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The Metropolitan Opera revives Otto Schenk’s venerable staging of Strauss’s intimate melodrama. 

Andreas Schager is the main reason to catch the latest revival of Otto Schenk's ultra-traditional Tannhäuser.

A cast comprised of the world’s leading Wagnerians, under the baton of Sir Antonio Pappano, deserve better than Otto Schenk’s outdated and cartoonish production. 

Klaus Florian Vogt’s Florestan redeems an otherwise disappointing Fidelio in Otto Schenk's timeless production.

The Met brought back its traditional staging of Tannhäuser with remarkable performances by the Orchestra, Chorus and soloists, with two outstanding male singers.

James Levine led a solid and at times excellent performance of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in Otto Schenk's traditional production that somehow lacked sparkle and excitement.

En ce soir de réveillon, les chanteurs en font parfois des tonnes pour caractériser leur personnage, mais le public ne demande que cela dans ce grand classique bien mené par le duo Kaufmann-Damrau.

Leider bleibt die Aufführungsserie von Otto Schenks Reige-Klassiker musikalisch unter den Erwartungen.

Otto Schenks Regieklassiker aus 1970 lässt die Herzen der Opern-Nostalgiker höherschlagen.