Louis Andriessen - La Commedia Interview (Part 1)

An interview with Louis Andriessen on film opera "La Commedia" (2008, in collaboration with filmmaker Hal Hartley). Conversation took place on March 10, 2009 in Andriessen's studio in Amsterdam and is about place of opera in the age of media, using musical language of romanticism, corruption of the music world, love, philosophy, Dante, "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch, singing voice and gender. Author of the interview is Jelena Novak. See more about Andriessen's music at: http://louisandriessen.blogspot.com/

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Music

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• Louis Andriessen
• La Commedia
• Hal Hartley
• opera
• music theatre
• postminimalism
• Amsterdam
• Jelena Novak