Vague modernism coupled with psychological groupthink and underpinned by shocking ignorance and a fierce desire to be part of an imaginary cultural elite.
An unprecedented low point was the unsanitary travesty “Der Freischütz,” performed in 2022 at The Dutch National Opera, prepared in the moldy cooking pot of greaseball and narcissist Kirill Serebrennikov, who seems destined to become house director at DNO.
Boris Godunov Boris Godunov by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, opera in four acts (1869 version). Libretto by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky. Teatro alla Scala, new production. Attended by Opera Gazet: Dec. 7, premiere.…
“We gaan niets actualiseren, want dat vind ik een onderschatting van het publiek.”
All in all, Emma Dante’s direction is acceptable. She limits herself to following the story without trying to force the libretto in search of extravagant readings.
Lynn: “After 10 months of intense work, I have finally finished my new book, “Opera as Drama II,” which illuminates the history of the art form from the perspective of drama rather than entertainment.”
LUCREZIA BORGIA Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti. Libretto: Felice Romani, after Victor Hugo. Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne. Sunday, 28 August 2022. Raymond Lawrence - Conductor Helena Dix - Lucrezia Borgia James Egglestone…
"The strength of Vocality lies in our interaction with the audience: we are interested in YOU! After all, we try to touch and entertain not only ourselves, but you too. So the…
Simon Boccanegra. Opera in a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. 1856. Revised for La Scala, Milan, in 1881. Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, with contributions by Giuseppe Montanelli, after the…
Akhnaten is one of Philip Glass’s three large-scale operas based on a “big idea,” in this case monotheism, following Einstein on the Beach, which dealt with new notions of time and space,…