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Zemlinsky: 150th anniversary and WP of Malva

Highly esteemed by his contemporaries, the legendary conductor, composer and pedagogue Alexander Zemlinsky was born 150 years ago this October. His opera fragment Malva from 1912 had its world premiere at the National Theatre in Prague as part of musica non grata's Zemlinsky 150 festival.
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Lang: Playing Trump and Der Hetzer

Politics and power, society and manipulation – these are the key issues of Bernhard Lang’s latest “political theatre works”: the chamber opera Playing Trump, commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera, and the large-scale music theatre Der Hetzer (The Rabble Rouser), commissioned by the Dortumund Opera.
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Interview: Lang on Der Hetzer

For the ORPHEUS magazine, Maike Graf spoke with the composer about his compositional principles and related stylistic elements, about the introduction of rap, and the socio-political intentions of his opera commission Der Hetzer.
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In memoriam Bussotti

Casa Ricordi si unisce con affettuosa commozione alle condoglianze per la scomparsa di Sylvano Bussotti (1° ottobre 1931 – 19 settembre 2021).

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La Biennale di Venezia 2021

Universal Music Publishing Classical a Venezia: 8 compositori per 8 lavori pubblicati da Ricordi e Durand Salabert Eschig, incluse 1 prima assoluta e 5 prime italiane.

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