Hans Thomalla
Updates
"Tonality and Affect Today"
from the 2023 Darmstadt Summer Courses
forthcoming in "Darmstädter Beiträge zur Neuen Musik" Vol. 26
New Opera coming in Spring 2024
Libretto by Juliana Spahr and the composer
after motives from Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s “Elective Affinities”
Lyrics by Joshua Clover
with Alan Pierson, Barbora Horáková Joly
Dark Spring
Opera in 11 Scenes after Frank Wededekind's
"Frühlingserwachen"
Lyrics by Joshua Clover
Nationaltheater Mannheim 2020
“a finger on the pulse of modern issues”
“an aching, sometimes disturbing work”
Musical America
“From the downbeat the mastery of orchestration that Thomalla wields is evident. The composition, execution, and performance are unparalleled.”
Music City Review
"This avowed song-opera goes like a bolted arrow directly into the listener’s heart"
The Whole Note
“I want to go over the meadows in the twilight…” sings Wendla (Lavi) in another of those moments where Thomalla allows a voice to shine, and to a melodic line whose beauty goes on after the closing bars."
Opera Wire
Dark Spring
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Dark Spring CD on Oehms / Classical
and on Spotify / Apple Music
... the Brent geese fly in long low wavering lines ...
Concerto for Orchestra (2021)
First performance: Munich Musica Viva, February 17, 2023
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Vimbayi Kaziboni
(2020-21) for amplified Ensemble
Performances in Fall 2022:
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Sept. 16 Beethoven Festival Bonn (Alarm Will Sound, Alan Pierson)
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Sept. 18 Bratislava White Night Festival (Quasars Ensemble, Ivan Buffa)
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October 26, University of Missouri Kansas City