Tenors gone wild
Among several fine productions at Aix this summer, Dmitri Tcherniakov’s brilliantly conceived and executed Carmen proved a game changer.
Andrew Watts
3 pieces since 2015 — in 3 roles, at 1 company, most often at Staatsoper Hamburg.
3
pieces
3
roles
1
company
12
years
By role
By company
Role Baba the Turk
Role Edgar
Between the dragon and his wrath
Aribert Reimann’s 1978 opera Lear, based of course on Shakespeare’s titanic tragedy King Lear, is a major achievement in modern operatic scoring.
Role Mickey
Agent orange
That Trump opera at the Staatsoper Hamburg is lazy activism at its finest, we fear.