Opera Scandal 1920s

Opera Scandal 1920s 03/05/2004 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Gefesselten Prometheus des Aeschylos, Concert Overture Op. 38 (1889) – Benjamin M. Korstvedt, Clark University Opera Scandal 1920s – Leon Botstein Hindemith’s Opera Trilogy – Giselher Schubert, Director, Hindemith Institute Frankfurt

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Gefesselten Prometheus des Aeschylos, Concert Overture Op. 38 (1889)

Gefesselten Prometheus des Aeschylos, Concert Overture Op. 38 (1889) By Benjamin M. Korstvedt, Clark University Written for the concert Opera Scandal 1920s, performed on March 5, 2004 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) may not be counted among the Great Composers, but he was a very good composer. He was long…

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Hindemith’s Opera Trilogy

Hindemith’s Opera Trilogy By Giselher Schubert, Director, Hindemith Institute Frankfurt Written for the concert Opera Scandal 1920s, performed on March 5, 2004 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Paul Hindemith’s triptych of one-act operas—Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, Opus 12 (1919), Das Nusch-Nuschi, Opus 20 (1920) and Sancta Susanna, Opus 21 (1921)—were created during a…

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