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Divines reines sur la scène nancéienne : Aida à l’Opéra de Lorraine
Aida ouvre la saison du centenaire de l'Opéra à Nancy. Une prise de rôle éblouissante par Michelle Bradley dans le rôle-titre.
Iréne Theorin triumphs as Elektra in Stockholm
A quasi-concertante setting highlights Theorin's masterful performance as Elektra, Cornelia Beskow's fragile, human Chrysothemis and Katarina Dalayman's haunting Klytaemnestra.
Ragnarök: the long twilight of the Stockholm Ring
Ragnarök: the Swedish title for Götterdämmerung resonates with Old Norse folk memories of universal inundation and overthow of the order of the gods.
Siegfried as Swedish Midsummer Vigil
A performance of Wagner's Siegfried stands or falls by its titular hero and Lars Cleveman is highly experienced.
An outstanding Swedish Sieglinde in Stockholm
Stemme as Brünnhilde delivered her opening battle cry in Victorian riding habit like one of Trollope's racier fox- hunting heroines.
A highly accomplished start to Stockholm's Ring
John Lundgren, bullet-headed, youthful and overbearing, gave a world-class performance as Wotan.