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Work: Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of the Medusa)

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ComposerHenze, Hans Werner (1926-2012)
PeriodModern
Year1971
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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MunichSir Simon Rattle • Hans Werner Henze zu Ehren

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Neuwirth, Henze
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle; Jörg Widmann; Anna Prohaska; Georg Nigl; Sir John Tomlinson
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Musically superlative Das Floß der Medusa at DNO

Ingo Metzmacher leads a musically formidable performance of Hans Werner Henze’s shipwreck oratorio. Romeo Castellucci’s staging engages the senses but remains emotionally distant.
****1
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Pathos and horror on The Raft of the Medusa

Lyrical pathos and battering choral climaxes were the strong suits at the Dutch première of Hans Werner Henze’s incendiary oratorio Das Floβ der Medusa.
***11
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