Tag: Frankfurt Opera
Ex-Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos sets silent film classics to music – culture
When you sit in Karl Bartos’ basement studio, which is no bigger than what used to be called the hobby room, you have to remind yourself every now and then…
Frankfurt: Premiere of the opera “Bloom” by Vito Žuraj and Händl Klaus – culture
from Helmut Mauro Operas are most contemporary when they are particularly timeless. This also applies to completely new compositions, as the premiere of “Bloom” at the Frankfurt Opera showed. On…
The Frankfurt Opera shows the “Magic” by Pjotr Tchaikovsky – culture
Liked of all his operas Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky “The Sorceress” rather. However, the love he professed himself does not necessarily correlate with the success of the play. The opera, which…
Waiting for today at the Frankfurt Opera: Scenes from a broken marriage – culture
Marriages can quickly become routine, with unforeseeable consequences for those involved. The composer Arnold Schönberg knew this at the latest after his own difficult first marriage. Among other things, he…
Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Night Before Christmas” at the Frankfurt Opera – Culture
Don’t let the title mislead you: The opera “The Night Before Christmas” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is hardly suitable for the pre-Christmas ritual of a family excursion into high culture. Although…
Tobias Kratzer stages Carl Nielsen’s “Masquerade” – culture in Frankfurt
Tobias Kratzer is one of the most interesting opera directors of his generation. He has a fabulous knack for transferring the motifs of an – often well-known – opera very…