The Death of Maria Malibran introduced by Alexander Neef

Approx. Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes

TIFF Cinematheque - Retrospective

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Prior to the screening of The Death of Maria Malibran, Alexander Neef, the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, offers a perspective on the use of opera in Schroeter’s work, the filmmaker’s relationship to the opera world and the idea of the "operatic" gesture in cinema.

The Death of Maria Malibran introduced by Alexander Neef

    • The Death of Maria Malibran
    • Der Tod der Maria Malibran
    • Werner Schroeter
    • Werner Schroeter mixes Stravinsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Maria Callas and Janis Joplin in this delirious biography of the doomed nineteenth-century mezzo-soprano, which he singled out as his most enduring masterpiece.

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