{"product_id":"last-days-of-the-opera-9788857243597","title":"Last Days of the Opera","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title is inspired by the epic drama \u003cem\u003eThe Last Days of Mankind\u003c\/em\u003e by Karl Kraus. Published in full in 1922, its author ridicules the interconnected ills of modernity that he saw as fuelling the war machine (nationalism, capitalism, unbridled technology, militarism, journalistic unscrupulousness) as well as the Viennese cultural scene of the time. The drama bears chilling parallels to our world in 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal of the anthology, which includes some 100 essays, is to consider the relevance of opera in today's dystopian world and to look to possible developments in the genre in the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe writers include opera professionals: singers, directors, and conductors as well as creative minds from other fields, like philosophers, artists, film directors, and actors. The book features an iconography of original works by famous artists, in particular those of the renowned stage designer Richard Peduzzi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAuthors include: Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Cecilia Bartoli, Georg Baselitz, George Benjamin, Robert Carsen, Amira Casar, Martin Crimp, Peter Gelb, Markus Hinterhauser, Mariss Jansons, Philippe Jordan, Jonas Kaufmann, William Kentridge, Christian Lacroix, Daniel Libeskind, Christa Ludwig, Katie Mitchell, Jonathan Meese, Riccardo Muti, Shirin Neshat, Hermann Nitsch, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Richard Peduzzi, Denis Podalydès, Thaddaeus Ropac, Bogdan Roscic, Tilda Swinton, Keith Warner, Robert Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47362762637548,"sku":"9788857243597","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b90426c4c7ca335b14d2ef32e98d33ea.jpg?v=1772932493","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/last-days-of-the-opera-9788857243597","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}