Opera: Smothered Voices

Opéra de Reims, 1 Rue de Vesle

A thrilling recital! Anaïs Merlin and Thomas Tacquet explore the repertoire of cabaret melodies and songs by composers who, between 1920 and 1945, were forced into exile or deported because of European totalitarianisms – works that express the critiques and aspirations of their time, from the activist song Das Lila Lied (1920), the first protest song for the recognition of homosexuals, to works devoted to workers, often underrepresented, by establishing bridges between all arts and all forms of so-called classical music. They cross...