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Aida
Noticeably, Giuseppe Verdi’s score reveals that his aim was not to set history to music. Rather, he criticizes an inhuman society. In his production of Aida director Calixto Bieito focuses on the Kammerspiel-like passages of the opera as well as the conflict between the political events surrounding the piece at the time it was produced and the present day.
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Bellinis Norma
Vincenzo Bellini’s hit opera, which premiered in 1831, is considered the epitome of bel canto—yet it offers so much more than just beautiful singing. Richard Wagner recognized early on that the intensely dramatic music paints a “portrait of the protagonist’s soul.”
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Die schweigsame Frau with Christian Thielemann
“The opera is a masterpiece, even if perhaps only in the 21st century,” said Strauss himself, who, during a difficult and dark period, succeeded in creating a work of great compositional virtuosity and lighthearted cheerfulness—a story of people who long for peace or indulge in busyness.
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Symphoniekonzert VII
For Symphony Concert VII, the Staatskapelle, conducted by General Music Director Christian Thielemann, presents a diverse program featuring Franz Liszt’s symphonic poems and Richard Wagner’s overture to Tannhäuser. Before that, you will hear Pfitzner’s Piano Concerto, performed by Igor Levit alongside the Staatskapelle Berlin.
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Nabucco from Giuseppe Verdi
Nabucco, which premiered at La Scala in Milan in the spring of 1842, marked the beginning of Giuseppe Verdi’s brilliant career; he would go on to become Italy’s leading opera composer, virtually unrivaled for several decades.
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