04/09/2012

World Première: Border by Ludger Vollmer in Cologne

Border takes up motifs from the tragedy The Children of Heracles by Euripides and transfers them into the world of young people living now under a totalitarian regime who are in fear of their lives. The constraints to which Makaria and her siblings are subjected while fleeing after the politically ...

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03/13/2012

Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers at Curtis Institute; Dohnányi Conducts Music from The Bassarids at the New York Philharmonic

In a production perfectly aligned with the end of winter, acclaimed director Chas Rader-Shieber, designer David Zinn, and Artistic Director Mikael Eliasen bring Hans Werner Henze’s Elegy for Young Lovers to the Curtis Opera Theatre for three performances opening March 14. The performances are produced ...

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05/14/2008

Work of the Week - Hans Werner Henze: The Bassarids

What triumphs over us humans: libidinous intoxication or disciplined reason? Who wins over the people: Dionysos, god of collective inebriation and lord of the Bassarids or Pentheus, King of Thebes, a man of ice-cold rationality? Euripides exemplarily formulated these questions as the fundamental ...

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