Entertainment on a High Level
✮✮✮ Telemann's Emma und Eginhard Staatsoper im Schiller Theater | Berlin Eva Maria Höckmayr | René Jacobs Georg Philipp Telemann wrote the opera Emma und Eginhard in 1728 for Hamburg’s Gänsemarkt Opera. It tells the story of forbidden love between the daughter of Charlemagne and the emperor’s scribe and confidante. The action takes place on Charlemagne’s court, shortly after his victory in the Saxon wars. In times of peace, described by the now unemployed field marshall Alvo
It's the End of the World, Again
✮✮✮✮ Samuel Beckett's Endgame Sydney Theatre Company | Sydney directed by Andrew Upton On stage, artists can communicate ideas that they believe to be of interest to the wider community. They can also use it as grounds for exploration, to develop an improved understanding of the nature of their practice or to investigate issues surrounding our lives. Stories are shared and concepts are illustrated, that may or may not connect with audiences but we never quite leave the theatr
