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New Germany's Music Miseries |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Andrew Clark |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 1,876 Words, 11,767 Characters |
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Musical life in what was once East Germany has been devastated by the economic consequences of German unification. Many well-established East German orchestras and opera companies are being forced to disband. Some musicians have committed suicide after being told they would lose their jobs. Most companies have had their subsidies cut and are surviving on a hand-to-mouth basis. Salaries are being paid late, audience figures have dropped. There is a widespread slump in morale.
Under the communist philosophy of "art for the people," music was a cosseted profession. The former East German government supported eighty-eight orchestras and forty-two opera companies, in a country with a population of only sixteen million. Factory concerts and civic functions provided a livelihood for a large...
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...usty old sea dog Morosus. By the final act, it had been transformed by his new dragonette of a wife (the "silent woman" of the opera's title) into a noisy glass pavilion. There were some extremely funny moments, but it was laughter tinged with pathos and Straussian charm. Seigfried Vogel gave a strong central performance as Morosus, backed up by a first-rate cast. It was an enchanted evening.
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