film & live music

The City without Jews
Olga Neuwirth
 

13.5.2023 Berlin, Akademie der Künste
06.02.2023 Graz,  Oper Graz
06.03.2021 Salzburg, Aspekte (aufgrund von Covid19 abgesagt)
09.06.2020 Graz,  Oper Graz (aufgrund von Covid19 verschoben)
08.06.2020 Vienna, Le Studio (aufgrund von Covid19 verschoben)
23.05.2020 Gent, Gent, Music Centre De Bijloke (aufgrund von Covid19 abgesagt)
28.03.2020 Salzburg, Aspekte (aufgrund von Covid19 verschoben)
24.09.2019 Frankfurt, Alte Oper
29.03.2019 Berlin, Maerzmusik
28.11.2019 Hamburg, Greatest Hits
15.11.2019 London, Barbican Center
07.11.2019 Vienna, Wiener Konzerthaus (wp)

 

Conductors

Nacho de Paz
Lars Mlekusch (Aspekte Salzburg 2020)

 

PHACE

Walter Seebacher, clarinet
Reinhold Brunner, clarinet (Graz)
Michael Krenn, saxophone
Spiros Laskaridis, trumpet
Stefan Obmann, trombone
Samuel Toro Perez, electric guitar (Berlin)
Francesco Palmieri, electric guitar (Graz)
Tom Pauwels, electric guitar (Berlin)
Felix Pöchhacker, electric guitar
Petra Ackermann, viola
Roland Schueler, cello
Barbara Riccabona, cello (Berlin)
Mathilde Hoursiangou, keyboard
Berndt Thurner, percussion
Alfred Reiter, sound

The cooperation of PHACE and Nacho de Paz is kindly supported by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) / PICE.
supported by Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, City of Vienna, SKE-Fonds.
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PROGRAMME

Silent Movie
Die Stadt ohne Juden 
(Österreich, 1924)
The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

commissioned by Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Barbican Centre and Sinfonieorchester Basel

Today, the silent film DIE STADT OHNE JUDEN (“The City Without Jews”) is regarded as one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. Based on the eponymous novel by the Jewish writer and journalist Hugo Bettauer, the film was shot in Vienna in 1924. Disturbingly prophetic, it shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city following the expulsion of its Jewish population. The film was only preserved in a fragmentary and, in terms of its content, downplayed version, until the Filmarchiv Austria succeeded in finding the missing parts in France.

For this extraordinary silent film project the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners commissioned the Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth to write an accompanying music. PHACE has performed the world premiere of the newly restored version and the new score in November 2018 at Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna.

Event Dates

November 2018
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 07.Nov.2018 19:30

    Stadt ohne Juden

    Wien, Wiener Konzerthaus

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

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  • 15.Nov.2018 19:00

    Stadt ohne Juden

    London, Barbican

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
  • 28.Nov.2018 20:00

    Stadt ohne Juden

    Hamburg, Kampnagel K6- Greatest Hits

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
September 2019
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 24.Sep.2019 20:00

    Die Stadt ohne Juden

    Frankfurt, Alte Oper - Mozartsaal

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
March 2020
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 28.Mar.2020 21:00

    Stadt ohne Juden (cancellation due to government policies to prevent the spread of the corona virus)

    Salzburg

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
May 2020
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 23.May.2020 20:00

    Die Stadt ohne Juden (Cancellation due to COVID-19)

    Gent, Music Centre De Bijloke

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
June 2020
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 08.Jun.2020 11:30

    Die Stadt ohne Juden (Cancellation due to COVID-19)

    Vienna, LE STUDIO (Schulveranstaltung)

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
  • 08.Jun.2020 20:00

    Die Stadt ohne Juden (Cancellation due to COVID-19)

    Vienna, LE STUDIO

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
December 2020
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 06.Dec.2020 20:30

    Die Stadt ohne Juden - Olga Neuwirth (cancelled due to Covid-19)

    Graz, Oper Graz

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
March 2021
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 06.Mar.2021 21:00

    Die Stadt ohne Juden (Covid19-cancellation!)

    Salzburg, Aspekte Festival

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
February 2023
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 06.Feb.2023 19:30

    The City without Jews

    Graz, Opera

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more
May 2023
  • Date
    Project
    Location
  • 13.May.2023 19:30

    Stadt ohne Juden

    Akademie der Künste / Berlin

    The City without Jews (Austria, 1924)

    directed by: Hans Karl Breslauer
    music: Olga Neuwirth (2017)

    The silent film THE CITY WITHOUT JEWS (1924), one of the most important Austrian productions of the interwar period. H. K. Breslauer's satirical dystopia shows the cultural and economic impoverishment of a city that drives out its Jewish population, and in its portrayal of murderous anti-Semitism in Vienna in the aftermath of the First World War, it is disconcertingly irritating and prophetic. For moviegoers or anyone interested in the history of the 20th century, this Austrian Expressionist film is indispensable. The Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth was commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and other partners to extend this extraordinary film to a musical dimension...

    Read more

 

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