The Wagner Society in New South Wales presents Fin de Siècle and Tristan with soprano Anke Höppner and pianist David Miller, in a recital of compositions influenced by Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde by Alexander Zemlinsky & Arnold Schönberg.
The recital is followed by the society’s Christmas Party!
Members $40, Non Members $45
www.wagner.nsw.org.au
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