Mahler Symphonie No. 8 with Philippe Jordan
Wiener Konzerthaus, Great Hall (Wien)
The opera stage is set for a magical performance featuring music from Richard Strauss operas and arias from Mozart operas. Swiss soprano Regula Mühlemann, who feels "most at home with Mozart," will star. Both Strauss and Mozart had an infallible instinct for music theater. Strauss, a great admirer of Mozart, described Mozart's melody as the "highest bloom of cultural history." The young Finnish conducting talent Tarmo Peltokoski will lead the orchestra in this approximately 120-minute concert.