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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Compassion at the MET: Lohengrin, April 29 2006

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This is the second time that I have heard tenor Ben Heppner 's voice crack in the middle of a Wagner opera at the MET . The first time ...
Friday, April 21, 2006

Lohengrin: Performance of Thursday April 20, 2006

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It's wonderful to experience Lohengrin again at the MET , and even more wonderful to have a chance to re-explore Robert Wilson 's u...
Thursday, April 20, 2006

British Götterdämmerung: Financial Times Review

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Here is a review of the new Götterdämmerung production at The Royal Opera, Covent Garden , from the Financial Times of London. At curtain-d...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Robert Wilson's Lohengrin at the MET

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The reviews are in for Monday's premiere of the revival of Wagner's Lohengrin at the MET. I will have my own review of this produc...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Bangkok, New York, and London

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Richard Wagner is very much in the news these days. On Monday, The Metropolitan Opera revived Robert Wilson 's controversial Lohengrin ...
Monday, April 17, 2006

Götterdämmerung at Covent Garden

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A new production of Götterdämmerung opened tonight at Covent Garden, London. While we wait for the reviews to be in, I thought I would re-...
Sunday, April 09, 2006

A Quarter for Weill and Brecht

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If your idea of The Threepenny Opera is Bobby Darrin singing "Mack the Knife" or the early 1930's G.W. Pabst German film, t...
Sunday, April 02, 2006

The Reviews are in for Erika Sunnegardh

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Here's what Anthony Tommasini had to say about the surprise debut of unknown soprano Erika Sunnegardh in the role of Leonore in Beethove...
Saturday, April 01, 2006

Erika Sunnegardh: In Good Company

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This afternoon the MET got a much needed shot in the arm as it hosted the debut of a rising opera star: Erika Sunnegardh , who assumed the t...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

How American is the new Washington Rheingold?

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Here is Anthony Tommasini's review from The New York Times: WASHINGTON, March 26 — If you put on a production of Wagner's monumental...
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Monday, March 27, 2006

Rheingold at the Washington Opera

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Here is the Washington Post review of the new production of Das Rheingold at the Washington National Opera. "A Rheingold that Stands o...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

March 25: Rheingold Day

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Tonight the Washington Opera premieres its much awaited production of Das Rheingold , the work which kicks off the company's first stagi...
Monday, March 20, 2006

A Wondrous Forza at the MET

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The performance of La Forza del Destino that I attended on March 18 was as good as anything I have seen at the MET in quite a while. It was...

The Rheingold Cometh -- Part II

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Washington Opera to give Wagner's "Ring" a New, American Setting By Tim Page -- The Washington Post One test of a masterpiece ...
Friday, March 17, 2006

The Rheingold Cometh

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Next Saturday, the Washington Opera will unveil its eagerly awaited new production of The Ring of the Nibelung. Das Rheingold , the first ...
Thursday, March 16, 2006

Peter Schneider meets Parsifal

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Conductor Peter Schneider has been named James Levine's replacement for the three performance of Wagner's Parsifal which will play...
Sunday, March 12, 2006

Levine Out for the rest of the MET Season

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Regretfully, it is now official: his rotator cuff is torn and James Levine requires surgery. This unfortunate event will lead the Maestro...
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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Anna Moffo R.I.P. (1932-2006)

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I never got to hear Anna Moffo live. When I started going to the opera in the late 1970's, she had already retired from singing at the...
Monday, March 06, 2006

James Levine's Health

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I saw James Levine on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, in the spring of 2004, walking outside the MET. He was walking very gingerly, lagging b...
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Saturday, March 04, 2006

Mark Morris Dance Group does Vivaldi

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The Juilliard Choral Union, to which I belong, will be performing at BAM with the Mark Morris Dance Group. The ballet is called Gloria , a...
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Vincent Vargas is a retired foreign language and film history teacher from New York City. He runs websites dedicated to Casablanca (www.vincasa.com) and Richard Wagner (www.wagneroperas.com).
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