Macabre fascination
Can György Ligeti‘s only opera be understood as the composer’s own grappling with trauma, death, and memory of a past life?
4 pieces since 2017 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Bayerische Staatsoper.
Can György Ligeti‘s only opera be understood as the composer’s own grappling with trauma, death, and memory of a past life?
Dmitri Tcherniakov‘s production of Der Freischütz in Munich may fire a few blanks, but the musicians are all on target.
“Semiramide—a better opera than this dude expected!”
This July, Munich played host to hordes of football fans in town for the European Championship—and arguably the two finest working sopranos today.
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