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O Nachtigall wie tönt dein Flöten sehnsüchtig aus dem dunklen Grün! 
O sing in deiner Rosenwiege! Nur du allein kennst unser Glück, o Nachtigall, es ist die Liebe! (Duett Comtesse – Robert Nr. 8 aus Die Göttin der Vernunft)

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Coming back to Cleveland

I am immensely grateful to my dear friend Alan Gilbert, who gave up the coming week in Cleveland. So I can spend more time with my orchestra after I have not seen them for half a year“ (Franz Welser-Möst – February 19, 2025) 

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What Anton Bruckner writes is so much in sync with what you see when you come to Upper Austria. There is an atmosphere which tells you something about his music.
Franz Welser-Möst

The Magic Flute

Sprecher: “ … Er ist Prinz“ Sarastro: „Noch mehr – Er ist Mensch!“ (Die Zauberflöte, Zweiter Aufzug, Erster Auftritt)

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Message from Franz Welser-Möst

Franz Welser-Möst recently had a cancerous tumor removed and will need to undergo treatment between his conducting engagements for the next twelve to sixteen months. His first period of treatment will begin at the end of October. Regrettably, Welser-Möst must withdraw from all engagements from late October until the end of the year. He plans to resume his conducting engagements in January 2024. His doctors are confident of a full recovery.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

„Wie durch Fluch er mir geriet, verflucht sei dieser Ring! Gab sein Gold mir Macht ohne Maß, nun zeug sein Zauber Tod dem, der ihn trägt! Kein Froher soll seiner sich freu’n, keinem Glücklichen lache sein lichter Glanz!…“ (Alberich, Das Rheingold)

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