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Notorious: world première in Gothenburg
When one of the most sought-after sopranos of our time slips into the role of her most famous countrywoman, the foundations for an eventful evening of opera have already been laid. The Swedish world première Notorious, after Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same title, shows in an all-round successful production that contemporary opera can have a promising future.
“Such dangerous fascinations” Tristan & Isolde at Grange Park Opera
History has cast a complex light on Wagner’s music and on Wagner the man. But Tristan & Isolde (Wagner’s enormous vision of erotic love) is an opera that can still resonate today. Nietzsche referred to its “dangerous fascinations”, “spine-tingling and blissful infinity“ and “voluptuousness”. This was Grange Park Opera’s first foray into Wagnerian opera.
A New Rodelinda at the London Handel Festival
This week, the annual London Handel Festival, now in its 34th year, opened with a new production of his opera Rodelinda.
Keith Warners Alte Dame besucht Wien
Mit einer grandiosen Inzenierung ist Der Besuch der alten Dame ein spannender Beitrag zum 100. Geburtstag von Gottfried von Einem.