The joy of Longborough’s Ring Cycle is its purityÂ
Ring heads and Ring virgins alike descended on the Cotswolds for an evening of Wagner at Longborough Festival Opera.
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Ring heads and Ring virgins alike descended on the Cotswolds for an evening of Wagner at Longborough Festival Opera.
“Revival” does not do this production justice.
Seldom featured in concerto form, the evocative trombone has been foolishly overlooked. Dani Howard’s American audience concurs.
Both capitals are marking the 100th anniversary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, the Taylor Swift of the early 20th century.
The Met took a risk putting on an opera by a man with no track record in the medium. It paid off.
Even long familiarity with the mezzo-soprano’s ability to totally immerse herself in roles did not blunt the impact of her interpretation.
The Monaco opera house’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto will release the inner ageist in you.
It is, frankly, impossible to overstate the excellence of this performance.
In the closing moments, Mears delivered a coup de théâ which left his audience visibly shaken.
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