The Last Days of the Opera Book

The Last Days of the Opera Book is a major anthology on opera edited by leading specialists in the field.

Inspired by the epic drama The Last Days of Mankind by Karl Kraus. Published in full in 1922, the author ridicules the interconnected ills of modernity that he saw as fueling the war machine: nationalism, capitalism, unbridled technology, militarism, journalistic unscrupulousness as well as the Viennese cultural scene at the time

Writers include: Marina Abramovic, George Benjamin, Stephan Braunfels, Robert Carsen, Martin Crimp, Bernard Foccroulle, Philippe Jordan, Jonas Kaufmann, William Kentridge, Christian Lacroix, Jan Lauwers, Katie Mitchell, Riccardo Muti, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Denis Podalyclès, Thaddaeus Ropac, Matthias Schulz, Robert Wilson.

Editors: Christian Kircher, Gert Korentschnig, Denise Wendel-Poray
Publisher: Skira
Format: Paperback
Colour illustrations: 90
Size: 16.5 x 24 cms
Pages: 486