ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
March 31st, 1943, at the Vanemuine Theatre with Tubin conducting. The performance
was a great success. The following year Kratt was staged at the Estonia Theatre on
February 24th, on the 25th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia (choreography by
Rahel Olbrei, conductor Priit Veebel).
We see to a great extent the primordial demonic power, this is grasping at the depth of our soul
and the subconscious… in the music this ghastliness, devilry and the primeval can be heard
which we, in accordance with the libretto, have a right to expect and which does not
disappoint.1
The English music critic, Robert Layton remarked: “…the ideas are very fresh.
If it is not Tubin at his very finest, it is still very inventive and likable… Highly
recommended.”2
Some criticism was made about the libretto lacking thorough dramatic
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