The leggy movie
This Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.
7 pieces since 2013 — in 5 roles, at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
4 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Martin Winkler.
View allThis Met’s second production of Berg’s 1935 opera was the hot topic of November 2015.
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.
Lilith. Pandora. Circe. Salome. “La Belle Dame sans Merci.” Carmen. Brigid O’Shaughnessy: the eternal “femme fatale” still fascinates us.
About this evening: the opera we saw was Arabella, written by a gentleman named Mr. Richard Strauss.
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