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Work: Erwartung

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ComposerSchoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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TorontoBluebeard’s Castle / Erwartung

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Bartók, Schoenberg
Johannes Debus; Robert Lepage; Canadian Opera Company; Michael Levine; Robert Thomson; Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
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Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor

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What do you get for the composer who made – and also kind of broke – everything? Arnold Schoenberg’s well-documented phobia of the number 13 aside, he could not have asked for a superior tribute in his 150th anniversary year.
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Singing the blues at the Prague State Opera

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Director Barbora Horáková Joly and conductor Jiří Rožeň offer a fresh take on a pair of 20th-century psychodramas.
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Astonishing double bill at New York Philharmonic

A semi-staged performance of the two early 20th-century modernist works at the New York Philharmonic featured excellent soloists, great production and an inspired orchestra led by Jaap van Zweden.
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Bachtrack top ten: Arnold Schoenberg

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Who's afraid of Arnold Schoenberg? His music was met with great hostility from critics and audiences, but his revolutionary “serial” method became the foundation for musical modernism in the 20th century.