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Surreale Uraufführung: The Exterminating Angel
Mit viel Zuspruch belohnte das Publikum der Salzburger Fespiele Thomas Adès, Tom Cairns und alle Musiker für eine stimmige und spannende Uraufführung.
Adès' riveting The Exterminating Angel
Adès opera resists explanation, and the ambiguity of the story drives much of its compelling nature.
Adès brings The Exterminating Angel to opera
Luis Buñuel's derision at the sense of entitlement of over-privileged, self-righteous prigs shines through a high quality operatic adaptation.
San Diego Opera: Pagliacci
San Diego Opera's season opening Pagliacci focused squarely on the character of Tonio, in Andrew Sinclair's intriguing vision for this verismo classic. But the vocal performances were lacking. A director can only do so much.
Lyric Opera of Chicago goes proto-American with Oklahoma!
The Lyric Opera ends their 2013–14 season with a run of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, in all its frothy, proto-American, miked glory. Pluck is in evidence throughout.