A hole new world
Here’s an update for those keeping up with the Lohengrin casting sweepstakes at the Met.
Christine Goerke
82 pieces since 2010 — in 18 roles, at 13 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
82
pieces
18
roles
13
companies
17
years
By role
By company
4 pieces as Ortrud — stats above show all coverage for Christine Goerke.
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It might as well be Einspring
I can’t imagine anything more anxiety-inducing than being put in at last-minute to sing a role in a high-profile production at the Met.
A whiter shade of grail
It seems that François Girard has been watching a little too much Star Wars lately. His new production of Lohengrin, which opened at the Metropolitan Opera Sunday afternoon, reduced Wagner’s opera to a knockoff space opera, full of hackneyed sci-fi tropes and B-rated futurist apologue.
Perfect is the enemy of the good
So I just got out of the Lohengrin prima at the ROH and I’m itching to share my thoughts.
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).
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