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Christian Thielemann

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Salzburg Festival 2020Wagners Wesendonck Lieder and Bruckners Romantic Featuring Elna Garana, the Queen of Mezzo-Soprano, Thielemann, and the Vienna PhilharmonicThe Salzburg Festival celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2020. Although its staging was in doubt due to the global pandemic, the festival went ahead with a shortened schedule and revised program.This performance featured Bruckners Symphony No. 4, conducted by Thielemann and performed by the Vienna Philharmonic, followed by Wagners Wesendonck Lieder, with the Queen of Mezzo-Soprano, Elna Garana, as soloist.Wagners Wesendonck Lieder were composed in 1857 using five poems presented to him by Mathilde Wesendonck, the wife of the industrialist Wesendonck, who was one of his patrons.Composed in parallel with *Tristan und Isolde*, the opera of ultimate love, Wagner left behind these two masterpieces while his relationship with his mis