Sleeping with the fishes
With a cast of stellar singers and uneven direction by Mary Zimmerman, Dvorák’s Rusalka debuts in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Public enemy
Mary Zimmerman explains (more or less) “what’s wrong with opera audiences?”
The chopping block?
After five flops in a row, Mr. McVicar continues to win new assignments from the Met.
Liebestraum
“Opera can, in fact, be something beautiful and moving even when all a performance has going for it is some really excellent singing.”
You were dead, you know
Three-time Met régisseuse Mary Zimmerman is taking it to the Windy City, helming a “newly adapted” Candide for Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. “Danny Pelzig choreographs the cataclysmic events that ensue.” [broadwayworld.com]
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).