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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Re: Schoenberg's opera
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Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 21:50:12 EDT
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> I saw a film version of Shoenberg's opera "Moses and Aaron" last night.
> The story is really stupid, Moses and the Jews and all that crap,
> but the music is amazing. Has anyone else seen this flick? It was
> made in 1975, in German, with English subtitles.
 
Yes, I've seen it too. My opinion is that the story is OK, but the staging
and acting were unbelievably ridiculous.   Example - in one scene, people
are supposed to be going crazy with drink, or something, and fall off a cliff
in their drunkenness. The actions of the "actors" make it clear they only
jumped down about three feet. And you see these people later on in the
film, too. A little early for any Resurrections, I think.

The music *is* pretty amazing. I've never really gotten into it, but may 
someday. More power to you.

					Jeff Winslow