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Weinberg's The Passenger only partially successful
David Pountney's production of Mieczysław Weinberg's opera The Passenger travels to Chicago.
Lyric Opera: Parsifal
What is perhaps even more remarkable than the unabashed grandeur of the new Parsifal at the Lyric Opera of Chicago is the degree to which its spectacle draws on the images and genres of 20th-century media technologies including popular music.
Ancient magic updated: Peter Sellars' Tristan with the Canadian Opera Company
Peter Sellars successfully updated the ancient magic in Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde. Wagner had already modernised the medieval tale by focusing on the middle of the story, where the passion of the doomed lovers catches fire. Wagner treats the mythic origins of the romance as back-story recollected while passions are flaring.