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Month: July 2009
Bought and Paid-for Magic — Bernstein Tahiti in Munich’s CuvilliËs Theater
There she is, in her inch or two of sarong, floating, floating…Oh, excuse me, where was I?
Mozart: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail
The strategies of non-traditional opera directors are becoming as predictable and formulaic as the stuffy, static traditional productions that they work so hard not to emulate.
A knock-out Ariadne auf Naxos at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera Festival
There are rare times when a critic can just enjoy, and say “Wow!”
Tosca at the Baths of Caracalla, Rome
Tosca is the quintessential Roman opera, with a plot located in
three infamous landmarks of Rome, its 1900 premiere in Rome was bound to be
enormously successful.
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia
If the economic downturn has canceled some opera lovers plans to attend any of the appealing European summer festivals, perhaps a trip online will find a DVD of a production from a recent year.
Munich’s Re-constructed Lohengrin
Were someone looking to assemble a musical Dream Team to thrill us to the core with Wagner’s Lohengrin, one would need look no further than the assembled forces currently on stage at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera.
Alice Coote stars in the First Night of the BBC Proms 2009
The Proms reach people all over the world, bringing them together for a kind of international street party, celebrating a shared love of music. If the arts make us more human and humane, then the BBC Proms are a force for good.
Festival Aix-en-Provence by StÈphan Lissner
The Aix Festival imagines itself one of Europe’s great festivals, defining itself as the crossroads of European culture.
Gˆtterd‰mmerung at Aix-en-Provence — A Human Symphony
This year’s program at the Aix-en-Provence Festival includes
Gˆtterd‰mmerung, the much-anticipated final installment of the
Ring co-sponsored by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Osterfestspiele Salzburg.