Szaleństwo w dobie nowoczesności
Madness in the Modern Age

Summary/Abstract: The author presents a critical analysis of the opera performance la bianca notte/die helle nacht by Beato Furrer, shown at the Staatsoper Hamburg (prem.: 10 May 2015). The work of the Swedish composer, created within the current of „Künstler-Oper”, tells the story of the life of a quirky Italian poet from the turn of the twentieth century, Dino Campana, which, as Pasiecznik notes, was “oscillating between numerous voyages (he was building his own myth of a nomad poet) and stays at psychiatric hospitals”. The main plotline dealing with the mad artist has not been used in an original way, and the performance itself is not exceptional in comparison to other excellent operas by Furrer. The article ends with a remark concerning the change of management at the Staatsoper Hamburg and the hopes associated with it.

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