• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Morton Feldman Neither; Samuel Beckett Footfalls. Staatskapelle Berlin cond. François Xavier Roth; Katie Mitchell, director; Julia Wieninger, actor; Laura Aikin, soprano; Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin
  • Contributor: Sholdice, Garrett
  • Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2015
  • Published in: Tempo
  • Extent: 84-85
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1017/s004029821400076x
  • ISSN: 0040-2982; 1478-2286
  • Keywords: Music
  • Abstract: <jats:p><jats:italic>Neither</jats:italic> is Morton Feldman's only opera. The libretto is a single page of text by Samuel Beckett. British director Katie Mitchell has paired her new staging of this single act work, premiered in 1977, with her staging of Beckett's 1975 short play, <jats:italic>Footfalls</jats:italic>. This new production was presented as part of the Infektion! festival of new music theatre at the Berlin Staatsoper in June of this year.</jats:p>
  • Description: <jats:p><jats:italic>Neither</jats:italic> is Morton Feldman's only opera. The libretto is a single page of text by Samuel Beckett. British director Katie Mitchell has paired her new staging of this single act work, premiered in 1977, with her staging of Beckett's 1975 short play, <jats:italic>Footfalls</jats:italic>. This new production was presented as part of the Infektion! festival of new music theatre at the Berlin Staatsoper in June of this year.</jats:p>
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