8 p.m. – 10 p.m. (CET) | Holzhude 1, 21029 Hamburg | Tickets: 5€

We cordially invite you to the final event in our transatlantic concert and conversation series Opera & Democracy. Join us in the new year for the panel discussion and concert titled "Muss denn in diesem Land immer alles politisch sein?" (Does everything in this country have to be political?) in Hamburg.

*The discussion will convene in German*

Kent Nagano will discuss his time as General Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and the Philharmonic State Orchestra with musicologist Holger Noltze and author Inge Kloepfer. They will examine the current role of opera in democratic society and how it can bring people together, both as an institution and through its art.

The program will also feature music by Ernst Krenek, a composer known for addressing political themes in his works. His one-act opera The Dictator (1926), which depicts a power-hungry ruler who starts a war, explores social issues.

Additionally, Krenek contributed music for the reopening of the Hamburg State Opera after World War II, including his opera Pallas Athene weeps, written during his exile in the United States. This work serves as a commentary on the struggle for democracy.

The event is organized in cooperation with the Hamburg State Opera and the Opera and Democracy series of the Thomas Mann House, Los Angeles. It is curated by Thomas Mann Fellow Kai Hinrich Müller and has been hosted at various venues since January 2024.

Attendance

Address:
LichtwarkTheater
Holzhude 1, 21029 Hamburg

Tickets:
Price: 5€
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