Seminar toimub 20.–22. mail ruumis A202.
Prof. dr. habil. Michael Heinemann (Dresden)

Kava:

20. mai

10.45–12.15
1. Richard Strauss – an overview of his life. Symphonic poems, songs, operas Salome (1905), Elektra (1909), Der Rosenkavalier (1911). Strauss’s attitude to World War I during and after the war. His ‘new music’ (songs of Ophelia, opera (‘bourgeois comedy’) Intermezzo 1924). Strauss’s very ambivalent role in the Third Reich. His late works (especially the last songs – the swan song of German Romanticism).

12.30–14.00
2. Hugo von Hofmannsthal, libretto of Der Rosenkavalier. Strauss–Hofmannsthal correspondence.

21. mai
Analysis of each act of the 3-act production of Der Rosenkavalier, including a musical-dramaturgical analysis of one of the scenes and a stage interpretation by Joachim Herz (1985).

12.30–14.00 Act 1
14.30–16.00 Act 2
16.15–17.45 Act 3

22. mai
10.45–12.15 Consultations (optional)

Prof. Heinemann viibib EMTAs ERASMUS+ õppejõudude mobiilsuse programmi kaudu.