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Apocalyptic minimalism: Carl Orff’s final opera, at Salzburg Festival, reviewed

Plus: why did we ever aesthetically uncancel Mahler's Second Symphony?

Romeo Castellucci served up Orff's De Temporum Fine Comoedia pitch black. Image: Monika Rittershaus 
issue 03 September 2022
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