Michael Dangl / Simon Höfele / Elisabeth Brauß

Performers:

Michael Dangl, reading
Simon Höfele, trumpet
Elisabeth Brauß, piano

How fascism manipulates free will – is the subject of the novella »Mario and the Magician« by Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, written between 1926 and 1929. The author tells his story about the magician and hypnotist Cipolla against the backdrop of fascist and nationalist Italy – a few years before Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933. In Mann\'s parable on fascism, hypnosis serves as a metaphor for the seduction of society against its will through the manipulation of an authoritarian, abysmal leader.

program

Michael Dangl liest Thomas Manns »Mario und der Zauberer«

Werke von Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger, Jean Françaix, Erwin Schulhoff u. a.

Place

The Konzerthaus in Vienna (German: Wiener Konzerthaus) was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.

In 1890, the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste (House for music festivals) came about. The idea of the new multi-purpose building was to be more interesting to the broader public than the traditional Vienna Musikverein. In addition to the concert hall, the first drawings by Ludwig Baumann for the Olympion included an ice-skating area and a bicycle club. In an attached open air area, 40,000 visitors would be able to attend events. The drawings were not accepted. However, today an ice skating area is situated right next to the building.

The Konzerthaus was finally built between 1911 and 1913. The architects were Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer; the work was done in cooperation with Ludwig Baumann.