The Greek Passion: Wiener Philharmoniker (Maxime Pascal) (2023)
2h 7min
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- Synopsis:
Bohuslav Martinu's opera The Greek Passion, here in the 1961 version, is based on the novel The re-crucified Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis. The opera develops the Christian doctrine of "love thy neighbour" ad absurdum, as a group of refugees are driven out of a little Greek village just as the village is putting on a Passion play for Holy Week. The opera is a pessimistic plea for humanity, made in the awareness that humanity must always wrestle anew with its own egoism. Director Simon Stone "creates a modern parable, somehow both contemporary and timeless". For the last of his 16 operas, Martinu developed a tonal language which combined his early musical experiences with elements of Greek folklore, Greek Orthodox liturgy and dance music. Maxime Pascal, the 2014 winner of the Salzburg Festival's annual Young Conductors Award and at the podium of the Wiener Philharmoniker for the first time, "unfolds a musical and dramatic intensity that makes your hair stand on end, both in the tender outbursts and the violent ones. A maestro of his time". - Actors:
- Gabor Bretz, Sebastian Kohlhepp, Sara Jakubiak, Charles Workman, Christina Gansch, Lukasz Golinski, Matteo Ivan Rasic, Matthaus Schmidlechner, Alejandro Balinas Vieites, Julian Hubbard, Aljoscha Lennert, Helena Rasker, Luke Stoker, Robert Dolle, Scott Wilde, Teona Todua, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Maxime Pascal
- Writers:
- Bohuslav Martinu
- Studio:
- Naxos Music UK Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Austria
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not available for rental
- Run Time:
- 127 minutes
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