20 mai 2008, 14h05m
par Gjervan
Anyone brought here by a link in my Norwegian
'general' blogg may have noticed I was
quite exited about both Det Norske Teater's showing of
Bertolt Brecht/
Kurt Weill's the Threepenny Opera and the
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-concert in Oslo Spektrum. I have finally been to Oslo and seen both shows, and now I'm back in Trondheim I finally have the time to write about it.
Starting with the Threepenny Opera, I really liked it. Although I have never seen it before (only heard the songs), I understand certain
criticisms of the direction of the showing, as it did not really tell me what Brecht wanted to say 75 years ago. On the other hand, it could be because my political views are a bit to the right of those of Brecht and years of listening to
Hans Rotmo have made me a bit vaccinated against musical propaganda from the left.
To be honest, it was Weill's music that really atracted me, not Brecht's literature (though the lyrics is such a great part of the songs it is hard to say who is the real genius of Brecht/Weill). …