Verdi opera gets Pegida update
mainSay 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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Christian Thielemann conducting?
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.)
Forget regietheater — is any composer/librettist/director team audacious enough to *create* such a new opera?
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.