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ComposerWeinberg, Mieczysław (1919-1996)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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BirminghamWeinberg's The Passenger

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Weinberg: The Passenger
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; CBSO Chorus

DortmundWeinberg: Die Passagierin – Mirga Gražinyte-TylaConcert performance

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Weinberg: The Passenger
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; CBSO Chorus; Adrienn Miksch; Daveda Karanas
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Weinberg’s The Passenger at Dutch National Opera

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Tobias Kratzer's 2024 Munich production makes its way to Amsterdam, proving that Weinberg's opera has the power to transfix. 

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A hard hitting opera to stay in the memory

In its first full staging in Russia, Miecysław Weinberg’s complex, eclectic score is sung and played with excellence; Thaddeus Strassberger's direction and staging presses all the emotional buttons.
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Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful

David Pountney's production of Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger travels to Chicago. 
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