Thane enthusiasm
Washington National Opera’s second full-run offering of the season, a new production of Verdi’s perennially appealing Macbeth, premiered last Wednesday at the Kennedy Center.
Soloman Howard
30 pieces since 2014 — in 21 roles, at 10 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
30
pieces
21
roles
10
companies
13
years
By role
King 2
Wurm 2
Sparafucile 2
King of Egypt 2
Hunding 2
Fafner 2
Commendatore 2
Banquo 2
Fiesco 1
Friar 1
Grand Inquisitor 1
Don Fernando 1
Angelotti 1
Marquis de Calatrava; Padre Guardiano 1
Marquis of Calatrava / Padre Guardiano 1
Martin Luther King 1
Oroveso 1
Padre Guardiano; Marquis of Calatrava 1
Pharaoh 1
Sarastro 1
Colline 1
5 pieces as Washington National Opera — stats above show all coverage for Soloman Howard.
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Next to godliness
Washington National Opera rounded out its season opening weekend with a one-night-only performance entitled “Gods & Mortals: A Celebration of Wagner” the evening after the premiere of its new production of Fidelio.
That ’70s show
Washington National Opera followed up Monday’s lavishly praised Die Walküre with a Siegfried that, if not quite rising to the summit of the previous installment, delivered a musically committed and eminently watchable version of this complicated work.
Burden of gilt
Happily, this Rheingold, which returned to the Kennedy Center Saturday night to open the first of three complete cycles, has been shorn of its clumsier gestures.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).