Das Rheingold in Brisbane reviewed
If you didn’t make it to Brisbane to hear Simone Young conduct the Hamburg State opera and Philharmonic Orchestra in concert performnce of Das Rheingold, here’s a review by Matin Buzacott for The Australian.
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