Cabaret Revival at the August Wilson Theater: In Here, Life is Beautiful
Before the show even begins, the mood is set—you are not just an audience member, you are a guest at the Kit Kat Club. Welcome to Berlin!
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The Hills of California Review – Sisterhood and Strife by the Sea
The multi-story guest house is meticulously crafted, with staircases that almost seem to lead to heaven—symbolic of the family’s dreams.
One-Man Shows and Square-Shaped Rows: Every Brilliant Thing and Please Do Not Touch
A comparative review of performances of Every Brilliant Thing and Please Do Not Touch in two Coventry theatres.
Presentations of Representation: A Double Review of Two Coventry Shows
In Darfur and My Mother’s Funeral: The Show both ask uncomfortable yet quintessential questions of representation.
From Screen to Stage: „The Hunt” Wows New York with a Terrifying Witch Trial
St. Ann’s Warehouse, transformed from an industrial warehouse to a contemporary theatre, serves as the perfect venue for The Hunt.
Drip Canon: Heraclitus meets tai chi
In the Drip Canon, the Eastern mindset is very strong, and Heraclitus is the most ‘Eastern’ Greek philosopher for me – says Gábor Goda.
Dóra Barta: I was pondering about time, whether it exists
The imagery, the music that creates a special atmosphere, and the theme itself, all take the viewer on a mythical journey – Dóra Barta says.
Liszt Fest programme announced at unusual card game
Liszt Fest returns in 2023 too! The press was invited to attend a gathering where a card game was played and programmes announced.
A “faithless wife” burnt, her love beheaded: the brutality of old ballads
The performance explains the infidelity of a woman who cannot forget her first and true love and flees her bad marriage.
There is too much singing in opera, Debussy said
Debussy: “I wished music to have such freedom to which it is probably better suited than any other art form…”
Frau Holle is a children’s opera this time
The story of Frau Holle describes an important characteristic of being ready for school – a sense of responsibility.
A wise woman gives up her younger love for the heiress
A wise woman who, realising her age, gives up her much younger love for a young and beautiful heiress in Der Rosenkavalier.
Rural people were keeping touch with the dead at Easter
There are different variations for the Easter “splashing”, from immersing the person in a lot of water to to some slight sprinkling.
A love triangle between brothers – Rameau’s Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux are indeed twin brothers, but from two different fathers. Pollux, Zeus’ son, is immortal, but Castor is mortal…
Wonderful Nativity by the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
This production was born from a mixture of peasant folklore and imagination, and was first performed at Müpa Budapest in 2018.
Bence Vági: most of all, Kristály is a story of love
Kristály is an ice queen who suffers from a broken heart and freezes the world around her, not wanting to let any emotion in anymore.
King Pomádé: György Ránki’s children’s opera is a parody of power
Ránki originally wrote King Pomádé as a children’s radio opera in 1950, and three years later adapted it into a full-length stage work.
The Face in the Mirror: two men fall in love with the female clone
Face in the Mirror turns our image of the world upside down: the clone is more human than the person coming from a mother’s womb.
Sleepless: gloomy yet beautiful Péter Eötvös opera in the Müpa
Péter Eötvös adapted Jon Fosse’s Trilogy. The story of precarious couple Alida and Asle is childishly innocent yet deeply sinful…
Péter Eötvös: I ran away from Bartók’s works to avoid falling into repetition
For me the genre of opera is an absolute miracle – says Péter Eötvös before the premiere of his newest opera Sleepless.