I ti år har Intonal insisteret på at gøre Malmö til en europæisk bastion for eksperimenterende musik. Det er (heldigvis) ikke lykkedes – og netop derfor er festivalen vigtigere end nogensinde.
Damon Albarns Mozart-spin-off »The Magic Flute II« er fyldt med synths og spektakel, men fanger den virkelig operaens essens – eller kun dens æstetik?
Damon Albarn’s Mozart spin-off »The Magic Flute II« is replete with synths and spectacle, but does it truly capture opera’s essence – or merely its aesthetics?
Jenny Wilson’s first opera – an adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek’s »Women as Lovers« – delivers sharp theatricality and biting satire but struggles to find its musical voice.
Jenny Wilsons første opera – en bearbejdning af Elfriede Jelineks »Women as Lovers« – kæmper for at finde sin musikalske stemme.
Three albums with music for string quartet – and the likes – by Jürg Frey, Simon Christensen, and Anders Lauge Meldgaard each approach musical simplicity in their own way. But they aim for entirely different things with it.