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Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (2019)
Directed by Pierre Audi
Drama, Music · 2h 20m
Rarely has a theatrical world premiere been so warmly received as Dutch National Opera’s production of Arnold Schönberg’s late-Romantic Gurre-Lieder in 2014. The production fulfilled a fervent wish of principal conductor Marc Albrecht. The music of Gurre-Lieder is timeless, and so is its subject: a passionate, yet forbidden love. The story harks back to a Scandinavian saga, situated in Gurre. King Waldemar loves the girl Tove, who is a mysterious character, connected to both the world of people and the world of birds. The queen is jealous and has Tove killed. The Wood Dove tells of this in a moving song and the king accuses God of cruelty. A nightmarish scene follows, of a fierce army killed in battle, which rampages like a horde of ghosts. The radiant dawn at the end of Gurre-Lieder shows the insignificance of human destiny compared to the power of nature.
Cast
Anna Larsson
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Sunnyi Melles
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Audi
Details
- Release date
- 2019-06-01
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Netherlands
- Production
- Dutch National Opera