
Staatsoper vs Theater an der Wien
The opera war is on: Zweimal Norma am selben Tag, einmal kitschig ohne Regiekonzept, einmal tiefgründig-politisch. Kleines Haus, große Kunst! Großes Haus, kleine Stimmen?
200% norma / 1000% grigorian / 52% flórez

Are we trapped or can we escape ourselves?
Shostakovich’s buddy, composer of the soviet Winnie the Pooh and an almost forgotten 20th century jewish master composer: An Essay on Mieczysław Weinberg and his opera The Idiot at Musiktheater an der Wien in the staging of Vassiliy Barkhatov