Mahler’s 8th Symphony is an enormous and enigmatic work.
I never imagined I’d see such a rote park-and-bark Wagner production created in 2020!
A sense of celebration was definitely in the air last Thursday at the Vienna State Opera.
A heady audience paid top price to pack Carnegie Hall Thursday for just 80 minutes of unstaged Wagner.
Anja Silja staked a claim as a leading Senta of her era with a series of searing performances of Der Fliegende Holländer while in her early twenties.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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