Bloodless revolution
Bluebeard’s Castle and Erwartung at Canadian Opera Company deliver on fine performances even if Robert Lepage‘s production skimps on horror.
Christian Van Horn
58 pieces since 2013 — in 30 roles, at 13 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
58
pieces
30
roles
13
companies
14
years
By role
Colline 5
Narbal 4
Bluebeard 3
Méphistophélès 3
Donner 2
Mefistofele 2
Alidoro 2
Oroveso 2
Giorgio 1
Raimondo 1
Pistola 1
Ramfis 1
Nick Shadow 1
Simon 1
Speaker 1
The Four Villains 1
Zoroastro 1
King Philip II 1
King Philip 1
Friar Laurence 1
Filippo II 1
Figaro 1
Fiesco 1
Escamillo 1
Enrico 1
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva 1
Doktor 1
Count Walther 1
Claggart 1
Banquo 1
By company
Metropolitan Opera 15
San Francisco Opera 10
Lyric Opera of Chicago 7
Canadian Opera Company 2
Dallas Opera 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1
Cleveland Orchestra 1
Opéra national de Paris 1
Opera Philadelphia 1
Philadelphia Orchestra 1
War Memorial 1
Washington Concert Opera 1
Washington National Opera 1
3 pieces as Bluebeard — stats above show all coverage for Christian Van Horn.
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Girl next door
My first introduction to Béla Bartók’s one-act opera Bluebeard’s Castle was the musicologist Susan McClary’s infamous book Feminine Endings. Here, McClary likened her search of a feminist musicology to Judith’s journey through the seven doors; a journey that ends in Judith’s symbolic death.
Parable of the prodigious son
I’m old enough to remember when Yannick Nézet-Séguin could do no wrong.
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I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).
