilde’s Final Scene (“Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort”) from Götterdämmerung.
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