György Kurtág, 98, is composing a second opera
OperaEncouraged by the success of Endgame, written at the age of 92 and premiered at La Scala, the great Hungarian aphorist is at work on a follow-up.
The story is about a mathematician who loses his beloved wife but is comforted by a vision of her waiting for him in the afterlife. ‘As long as I am writing this opera I have to believe this,’ he tells a Hungarian interviewer. Marta Kurtag died in 2019 after a marriage that lasted 72 years.
Kurtag was dissatisfied with the Milan and Paris premieres of Endgame. He is now engaging closely with young conductors to ensure improved performances.
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