It was in the “Orwell year” 1984 that Götz Friedrich, general manager — Intendant — of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (DOB) from 1983 until his death in 2000, staged the first half of Wagner’s “Ring des Nibelungen” in the 1900-seat house on Berlin’s Bismarckstrasse.
OONY Performs Cilèa’s L’Arlesiana
It is well known that the Opera Orchestra of New York’s performances are required events for
opera aficionados to hear the the most exciting performances of the season.
Adams/Sellars “Tree” blossoms sublimely at SFS
Compared with Pamina and Tamino, Kumudha and her Prince, the central figures in “A Flowering Tree,” the John Adams and Peter Sellars collaboration given its American premiere on March 1 by the San Francisco Symphony, walk a rock-strewn road.
A pleasure for all
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/show-23363335-details/Royal%20Academy%20Opera:%20Tchaikovsky’s%20Iolanta%20And%20Puccini’s%20Gianni%20Schicchi/showReview.do?reviewId=23387855
Die Walk¸re, Teatro Nacional de S„o Carlos, Lisbon
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/93374fc2-cb43-11db-b436-000b5df10621.html
Unterm zappelnden Monde von Le Havre
http://www.welt.de/kultur/musik/article745469/Unterm_zappelnden_Monde_von_Le_Havre.html
Conlon makes his mark at LA Opera
To his work as music director of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon brings two commitments that some in music would find incompatible.