It’s sometimes all so simple, and then it seems horribly complicated. Sometimes it seems overemphasised, and then it seems like it’s the very point of everything.

Portrait of a Musician-Couple

Handel’s Oreste at the mdw’s Department of Voice and Music Theatre

Musician-Couples in the 19th Century: Insights into the research project by Melanie Unseld and Christine Fornoff-Petrowski

When we speak of “bass”, we think mainly of the the bass player in a band. On the following pages, we’ll show you how bass is actually so much more.

Music’s Effects on the Body and the Emotions

Composers have been heavily favouring bass instruments for quite some time now.

Bass instruments evoke a unique fascination—they’re large and heavy, some of them could be described as unwieldy, and playing such instruments requires a lot of breath and strength.

An impression of the mdw’s diversity and selected bicentennial projects.

15 June will witness mdw’s Aufspiel event. All evening long, the mdw will be showing off its many and diverse artistic facets.