With its 440 photographs this book which is unique in its kind highlights important
milestones in the history of music that have also been formative for us. VOICES offers insights
into the life stories of artists. Outstanding performers tell us about experiences with their
colleagues renowned personalities in the music and theater scene. And they also give us
glimpses into their private realms: making music at home with their families social
backgrounds and such sensitive themes as setbacks fears or long-yearned-for appreciation
and how they found the key to their voices. This impressive volume represents history from 1945
to the present passed down by way of personal accounts. The texts are based on conversations
conducted by Christine Cerletti and Thomas Voigt during the pandemic in 2021 22 or they were
written by the artists themselves. Choosing diverse approaches they outline how the stage can
become an emotional space. Their stories are musical history narrated from a personal
perspective. The desire to share things is incredibly strong. What remains after the caesura
established by the pandemic: (musical) theater is closeness.
