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FULL BIEDERMANN UND DIE BRANDSTIFTER (Simon Vosecek) Vienna 2013 Stephen Chaundy, Barbara Zamek-Gliszczynska, Katharina Tschakert
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Biedermann und die Brandstifter
- Composer: Vosecek Simon
- Libretto: Simon Vosecek after the homonymous play by Max Frisch Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Semper Depot, Wien, Austria, Neue Oper Wien
- Recorded: September 17, 2013
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Stephen Chaundy, Barbara Zamek-Gliszczynska, Katharina Tschakert, Tomasz Piȩtak, Till von Orlowsky, Harald Wurmsdobler, Christian Kotsis, Frédéric Pfalzgraf
- Conductor: Walter Kobéra
- Orchestra: amadeus-ansembe-wien
- Stage Director: Béatrice Lachaussée
- Stage Designer: Dominique Wiesbauer
- Costume Designer: Nele Ellegiers
- Lighting Designer: Norbert Chmel
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Simon Vosecek
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, desubs, gensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The opera “Biedermann and the Arsonists,” composed between 2005 and 2007 and based on the play by Max Frisch, occupies a key position in Šimon’s oeuvre. Frisch’s play, on a meta-level, depicts the disintegration of a seemingly intact world, culminating in the complete breakdown of the rules of reason. This process is also reflected in the music, which initially adheres to the language of classical opera. As the evening progresses, more and more elements of this language are lost, until at the end, when the characters have no further agency, the music becomes entirely “speechless.” (Šimon Voseček)