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| Composer | Smyth, Dame Ethel (1858-1944) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1906 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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KarlsruheThe Wreckers
Smyth: The Wreckers
Ulrich Wagner; Keith Warner; Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe; Tilo Steffens; Julia Müer; Stefan Woinke; Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe
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Rare and intense drama: Smyth's The Wreckers at Glyndebourne
Smyth's rarely performed tale of evil deeds on the Cornish coast provides searing drama marred by poor intelligibility and an overpowering orchestra.
Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers thrillingly staged in New York
Bard SummerScape made musical history by presenting the first full staging of British composer Ethel Smyth’s opera The Wreckers. Born in 1858 and dying in 1944, Smyth was celebrated in her day (John Singer Sargent painted her portrait in 1901) not only for her compositions, but for being an openly bisexual member of the suffrage movement.
Kein richtiges Leben im falschen: The Wreckers in Karlsruhe
Mit seiner Hauptrolle, der kämpferisch emanzipierten Thirza, sticht dieses Musikdrama aus dem Repertoire der Opern des 19. Jahrhunderts heraus. Das Badische Staatstheater hat das Werk nach langer Vergessenheit für das Publikum von heute als packende soziale Studie über gesellschaftliche Aggressivität wieder auf die Bühne gebracht.