Glanert: Caligula | CD review

Holland/Schuster/Wölfel/Frank/Frankfurt Opera/Stenz (Oehms)Detlev Glanert's Caligula, his fifth, full-length opera for adult audiences, was first staged in Frankfurt in 2006. It is based upon Albert Camus's 1945 play, which depicts the Roman emperor in the last days of his life, charting his descent into madness following the death of Drusilla, his sister and lover. The increasingly cruel and outlandish behaviour that leads to his murder, Camus suggests, is virtually self-willed. It's a scena...

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