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Tag Archives: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Passion Plays: Michieletto’s interwoven Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana/ Leoncavallo: Pagliacci **** The Royal Opera, 3rd December 2015 Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci have been locked together in a fatal embrace since 1893 when they were first paired as a double bill. Dalliances with other partners followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleksandrs Antonenko, Antonio Pappano, Benjamin Hulett, Carmen Giannattasio, Cavalleria rusticana, Damiano Michieletto, Dimitri Platanias, Dionysios Sourbis, Elena Zilio, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Leoncavallo, Martina Belli, Mascagni, Pagliacci, Royal Opera
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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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