Burden of gilt
Happily, this Rheingold, which returned to the Kennedy Center Saturday night to open the first of three complete cycles, has been shorn of its clumsier gestures.
Julian Close
3 pieces since 2015 — in 2 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
3
pieces
2
roles
2
companies
12
years
By role
By company
Role Fasolt
Role Theater Manager/Banker
The leggy movie
This Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.
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.
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).