Subjective! Lecture series of András Batta
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Subjective! Lecture series of András Batta
The programme is held in Hungarian.
Planet Opera… Or rather: opera-planet? Both are true, because opera is a vast world and is constantly in motion, "wandering" through both time and space. Its reach is immeasurable. It even singed Freddie Mercury, who yearned for "operatic" singing, was suited to it, and did take a foray onto the opera stage alongside the marvelous opera singer Monserrat Caballé (Barcelona). Of course, for many people Freddie and Queen's most famous album, A Night at the Opera, comes to mind. This title, incidentally, does not refer to an actual evening at the opera, but is a parodic citation of the famous film ("A Night at the Opera"). Yet the operatic idea hovers over the album.
The idea for the spring "Subjective" series originates in the House of Music's "Freddie" temporary exhibition, but it does not revolve only around it. We wander among masterpieces and look for mirrors in which, alongside other faces, our own may appear for a moment. Somewhat surreal, but true: by stepping through the mirror we also step beyond our own limits. So let's see what is "over there"!
Orpheus – the artist's self-portrait, the hero of the earliest operas, the inspirer of the first operatic masterpieces, a recurring figure on the opera stage. What interests us now is when he appears behind the masks of other heroes, with Wagner, with Bartók…
Rock Troubadours (US, 70s): CSNY, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Van Morrison, Roy Harper
