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BIZET: Les Pecheurs de Perles
Bizet’s youthful masterpiece is notoriously difficult to stage. Up to now I have not seen a production which is not slightly ridiculous. So it is an ideal opera for a concert performance or a listening experience. If you are looking for an authentic performance this is not the one to go for.
Conductor Riccardo Muti Discusses Mozart, La Scala Squabble
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BERNSTEIN: Peter Pan
Alexander Frey, upon learning that a song Leonard Bernstein had written for the 1950 production of Peter Pan had been cut before the show opened, wondered if there was other music originally intended for the production that went by the wayside.
NIELSEN: Maskarade
From the start of its lively and distinctive overture Carl Nielsen’s 1906 comic masterpiece Maskarade calls for a light and ironic approach, yet one which brings the ensemble forward with sufficient directorial force.
Renovations underway at the Wiener Staatsoper
Main stage of Wiener Staatsoper undergoing decennial renovations. (Photo: Gary Hoffman)
ROSSINI: Equivoco Stravagante
A DVD performance of an opera may deserve recommendation for a single memorable performance, or because a rare work has finally been recorded, or simply for nostalgia’s sake. How many DVDs primarily offer the pleasures of a witty, imaginative staging, done on a minimal budget?
Britten’s Paul Bunyan at Central City
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