Conducted by music director Robert Spano, staged by James Robinson, with some powerhouse singers, the Fort Worth presentation made a good argument for the compromise approach: singers on the downstage ...
Tim Albery’s production of Wagner’s beloved The Flying Dutchman returns to the Royal Opera House for its fourth revival in a stunning performance that once again features Sir Bryn Terfel in the title ...
Thomas Guggeis, the young German conductor making his Met debut, is Kapellmeister at the Staatsoper Berlin and the designated Generalmusikdirektor of the Oper Frankfurt; pretty impressive for one who ...
Arizona Opera is moving its orchestra out of the pit and onto the stage for this weekend’s performance of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman.” The production might be the most stripped-down in the ...
Lyric Opera is introducing a SoundShirt, a device that will let deaf audience members feel the music
The opening bars of Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” are as visceral as they come in opera: the icy zing of tremolo strings, then a full-chested, loping brass chorale. For hearing audiences, that is.
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SANTA FE, N.M. - Staging operas in times and places very different from those imagined by their composers and librettists can be revelatory - or needlessly confusing, if not downright destructive. All ...
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