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Christian Kircher Gert Korentschnig

Last Days of the Opera

Christian Kircher,  Gert Korentschnig,  Denise Wendel-Poray

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English
Skira
28 March 2023
Performance art
The title is inspired by the epic drama The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus.

Published in full in 1922, its author ridicules the interconnected ills of modernity that

he saw as fueling the war machine (nationalism, capitalism, unbridled technology,

militarism, journalistic unscrupulousness) as well as the Viennese cultural scene of

the time. The drama bears chilling parallels to our world in 2020. The goal of the

anthology, which includes some 100 essays, is to consider the relevance of opera in

today's dystopian world and to look to possible developments in the genre in the

foreseeable future.

The writers include opera professionals: singers, directors, and conductors as well as

creative minds from other fields, like philosophers, artists, film directors, and actors.

The book features an iconography of original works by famous artists, in particular

those of the renowned stage designer Richard Peduzzi.

Authors include: Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Cecilia Bartoli, Georg Baselitz, George Benjamin, Robert Carsen, Amira Casar, Martin Crimp, Peter Gelb, Markus Hinterhauser, Mariss Jansons, Philippe Jordan, Jonas Kaufmann, William Kentridge, Christian Lacroix, Daniel Libeskind, Christa Ludwig, Katie Mitchell, Jonathan Meese, Riccardo Muti, Shirin Neshat, Hermann Nitsch, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Richard Peduzzi, Denis Podalydès, Thaddaeus Ropac, Bogdan Roscic, Tilda Swinton, Keith Warner,

Robert Wilson.
Edited by:   , ,
Imprint:   Skira
Country of Publication:   Italy
Dimensions:   Height: 240mm,  Width: 165mm, 
Weight:   900g
ISBN:   9788857243597
ISBN 10:   8857243591
Pages:   486
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Christian Kircher is Executive Director of Bundestheater-Holding GmbH in Vienna. Gert Korentschnig is an opera critic (Wiener Kurier). Denise Wendel-Poray, writer, critic, and former opera singer, is the author of several books and essays on the relationship between art, theatre, and music. She recently published Painting the Stage/i> (Skira, 2019).

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