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Jedem Krieger sein eigen Heim: Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen and its original political inspiration
[…] conductor Karl Rankl.Brecht's poem directly refers to an historical event, an anti-war demonstration in 1926 by the Roter Frontkämpferbund (RFK), a far-left paramilitary organization affiliated with the Communist Party during the Weimar Republic (see the newspaper photograph above). According to newspaper reports, an artillery helmet, combat weapons and war honours had been placed on a coffin carried as part of the demonstration. The inscription on the coffin, which as can be seen in the photograph, read Jedem Krieger sein eigen Heim (for every warrior his own home), was a sarcastic allusion to the promise of the Supreme Army Command to allocate land to the soldiers after the end of the war and to Hindenburg's use of this slogan as an appeal for perseverance in 1917. The piece's title refers to Unter den Eichen' ('under the oaks'), a broad street leading from Berlin to Potsdam, which was the residence of the German Emperor and his court […]
2022-01-18 09:01:54
Comedy with violence: a chance to stream the German premiere of the original French version of Donizetti's Deux Hommes et une Femme
[…] for their 2014 recording [see my review]. The work occasionally pops up on stages, after all a comedy from Donizetti's mature period is quite a draw, and directors approach the challenges of the plot in a variety of ways. In September 2021, the Berliner Operngruppe gave the German premiere of this original French version of Donizetti's Deux Hommes et une Femme at the Konzerthaus, Berlin in a production directed by Lorenzo Fioroni, conducted by Felix Krieger and starring Elbenita Kajtazi, Alasdair Kent and Pablo Ruiz. The production was filmed and the opera is being streamed by CueTV starting tonight (18 January 2022) and available until 25 January. Full details from CueTV.
2021-03-22 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech recommends a new recording of Pietro Mascagni's 'Iris'. 'Krieger's exhilarating conducting draws from both his singers and players some truly sublime performances, full of unbridled enthusiasm.'
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-01-03 13:01:53
In Brazil, Artists And Musicians Are Leading The Resistance To Bolsonaro
“‘We can’t become anaesthetised and think, ‘Oh, he won [the election]. There’s nothing we can do,” said [Edu] Krieger, who has written songs for some of Brazil’s most celebrated female voices. ‘At least through our music we can pester them a bit and make some noise. This is the most efficient kind of resistance we […]
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