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Mahagonny Songspiel streaming from La Scala 3/18
Tomorrow, Teatro alla Scala in Milan is streaming a duo of operas from Kurt Weill. First up is Die Sieben Todsünden, then Mahagonny Songspiel. These performances will be available on Thursday, March 18th at 8 pm CET. You can find the livestream here. https://www.teatroallascala.org/en/season/2020-2021/opera/die-sieben-todsunden-mahagonny-songspiel.html Mahagonny Songspiel debuted in 1927. This scenic cantata is a collection…
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Part 4: Modern productions of Jonny Spielt Auf, the Good, the Bad, and the Cringeworthy
In part 1, I show how blackface is a still a tradition used in modern opera productions. Part 2 covers the minstrel roots of Jonny Spielt Auf. Part 3 covers the Nazi reaction to Jonny Spielt Auf and how it became the face of Entartete Musik (degenerate music). With this problematic background, how modern opera…
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