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Tag Archives: Metropolitan Opera
The Met’s gorgeous Rusalka doesn’t probe the murky depths
Dvořák: Rusalka *** Metropolitan Opera, 8th February 2014 I’ve an inkling this production of Dvořák’s Rusalka at the Metropolitan Opera is the sort we’re supposed to shake our heads and sneer at. Sumptuously costumed and featuring handsome, realistic sets, Otto … Continue reading
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Tagged Dísella Làrusdóttir, Dolora Zajick, Dvořák, Emily Magee, John Relyea, Laurie Feldman, Maya Lahyani, Metropolitan Opera, Otto Schenk, Piotr Beczała, Renée Fleming, Renée Tatum, Rusalka, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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‘Shabby shocker’ fails to impress
Puccini: Tosca ** Metropolitan Opera, 9th November 2013 Putting tried and trusted productions out to grass and replacing them is always a gamble. ENO unveiled its new Magic Flute last week, a spritely filly though some will hanker after Hytner’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Eduardo Valdes, George Gagnidze, James Courtney, John Del Carlo, Luc Bondy, Metropolitan Opera, Patricia Racette, Puccini, Richard Bernstein, Roberto Alagna, Roberto Frizza, Tosca
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Netrebko’s Tatyana is worth the wait!
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin **** Metropolitan Opera, 5th October 2013 I’ve waited thirteen impatient years for this. Covent Garden, July 2000: the Mariinsky Opera (or the Kirov Opera as it was then titled) rolled into town for a Russian season of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Tanovitski, Anna Netrebko, Deborah Warner, Elena Zaremba, Eugene Onegin, Fiona Shaw, John Graham-Hall, Larissa Diadkova, Mariusz Kwiecien, Metropolitan Opera, Oksana Volkova, Piotr Beczała, Tchaikovsky, Valery Gergiev
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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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Park and Bark Central: Ernani at The Met
Verdi: Ernani Metropolitan Opera in HD, 25th February 2012 This was a very old-fashioned night at the opera – and you’re welcome to take that in whatever way you will. Here was Verdi’s gloriously melodic Ernani (the one with the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Meade, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ernani, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Marcello Giordani, Marco Armiliato, Metropolitan Opera, Verdi
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