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1. Adorno's Essay on Wagner: Rescuing an Inverted Panegyric.

Author

BERRY, MARK

Subjects
*COMPOSERS, *AESTHETICS, *PHILOSOPHERS, *SOCIOLOGISTS
Abstract

The article examines a critical essay done by German sociologist Theodor W. Adorno concerning German composer Richard Wagner and its relation to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Topics discussed include the special responsibility of Wagner with respect to musical fatalism according to Adorno, Wagner's Romantic organicism, and the views of Adorno that Wagner's own linguistic usage was more sophisticated compared to his aesthetics of unmediated unity.

Published
2014
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2. THE KING IN PRUSSIA.

Author

Berry, Mark

Subjects
REIGN of Frederick II, Prussia, Germany, 1740-1786, OPERA
Abstract

The article focuses on Frederick the Great's musical contributions. On May 31, 1740, Frederick ordered George Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, designer of Sanssouci Potsdam, Germany, to build the Hofoper now known as the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. According to the author, Frederick was hands-on in staging of Montezuma, the 24th (!) of Graun's Berlin operas, in 1755.

Published
2012

3. Empty Gestures.

Author

Berry, Mark

Subjects
BERLIN (Germany), GERMANY, STAATSKAPELLE Berlin, PAPE, Rene, 1964-, THEORIN, Irene, O'NEILL, Simon
Abstract

The article reviews the production of "Die Walküre" performed by the Staatskapelle Berlin in Schillertheater in Berlin, Germany on April 17, 2011.

Published
2011

4. Back to Berlin.

Author

Berry, Mark

Subjects
BERLIN (Germany), GERMANY, TANNHAEUSER (Theatrical production), LOHENGRIN (Opera), DIE Meistersinger von Nuernberg (Theatrical production), DEUTSCHE Oper Berlin
Abstract

The article reviews the revivals of the operas "Tannhäuser," directed by Kirsten Harms and starring Stephen Gould and Nadja Michael, "Lohengrin," directed by Götz Friedrich and Gerlinde Pelkowki and starring Ben Heppner and Ricarda Merbeth, and "Die Meistersinger von N&uum;rnberg," directed by Götz Friedrich and starring James Johnson and Klaus Florian Vogt, all of which were performed at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, Germany on February 12, 13, and 14, 2010.

Published
2010

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