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Out to Sea: Budapest Revives a Confused Flying Dutchman

Paul du Quenoy October 19, 2024

Wagner’s opera receives an engaging and sympathetic staging, despite some directorial suggestions to the contrary.

Superior Musicianship Makes Up for Lackluster Visuals in Munich Parsifal

Paul du Quenoy August 29, 2024

The visuals barely pass as a recognizably traditional setting while also failing to offer any symbolic interpretation of the work.

La Scala’s Marks the Centenary of Puccini’s Death With a Bold New Turandot

Paul du Quenoy August 22, 2024

The production signified an evolution in the robust career of superstar Russian soprano Anna Netrebko.

Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Kees Vlaardingerbroek July 7, 2024

Berio believed that sounds are inextricably linked to a certain historical-traditional, even archetypal, meaning.

Vivaldi & Others: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny

Kees Vlaardingerbroek June 22, 2024

Dallapiccola composed Il prigioniero, set against the backdrop of the Dutch Revolt, to protest Mussolini’s regime.

A Clever Don Quichotte Opens in Paris

Paul du Quenoy June 17, 2024

Jules Massenet’s opera invites dreamy fantasies of a lost and better world.

Grim Paris Salome Underserves the Work

Paul du Quenoy June 12, 2024

The gloomy production is a poor platform for superstar soprano Lise Davidsen and a generally stellar cast.

Boris? It was Good Enough: Boris Godunov in Hungary

Paul du Quenoy June 10, 2024

In his debut performance of the title role, Gábor Bretz is superb in the Hungarian State Opera’s production of Mussorgsky’s enduring classic.

A Songbird on the Potomac: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Washington National Opera

Paul du Quenoy May 29, 2024

The WNO scores a success, delighting audiences with its freewheeling, Jazz-age New Orleans take on Offenbach’s Songbird.

Vivaldi & Others: Pietro Mascagni—Crowned Before He Became King

Kees Vlaardingerbroek May 19, 2024

In less than 80 minutes, Cavalleria rusticana alone establishes Mascagni as a composer worth our attention.

Tag: opera

Out to Sea: Budapest Revives a Confused Flying Dutchman

Superior Musicianship Makes Up for Lackluster Visuals in Munich Parsifal

La Scala’s Marks the Centenary of Puccini’s Death With a Bold New Turandot

Vivaldi & Others: Luciano Berio—The Historically Conscious Avant-Gardist

Vivaldi & Others: Luigi Dallapiccola and the Struggle with Tyranny

A Clever Don Quichotte Opens in Paris

Grim Paris Salome Underserves the Work

Boris? It was Good Enough: Boris Godunov in Hungary

A Songbird on the Potomac: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Washington National Opera

Vivaldi & Others: Pietro Mascagni—Crowned Before He Became King

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