Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Met goes far beyond the famous swan
The score of Lohengrin is a supreme achievement, staking out the territory for Romantic music to follow.
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The score of Lohengrin is a supreme achievement, staking out the territory for Romantic music to follow.
Director Richard Jones remodels the familiar, fine-tuning to modern times.
Andrey Medvedev made a daring escape to Norway. Now for the debrief.
LA Opera director Louisa Muller makes the cardinal sin of changing the ending to Wagner’s famous opera.
The seminal musician is thought to have been the first conductor to turn their back to the audience.
Annilese Miskimmon, the no-nonsense artistic director of the English National Opera (ENO), hit the nail on the head when she asked: “When a composer brings
A bad ferry crossing nowadays results only in vitriolic lines posted, in tantrum, on Trip Advisor: “Just because people don’t have choice, they feel like
“Hojotoho heiaha!” It’s the Met’s Wagner Ring Cycle. In 2010, Peter Gelb, controversial managing director of Metropolitan Opera appointed in 2006, put his head on
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