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Work: Erwartung

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ComposerSchoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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BrusselsErwartung

© Belgaimage | APA-PictureDesk
Schoenberg, Wagner, Mahler
Belgian National Orchestra; Alpesh Chauhan; Ingela Brimberg

Frankfurt am MainWarten auf heute

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Schoenberg, Martin
Tim Anderson; David Hermann; Oper Frankfurt; Jo Schramm; Sibylle Wallum; Joachim Klein; Opera Frankfurt Orchestra

Los AngelesRituals: One Morning Turns Into an Eternity

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Schoenberg, Webern, Mahler
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen; Peter Sellars; Aušrinė Stundytė; Fleur Barron
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Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

Karen Cargill (Judith) and Christian Van Horn (Bluebeard) © Michael Cooper
Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.
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Freitag, der Dreizehnte celebrates Schoenberg at the Reaktor

Magdalena Anna Hofmann, Christine Schäfer and Klangforum Wien © Werner Kmetitsch
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.
****1
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Singing the blues at the Prague State Opera

Director Barbora Horáková Joly and conductor Jiří Rožeň offer a fresh take on a pair of 20th-century psychodramas.
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Bachtrack top ten: Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg in his apartment, Liechtensteinstrasse 68/70, Vienna, 1907 © Arnold Schönberg Center, Wien
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.