Duke Symphony Orchestra: Celebrating Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in the 150th anniversary year of his birth

Program: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24; Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) w/ soprano Dina Kuznetsova; Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts) with Dina Kuznetsova, Samantha Gossard, and Susan Williams. Harry Davidson is the music director of the Duke Symphony Orchestra. Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova has attracted the attention of the world's major opera companies for her outstanding musicianship and compelling stage presence. She has performed in many of the world's greatest opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden, Wiener Staatsoper and Munich's Bayerische Staatsoper to the San Francisco and Chicago Lyric Operas.