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You Have to Fall to Fly, or: Playing for Time

Summary/Abstract: Kazimierz Bardzik analyzes the opera The Magic Mountain based on Thomas Mann's novel and directed by Andrzej Chyra (Malta Festival in Poznań, premiere: 26.06.2015). He points out the mechanistic quality of Paweł Mykietyn's music, examining its precise form for symbols of limited time and destiny. The author also notes that the musical layer makes reference to various styles: from Renaissance madrigal polyphony and belcanto arias to swing, rock, and pop. Bardzik enthuses about the wide field of set design interpretation by Mirosław Bałka, making his debut in this capacity, and also the singers, who perform difficult vocal parts. He problematizes the issue of the libretto text itself, which, despite its layering of philosophical themes, allows the performers to seem natural.

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