Die letzten Tage der Oper

The writers include opera professionals: singers, directors, and conductors as well as creative minds from other fields, like philosophers, artists, film directors, and actors. The book features an iconography of original works by famous artists, in particular those of the renowned stage designer Richard Peduzzi.
Key Selling Points
• Writers include: Marina Abramovic´, George Benjamin, Stephan Braunfels, Robert Carsen, Martin Crimp, Bernard Foccroulle, Philippe Jordan, Jonas Kaufmann, William Kentridge, Christian Lacroix, Jan Lauwers, Katie Mitchell, Riccardo Muti, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Denis Podalyclès, Thaddaeus Ropac, Matthias Schulz, Robert Wilson, Laurie Anderson, Amira Casar and Tilda Swinton.
Author/Editor
Denise Wendel-Poray is a Canadian/French writer, editor, journalist, and curator. She is a graduate of the universities of McGill and Yale. She recently published Painting The Stage: Artists as Stage Designers (Skira, 2019).
Gert Korentschnig is a journalist, author, music critic. He is deputy editor-in-chief of the media house KURIER in Vienna and head of KURIER am Sonntag.

Christian Kircher is Executive Director of Bundestheater-Holding GmbH in Vienna.