In Lohengrin, populism comes to an apocalyptic end on the Bavarian stage
A revival of the furious I masnadieri at the Bayerische Staatsoper falls short of perfection – and there’s nothing wrong with that.
As a burgeoning opera fan, I relied on YouTube to connect me with the art form.
We humans tend to dislike uncertainty, therefore there is something comforting going to opera revivals; you know exactly what you are going to get.
Psychology is encoded in the composer’s vocal lines more than his librettist’s words.
“Has anyone ever seen a truly great production of this opera?”
In Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, all the Russian people starve and suffer, but none has suffering like the mental agonies of Tsar Boris.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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