Karl-Heinz Steffens, conductor; Bernstein / Blitzstein
Love and heartbreak in the land of geometry: Marc Blitzstein’s “Parabola and Circula” is finally receiving its world premiere! The possibly only Cubist opera in existence was composed in 1929. The planned premiere in cooperation with the Bauhaus in Dessau however never took place – until now.
The surviving musical material has been prepared in a performance version by Kai Hinrich Müller, Karl-Heinz Steffens, and Boosey & Hawkes, and will be celebrating its world premiere at the Musikfest Berlin.
The opera tells the tragic love story between geometric figures in a world of abstract forms. Its powerful music focuses on the internal conflicts of the modern age – a unique work performed in combination with music by Bernstein, a close companion of Blitzstein, an American composer still largely unknown in Germany.
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
Symphony No. 2 “Age of Anxiety” (1949)
for piano and orchestra
Marc Blitzstein (1905 – 1964)
Parabola and Circula (1929/30)
Opera in one act
Lyrics by George Whitsett
- Concert performance world premiere
#MusikfestBerlin
Participating artists
Tzimon Barto
Aleksander Nohr
Mari Eriksmoen
Joseph Dennis
Hanna Husáhr
Linard Vrielink
Henning von Schulman
Hongni Wu
Norrköping Symphony Orchestra
Karl-Heinz Steffens
Dates
September 2025
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