Paul du Quenoy | The European Conservative

Scandinavian Starlight: Lise Davidsen in Recital at the Met Opera

Paul du Quenoy September 24, 2023

The recital left the overall impression of a solid and earnest singer with strong ambitions that may well be fulfilled in the march of time.

The Mugshot Seen Around the World

Paul du Quenoy September 2, 2023

The climactic moment of Donald Trump’s indictments is helping him return to the presidency.

Donald Trump Wins the First Republican Debate

Paul du Quenoy August 24, 2023

The candidates looked more like contestants on Trump’s business reality television program The Apprentice than serious alternative contenders for the highest office in the land.

A Macbeth Signifying Nothing on the Salzburg Stage

Paul du Quenoy August 17, 2023

Following an unfortunate trend in European stage production, Warlikowski reduces Macbeth to a psychiatric diagnosis, with the characters exploring their pathologies in the confines of a mental institution.

Rigoletto in Ruins: Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera Moves to its Summer Stage

Paul du Quenoy August 12, 2023

Rigoletto has “all the characteristics of a perfect film noir”— seduction, murder, anonymous identities, spooky nocturnal settings, casual violence, unapologetic brutality, and, when done right, some dark humor.

An Out-of-Place Dutchman Sails into Venice

Paul du Quenoy July 22, 2023

In program interviews, director Marcin Łakomicki and conductor Markus Stenz suggest that Holländer is really about sexism in modern society and a reinforcement of gender roles. A modern European man educated in what passes for the humanities today might think so. But the deeper contexts are ignored.

Cancel Culture à l’espagnole: The Fate of the Francoist Nobility

Paul du Quenoy July 21, 2023

Under Spain’s Democratic Memory Law, the Francoist nobility was collectively singled out for extirpation, and its heads of family found themselves officially ‘disennobled.’

A Bleak Bastille Day Descends Upon France

Paul du Quenoy July 16, 2023

The tricouleur now seems to represent the empty promises of a failed experiment that has gone on for too long.

Love Kills, But There’s Always Hope: Elektra and Die Frau ohne Schatten Enjoy Strong Revivals in Budapest’s Beautifully Restored Opera House

Paul du Quenoy July 11, 2023

Hungary has produced singers who built international careers, and two of them were on hand to fill leading roles here.

A Promising Role Debut Puts Teatro San Carlo’s Die Walküre on the Map

Paul du Quenoy July 4, 2023

Tiezzi’s production eschews the interpretive fripperies and psychological baggage common in contemporary Wagner productions in favor of appealing abstractions.

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Scandinavian Starlight: Lise Davidsen in Recital at the Met Opera

The Mugshot Seen Around the World

Donald Trump Wins the First Republican Debate

A Macbeth Signifying Nothing on the Salzburg Stage

Rigoletto in Ruins: Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera Moves to its Summer Stage

An Out-of-Place Dutchman Sails into Venice

Cancel Culture à l’espagnole: The Fate of the Francoist Nobility

A Bleak Bastille Day Descends Upon France

Love Kills, But There’s Always Hope: Elektra and Die Frau ohne Schatten Enjoy Strong Revivals in Budapest’s Beautifully Restored Opera House

A Promising Role Debut Puts Teatro San Carlo’s Die Walküre on the Map

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