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The Sofia Opera impresses the German audience with its production of Wagner's Valkyrie

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Photo: Facebook/Sofia National Opera and Ballet

With a quarter of an hour of applause finished the first performance of Richard Wagner's Valkyrie at the Königswinkel Music Festival in Füssen, Germany, near Neuschwanstein Castle by the Sofia National Opera. 

The production is the work of the Sofia Opera director Plamen Kartalov and is conducted by Lothar Zagrosek. 

Within the framework of the festival on October 3, there will be a second performance of the same performance.




Photos: Sofia National Opera and Ballet



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