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Tag Archives: James Levine
Farcical elements to the fore in Eyre’s witty new Figaro as Met Opera season opens
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro **** Metropolitan Opera, 22nd September 2014 Le nozze di Figaro is often cited as the most perfect opera ever composed – a claim against which I find it difficult to argue. Based on Beaumarchais’ revolutionary La folle … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Majeski, Ildar Abdrazakov, Isabel Leonard, James Levine, Le nozze di Figaro, Marlis Petersen, Metropolitan Opera, Mozart, Peter Mattei, Richard Eyre
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Twilight of the Gods: an abattoir of ‘bleeding chunks’
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (highlights): DG The cover of “Twilight of the Gods” features Bryn Terfel brooding darkly, a raven perched on his shoulder. Twilight of the Gods? But isn’t Wotan out of the picture by Götterdämmerung? Despite the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryn Terfel, Das Rheingold, Deborah Voigt, Der Ring des Nibelungen, DG, Die Walküre, Dwayne Croft, Eric Owens, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Gerhard Siegel, Götterdämmerung, Hans-Peter König, IRR, James Levine, Jay Hunter Morris, Jonas Kaufmann, Metropolitan Opera, Mojca Erdmann, Robert Lepage, Siegfried, Stephanie Blythe, Wagner
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