His opera “Classes in Love and Violence” in Zurich – Tradition – Muricas News

George Benjamin, born in London in 1960, is without doubt one of the hottest residing opera composers. As a result of he can invent sounds of moonlit depth, one hears (consciously or unconsciously) function fashions like Claude Debussy, particularly his trainer Olivier Messiaen. As a result of he thinks up peculiarly stunning melodies after which surrounds them with a tonal thriller that, and that is uncommon in modern opera, sufficiently satisfies the supporters of the avant-garde, however on the similar time doesn't frighten the viewers accustomed to Wagner, Verdi, Strauss. After the premiere of his opera “Classes in Love and Violence” on the Zurich Opera Home, the middle-class viewers cheered him, fascinated by what he had simply heard.