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Tag Archives: Thomas Johannes Mayer
Swan cruise: Nelsons navigates a musically impressive Lohengrin at Covent Garden
Wagner: Lohengrin *** Royal Opera, 7th June 2018 You wait ages for a swan, then a flock descends. Swiftly following the debut of Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake, here glides in David Alden’s new staging of Wagner’s Lohengrin, the first at Covent Garden … Continue reading
Rites of Spring: Tcherniakov embraces Rimsky-Korsakov’s hymn to nature at the Bastille
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden **** Opéra Bastille, 15th April 2017 There’s a wonderful painting by Ilya Repin of an aged Leo Tolstoy in peasant clothing. Having renounced his aristocratic lifestyle, the great writer didn’t just adopt peasant dress, but lived … Continue reading
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Tagged Aida Garifullina, Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Paris, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Elena Manistina, Franz Hawlata, Martina Serafin, Maxim Paster, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Opéra national de Paris, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris, Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Maiden, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Vladimir Ognovenko, Yuriy Mynenko
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