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Alfred Felder im Gespräch mit Andrea Erny

World premiere of the opera Walpurgis Night – Alfred Felder in conversation with Andrea Erny
“One dances, one chats, one cooks, one drinks, one loves; / Now tell me, where can one find something better?”

The Walpurgisnacht scene from Goethe’s Faust inspired not only Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, but also the Winterthur composer Alfred Felder to create a new piece. It is our pleasure and honor to present the world premiere of this commissioned work by the Musikkollegium Winterthur together with the orchestra. Andrea Erny, a member of the board and a contralto, met with the composer in advance of the performance.

Premiere of our new SPOTLIGHTS concert series

On the weekend of March 24-26, 2023, the first edition of our new SPOTLIGHTS series took place in the main hall of Liebestrasse Winterthur. The Morphing Chamber Orchestra from Vienna, the pianists Hans-Jürg Strub and Tamara Chitadze, the mezzo-soprano Annika Langenbach as well as the women’s choir of the Zurich Chamber Singers could be heard. Overjoyed and grateful, we look back on a musically diverse weekend with chamber music, master classes and a symphonic closing concert.