The Bayerische Staatsoper’s Ring cycle scores another triumph with Tobias Kratzer’s take on Die Walküre.
This July, Munich played host to hordes of football fans in town for the European Championship—and arguably the two finest working sopranos today.
At all of these vocal contests, including this one, I find myself fascinated and perplexed by the same question: What exactly are the judges looking for?
For the academics who may be reading this: Let Me Die exists in a confounding but intriguing interpretive liminal space.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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