I suppose Der fliegende Holländer is my favorite Wagner opera — a riveting masterpiece from start to finish, dramatically and musically.
On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere (in English)
On this day in 1959 Alban Berg‘s Wozzeck had its Metropolitan Opera premiere.
Wagner’s Ring is an artistic masterpiece that is peerless in its ability to continually reveal layers of musical, theatrical, and philosophical insight
Sixty years ago today, Berg’s Wozzeck was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera.
The curious things about accepted wisdom is that sometimes it’s correct.
When a new production of Fidelio premiered at the Met in 1960, the opera had been absent from the repertoire since 1951, the post-war return of Kirsten Flagstad as a still effective Leonore and led by Bruno Walter. In the period between the two productions a new generation of singers had begun to make their…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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