O duchu, materii i tym wszystkim, co pomiędzy
On Spirit, Matter, and All that Lies Between

Summary/Abstract: Anna R. Burzyńska reviews Louis Andriessen's anti-opera De Materie, created in the framework of the Ruhrtriennale Festival by the director of this edition – Heiner Goebbels. De Materie is another in a series (following: John Cage’s Europeras 1&2 and Harry Partch's Delusion of the Fury) of atypical and relatively seldom staged operas directed by Goebbels in his three-year directorship of the festival. The author provides an insightful analysis of the performance, which she calls a “hyper-erudite musical essay” rooted in extraordinary, monumental stage design, making full use of the post-industrial space. Burzyńska proves that the four-part production is an intricately woven network of artistic narratives composed of precisely rendered and pondered images.

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