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2023-02-25 08:06:41
VAN magazine has an outstanding interview with Polina... The post The concert pianist who’s opposing the war…. in Moscow appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-04-28 14:00:07
Maximilian Schmitt/Polina Pasztircsák/Max Urlacher/Freiburg Baroque O/René Jacobs(Harmonia Mundi, two CDs)A studio-made recording of the 1821 German opera that influenced generations of composers brings a nice edge of menace to its sound world First performed in 1821, Weber’s Der Freischütz was a milestone in the development of opera in the 19th century, a score whose evocation of the archetypal forest of the Romantic imagination and its world of magic and superstition would influence generations of composers in Germany and beyond. But what we now know of the work, and what we usually see in the opera house, are not quite what Weber and his librettist, Johann Friedrich Kind, initially envisaged. In the original text, the overture is followed by a scene between Agathe and the mysterious Hermit, in which she tells him of her fiance Max and is given a bunch of consecrated flowers that will protect her. Dramatically it’s a significant […]
2022-03-22 10:33:23
A festival of new music theatre: 18th Münchener Biennale explores the theme of good friends, opening with a new work based on writings by Ukrainian author Serhiy Zhadan
[…] a German translation by Claudia Dathe). The work examines the dramatic effect on the human individual of war, displacement and flight, using a blend of choral passages and short dialogues to depict everyday situations and fictional experiences of flight and forced migration. The production is a co-production with Deutsche Oper, Berlin, where the production opens on 21 May 2022. There are also premieres of works by Yoav Pasovsky, Ann Cleare, Lucia Kilger and Nicolas Berge, Polina Korobkova, Øyvind Torvund, and Malin Bång, as well as discussions and other events including the delightfully named Salon of Wondering and Views. Full details from the festival website
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