Krzysztof Warlikowski‘s Der Rosenkavalier at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées surpasses even Nigel Wilkinson‘s high ‘WTF threshhold’
My impression was of a very fine singer performing a role that was slightly too large for him.
“Die Zauberflöte is an opera!” “No, it’s the first musical comedy!”
To heck with Bayreuth and Salzburg, Glimmerglass and Santa Fe as Rosa Feola sang Mozart at Lincoln Center Friday night and I wouldn’t have been anywhere else!
One of the greats of classical music, Franz Joseph Haydn was a bit of an “also-ran” as an opera composer.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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