Romance at its finest. Spoken texts set to music were very popular during the Romantic period. During a difficult phase in his life, Robert Schumann composed music based on texts by the English poet Lord Byron. Today, unfortunately, there is somewhat less interest in this forgotten pairing. But as far as the IJ-Salon is concerned, this doesn’t have to stay that way. There’s nothing wrong with a good ‘rap.’.
Michael Gieler, artistic director of the IJ-Salon: ‘The American Jed Wentz gained widespread recognition in the Netherlands as the director of the Early Music Festival in Utrecht. He is now coming to the IJ-Salon for the first time with a unique genre: the melodrama. Jed has spent his entire life researching this genre and also performs on stages around the world to revive this art form.”.
