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Tag Archives: Helene Schneiderman
In Vienna, Lydia Steier stages Candide as a bawdy Broadway romp
Bernstein: Candide MusikTheater an der Wien, 21st January 2024 Opera? Operetta? Musical? Perhaps because Candide doesn’t slot into a neat category, it has struggled to find its niche in the repertoire. The work of a multitude of librettists – but … Continue reading
Stop all the clocks: Renée Fleming’s valedictory Marschallin at the Royal Opera
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier **** The Royal Opera, 17th December 2016 Aware her teenage lover will inevitably leave her for a younger woman, the Marschallin muses that time trickles like sand through an hourglass, flowing ceaselessly. At night she stops all … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Coote, Andris Nelsons, Der Rosenkavalier, Helene Schneiderman, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Matthew Rose, Renée Fleming, Richard Strauss, Robert Carsen, Royal Opera, Sophie Bevan, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
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A curious, ghostly Onegin from Mariusz Trelinski
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (C Major Blu-ray) *** Kasper Holten faced something of a critical backlash (not from these quarters) for his use of dancer doubles in his recent Royal Opera production of Eugene Onegin, yet their use in this opera … Continue reading
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Tagged Artur Ruciński, Dmitry Korchak, Emil Wesolowski, Eugene Onegin, Günther Groissböck, Helene Schneiderman, Kristine Opolais, Lena Belkina, Margarita Nekrasova, Mariusz Trelinski, Omer Meir Wellber, Tchaikovsky
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