A change is gonna come
In the opera world, one of the pieces that underwent a multitude of changes in its reception was undoubtedly Richard Wagner’s longest and most Germanic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
9 pieces since 2011 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Wiener Staatsoper.
In the opera world, one of the pieces that underwent a multitude of changes in its reception was undoubtedly Richard Wagner’s longest and most Germanic opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
Let’s be honest: I was there for Kaufmann and Kühmeier, two of my favorite singers.
In Richard Strauss’s Arabella, the heroine is consumed with finding the right man—der Richtige—but who is the right Arabella?
The last of the Strauss-Hofmannsthal collaborations, Arabella, is a real problem child.
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