Marc Blitzstein, Parabola and Circula, CD | Bauhaus Music Vol. 1
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With “Bauhaus Music, Volume 1,” the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum of Design launches a new CD edition.
This makes audible the Bauhaus’s rich, long-overlooked musical history. It begins with a true discovery: Marc Blitzstein’s “Parabola and Circula,” probably the only geometric opera in the world. Composed in 1929/30 and intended for a performance in the Bauhaus milieu, the work remained unheard for almost a century. Only in 2025 was it premiered in a reconstructed version, initiated by the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum of Design as part of the “Bauhaus Music” research project, on the occasion of Musikfest Berlin at the Berliner Philharmonie.
Opera in one Act (1929) | Libretto: George Whitsett.
Blitzstein’s opera tells a tragic love story in a world of geometric shapes: modern, witty, colorful, and remarkably close to the artistic visions of the Bauhaus stage. This CD presents the first recording featuring the performers from the 2025 premiere: a sound document of an extraordinary moment in music and Bauhaus research.
Bauhaus Music 2026 — upcoming events:
Friday, November 13, 2026
Evening concert at St. Elisabeth Church,
7–9 p.m.
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Sound as Color, Color as Sound — 1st concert,
5–6 p.m.
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Sound as Color, Color as Sound — 2nd concert,
6:30–7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Sound as Color, Color as Sound — 3rd concert,
8–9:30 p.m.
Bauhaus Music is funded by: The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.