The phrase ‘annus horribilis’ might easily have been invented to describe the string of spirit-weakening events that struck Gustav Mahler in the year 1907. First, his ten-year tenure as director of the Court Opera in Vienna ended, crippled by ongoing disputes with management and performers and by a virulently anti-Semitic campaign against him in the press. Then, in July, hisdiagnosed with a heart defect, heaping further anxiety on both himself and his wife Alma.
Mahler makes his hotly anticipated New York debut
Dec 26, 2023
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