A dark drab dud
I never imagined I’d see such a rote park-and-bark Wagner production created in 2020!
Der fliegende Holländer
75 pieces since 2006 — at 4 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
75
pieces
4
companies
21
years
4 pieces as Metropolitan Opera — stats above show all coverage for Der fliegende Holländer.
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Shipwreck
After tonight’s dark drab dud of a Dutchman, I was plunged into despair.
Gewitter und Sturm
The wild tempest that whipped and drenched the audience as it exited the Met after Tuesday’s season premiere of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer mirrored the finer features of the evening.
Liveblogging the Volpethon
11:40: Then Rene Pape matched Hvorostovsky, then Zajick matched (topped?) them both, then who the hell had the idiotic idea of doing the Easter Hymn with a mezzo who can’t sing it and the chorus apparently stoned or else in another city? (Oh, and did you notice the long, noisy scene change afterward? Vintage Volpe.)11:05: […]
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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).
