Je sens une force nouvelle
Chris’s Cache offers three striking interpretations of another Gluck masterpiece Alceste from Janet Baker, Anna Caterina Antonacci, and Véronique Gens
Thomas Oliemans
5 pieces since 2015 — in 3 roles, at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
5
pieces
3
roles
4
companies
12
years
By role
Role Hercule
Role Mr. Redburn
Role Papageno
This magic moment
Look, for one of the most-staged operas in the repertoire, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte seems awfully difficult to stage.
Crazy extremes
Simon McBurney’s Die Zauberflöte, the second new production of the Met’s May Mozart Miracle, opened on Friday to rousing near-unanimous cheers.
Magic “Flute”
A confession: I have a real love/ hate relationship with Mozart’s Die Zauberflote.
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).