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Die Geister von Versailles - Triumph an der LA Opera
Triumph für die Neuproduktion von John Coriglianos Geister von Versailles an der Los Angeles Opera
Bolcom's Dinner at Eight served up at Wexford
Dinner at Eight, William Bolcom and librettist Mark Campbell's 2017 opera, had its European première at Wexford Festival Opera on Saturday under conductor David Agler. The opera is based on the 1932 play by George S Kaufman and Edna Ferber, in turn adapted into a movie by George Cukor (1933).
A chiaroscuro-free, shiny Samson et Dalila at The Met
The Met's new season opens with a new Samson et Dalila only marginally more trashy than Saint-Saëns’ peculiar brand of kitschy orientalism.
