"brecht" - 101 õppematerjali

ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

In Estonian theatre, as in other fields of art, more attention was paid to the inner world of the human being and attempts were made to offer significant generalisations. The dramas of Juhan Smuul with their true-to-life characters, witty humour and bold satire of high Soviet dignitaries – Kihnu Jõnn ehk metskapten (Kihnu Jõnn, or The Rogue Captain, 1964), Polkovniku lesk (The Colonel’s Widow) – deserve to be mentioned. Bertolt Brecht became a favourite dramatist: The Life of Galileo and Mother Courage and Her Children having successful runs. The music theatre acquired more individual features; more works of Twentieth century composers (Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin, Richard Strauss) were staged. Young talented conductors Neeme Järvi (b. 1937) and Eri Klas (b. 1939) started to carve their way. Young singers Hendrik Krumm (1934-1989), Urve Tauts (b. 1935), Anu Kaal (b. 1940) and Teo Maiste (b