Twisted fire-starters: staging the incendiary opera Biedermann and the Arsonists

Šimon Voseček’s opera, based on the absurdist satire by Max Frisch, revels in mayhem. The director of the first UK production, Max Hoehn, explains how he orchestrated the chaosI am four weeks into rehearsals for the UK premiere of Šimon Voseček’s 2013 opera, based on Max Frisch’s absurdist 1953 play Biedermann and the Arsonists, and the visceral impact of the music continues to entertain and disorientate in equal measure. Enter its soundworld and you&rsq