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Allow Me to Introduce Myself: My Name Is Behringer. Or Is It Tannhäuser?

“Rhinoceros” at Schauspielhaus Graz: grey plastic sacks, Wagner’s Tannhäuser and a strong ensemble make Ionesco’s parable disturbingly topical.

by Michaela Preiner,

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Sarah Sophia Meyer, Franz Solar, Sebastian Schindegger, Oliver Chomik, Anna Klimovitskaya (c) Lex Karelly

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Foto: (c) Ole Jørgen Løvås
Theatre

Who Wants to Be Perfect Anyway!

In "A perfect person", Gabel Eiben and Ross Cowan jog along the coastline of a Norwegian town while talking about self-optimisation – a clever piece against the economisation of the self.

4 min read

How much time do you have?

„Dido“ von und mit Korhan Basaran bei der wortwiege in den Kasematten Wiener Neustadt (Foto: Julia Kampichler)
Tanz

Sea glitter and fire crackling

Korhan Basaran impressed the audience of the “wortwiege” with his “Dido” in the Kasematten in Wiener Neustadt.

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  1. „Bones & Stones“ – Claudia Bosse – Tanzqaurtier (Foto: Markus Gradwohl)
  2. „Being Moved“ (Foto: Franzi Kreis)
  3. „In hell with Jesus“ (Foto: Kasimir Stoichkov)
  4. „The Köln Concert“ (Foto: Reto Schmid)

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What ECN published on 25 October – different finds from the archive every day.

  1. 20242 years ago
    Zu schön, um wahr zu sein
    FeatureToo good to be true
  2. 20224 years ago
    „Frankenstein“ – Schauspielhaus Salzburg (Foto: Chris Rogl)
    TheatreFrankenstein’s creature at the foot of the Salzburg Fortress
Klangforum (Foto: ORF musikprotokoll/Martin Gross)
Concert

The sound of nature in the concert hall

The second evening of musikprotokoll as part of Steirischer Herbst 23 was devoted entirely to nature. The Klangforum under conductor Lin Liao performed four concerts in the List Hall and was then replaced by the Schallfeld Ensemble.

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„Organa Quadrupla“ – Dom im Berg (Foto: ORF musikprotokoll/Martin Gross)stereophony in the “Dom im Berg”4 min readFoto: Benjamin Pieber – Herzog MediaJulius Bürger – expelled and rediscovered I A Viennese composer returns8 min readAfrica meets Rock and PopAfrica meets Rock and Pop2 min read
Vier Frauen und ein Mann
Picture of the week · Oper

Four women and one man

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