The leggy movie
This Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.
Franz Grundheber
10 pieces since 2005 — in 6 roles, at 3 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
10
pieces
6
roles
3
companies
22
years
3 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Franz Grundheber.
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Half a million marks
Unlike my friend Greg Freed, who entertainingly wrote of his ambivalence about seeing Il trovatore in a movie theater this season, I have embraced the Met Live in HD transmissions as a part of the modern operagoing experience.
Cherchez la femme (fatale)
Lilith. Pandora. Circe. Salome. “La Belle Dame sans Merci.” Carmen. Brigid O’Shaughnessy: the eternal “femme fatale” still fascinates us.