The Berlin Philharmonic's "The Golden Twenties" brings to life the city of that decade
The Berlin Philharmonic’s “The Golden Twenties” brings to life the city of that decade From their plush "Digital Concert Hall" you can listen to Thomas Søndergård conduct the magnificent orchestra. By Kate Molleson Pleasure on the brink of collapse: Bertolt Brecht in his flat in Berlin, 1927 Chicago, 1921. Sergei Prokofiev premiered an opera about melancholy and mirth. A prince who is unable to laugh finds three oranges, each one containing a princess, and after various phantasmagorical exploits he marries princess number three. Outmoded characters representing trag...
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