Michael Volle

32 pieces since 2010 — in 17 roles, at 8 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.

32 pieces
17 roles
8 companies
17 years
By role
Wotan 4 Der Holländer 2 Mandryka 2 Jack Rance 1 Speaker 1 Scarpia 1 Orestes 1 Lindorf 1 Jokanaan 1 Jochanaan 1 Barak 1 Hans Sachs 1 Falstaff 1 Dr. Schön 1 Doktor Schön 1 Count Almaviva; Papageno 1 Beckmesser 1

1 piece as Jokanaan — stats above show all coverage for Michael Volle.

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Questo e Quello

Salo, me

David McVicar’s ravishingly lurid 2008 production of Strauss’s Salome for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden has been issued as an HD-filmed DVD from Opus Arte.  Now, Strauss’s music is ravishingly lurid on its own, so I came to this production, which claims as a visual source reference the Pasolini film Salo, The 120 Days […]

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