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Verdi opera gets Pegida update

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norman lebrecht

February 05, 2015

Say what you like about Regietheater directors, but they do try to keep up with the news.

These pics are from I Masnadieri in Weimar.

photos: Matthias Horn

Now, where’s the nearest ISIS opera?

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harold braun says:

February 5, 2015 at 10:44 am

No comment!!!!!!

william osborne says:

February 5, 2015 at 12:48 pm

Christian Thielemann conducting?

Christian says:

February 5, 2015 at 6:19 pm

Nearest ISIS opera? Will probably be cancelled due to “respect for the feelings of the religious population” (read: death threats from a certain part of this population.)

William Safford says:

February 6, 2015 at 3:44 am

Forget regietheater — is any composer/librettist/director team audacious enough to *create* such a new opera?

Martin Locher says:

February 7, 2015 at 7:05 am

From the theatre’s website:

Fragt man nach der Quelle von Gewalt, so gibt Verdi eine mögliche Antwort: Wo Menschen unfähig sind, sich einander mitzuteilen, entsteht eine Leere und Sinnlosigkeit, die mit körperlicher und seelischer Grausamkeit ausgefüllt wird.
Link: http://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/index/spielplan/stuecke_musiktheater/stuecke_details.php?SID=1443

If you ask about the source of violence, Verdi offers a possible answer: Where people are unable to open up to each other, an emptiness and meaninglessness arises, which is filled with physical and mental cruelty.