![]() ![]() ‘I accepted within a split second when I was asked to write music for Death in Venice’, says Nicol Muhly by phone.’ I am a big fan of Mann and read the novella when I was eighteen, a fantastic book!’ David Robertson turns out to be a great admirer of the German author, too: ‘I have read almost everything from Mann, and I find it fascinating how librettist Ramsey Nasr and Ivo van Hove combine the novella with his life. Conductor and composer shared their views in a double interview I wrote for the monthly magazine of the RCO. The production will premiere on 4 April in Theater Carré in Amsterdam and will get seven runs. David Robertson conducts, Nico Muhly composed new music. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra joined forces with International Theatre Amsterdam (ITA) and director Ivo van Hove for a re-interpretation of the famous novella Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann. Just out: Een os op het dak: moderne muziek na 1900 in vogelvlucht. ![]()
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