Aleksandar Marković conductor
Dagmar Pecková mezzosoprano
Composers (arrangers): Vladimir Horowitz [arr.], Franz Liszt [arr.] (1811–1886), Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), Richard Strauss (1864–1949), Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Opera Sinners
Phaedra is the mythical image of the infidel. Herodias is the symbol of the woman – the depraved murderess. Mary Magdalene is the familiar symbol of a runaway who has nevertheless found redemption from sin. Delilah is a type of the traitor. Salome is a perverted sadist. Clytaimnestra, like Herodias, is a perverted ruler. The pagan Kundry desecrates the ritual of the ancient Grail. Jocasta is a participant in incest with her own son. Several forms of sinful female characters in the history of opera. Dance macabre, with its riotous atmosphere, fits into this dramaturgy of sin.
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