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Kafka: Letter to My Father
Composer:Stanley Walden
Librettist:Stanley Walden
Synopsis
When he was 36, Franz Kafka wrote a letter to his father, in which he strongly criticized his father's methods of child-rearing, which included cursing, threats, ironly, hurtful laughter and - curiously - self-accusation. Walden used this letter, together with excerpts from other letters, to create a dramatic piece of music theater. As reviewed in the Weser-Kurier, the theme is as old as mankind: misunderstood, neglected, unloved sons rebelling against their fathers. Kafka's Dearest Father letter has entered into the world literature. Ironically, the letter never reached its destination.

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Center for Contemporary OperaKafka: Letter to My Father6/6/2000 - 6/29/2000


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Approximate Runtime (hh:mm)
1:30



 
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