A hole new world
Here’s an update for those keeping up with the Lohengrin casting sweepstakes at the Met.
Günther Groissböck
43 pieces since 2011 — in 19 roles, at 6 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
43
pieces
19
roles
6
companies
16
years
By role
2 pieces as King Heinrich — stats above show all coverage for Günther Groissböck.
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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.
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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