{"product_id":"0807280908091-passenger-bregenz-festival-currentzis","title":"The Passenger Op.97 (Die Passagierin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePRODUCT DESCRIPTION \u003cbr\u003e Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish- Russian composer Mieczysaw Weinberg's \"The Passenger\" in 2010. Written in 1967\/68, the opera relates the chance meeting of a former concentration camp guard and one of her former inmates on an ocean liner years after the war. Bringing the work to vibrant life are the Wiener Symphoniker under Teodor Currentzis; topping the cast are Michelle Breedt and Elena Kelessidi. The work is well served by David Pountney's stage direction and Johan Engels' two-level set, with the ocean liner above and the concentration camp below. \"Grandiose, gripping: Mieczysaw Weinberg's opera 'The Passenger' about an Auschwitz survivor is triumphantly rediscovered at the Bregenz Festival\". (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e REVIEW \u003cbr\u003e The Bregenz production had the knife-edge atmosphere of a major rediscovery, and it features strong performances from most of its principals and from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Teodor Currentzis. The entire thing is superbly recorded and filmed. --Gramophone, Feb '16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32642538766433,"sku":"0807280908091","price":23.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_1437675_1368781_jpg.jpg?v=1770649993","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0807280908091-passenger-bregenz-festival-currentzis","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}