Opera Octavia.Trepanation #HF17: drama missing

by Thea Derks
16 June 201729 March 2022
3 min read
For members only, Holland Festival, OPERA, PODIUM ART, SPECIALS

Het openingsbeeld van Octavia. Trepanation is meteen raak. Ter weerszijden van het gelauwerde hoofd van Lenin staat een leger van Chinese terracottastrijders. – Zonder hoofd. Lenins brein volstaat voor allen, zo is de suggestie. Associaties met het beeld van Che Guevara in Reconstructie uit 1969 dringen zich op. Maar waar die opera zijn (anti-Amerikaanse) boodschap glashelder over het voetlicht bracht, zaaien regisseur Boris Joechananov en componist Dmitri Kourliandski enkel verwarring. Politiek...

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Thea Derks

Thea Derks studied English and Musicology. In 1996, she completed her studies in musicology cum laude at the University of Amsterdam. She specialises in contemporary music and in 2014 published the critically acclaimed biography 'Reinbert de Leeuw: man or melody'. Four years on, she completed 'An ox on the roof: modern music in vogevlucht', aimed especially at the interested layperson. You buy it here: https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/een-os-op-het-dak/9789012345675 In 2020, the 3rd edition of the Reinbertbio appeared,with 2 additional chapters describing the period 2014-2020. These also appeared separately as Final Chord.View Author posts

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