Die Frau ohne Schatten - Finale - Salzburg 2011

The finale of 'Die Frau...' at Salzburger Festspiele. Production by Christof Loy. Christian Thielemann conducts the impeccable Wiener Philharmoniker. Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 2011.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Strauss
• Die
• frau
• ohne
• schatten
• Christof
• Loy
• Christian
• Thielemann
• Wiener
• Philharmoniker
• Großes
• Festspielhaus
• Salzburg
• Salzburger
• Festspiele

[BalletBabyBoy]

Why do they fell compelled to do these horrible productions? Damn it, stick to the wishes of the composer and writer. Sick of EuroTrash.

[jgesselberty]

Music = divine

Performance = amazing

Production = crap

[mongemark]

musica bellissima

a morte i registi di oggi!!

[KarryIllanq735]

na bin selber aus Frankfurt

[tantris39]

This opera is about motherhood being woman's sole purpose in lfe??? Don't make me laugh!!! I bet Strauss and Hofmannsthal would get a kick out of that!!



[LM1C144]

I saw this Opera in Antwerpen, the final scene was indescribable in the end there was a big table on which everyone was welcom (actors) and in the end there was also "their" child. I was agitated, emotional in the end. Beautifull

[nogrits4me]

Again, shame on this travesty. Hofmannsthal implied nothing that is shown here.

[bronxbearbud]

"Frau", composed amid the death of war, is said to have called Europe back to life at its 1919 premiere, by promoting marriage and motherhood as a woman's sole purpose in life. A worthy enough belief (perhaps), especially after the war's endless slaughter, but not without some potentially sinister consequences, as the coming nazi state would soon make clear...

[bronxbearbud]

This production suggests the impending tragedy of the nazi state, which also believed that motherhood was a woman's sole purpose in life. The Law for the Encouragement of Marriage gave newlyweds a loan of 1000 marks (9 months' average income), meant to be repaid in flesh, not cash -- the birth of a child eliminated 25% of the loan, two children reduced it by half, and four children cleared the entire loan.

Better a barren womb than a genocidal one, as the Empress' comes to realize....

[bronxbearbud]

Resplendent with banners, well-behaved children, and other sinister elements not hidden by the holiday tree, the scene suggests a nazi concert in support of marriage and motherhood, making the Empress' concluding, tormented gestures terrifyingly appropriate: now fertile, she knows her struggle for the grace and sanctity of motherhood has been in vain, as she realizes she will give birth to a generation whose atrocities are already mirrored in her horrified gaze.

Knocked my socks off.