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Less than fascinating: Wagner-lite in Prague

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“Schager... has everything – tone, technique, power, masterful control and riveting expression”
Reviewed at Forum Karlín, Prague on 26 October 2018
Wagner, Rienzi, der Letze der Tribunen: Overture
Wagner, Rienzi, der Letze der Tribunen: Allmächt'ger Vater
Wagner, Fantasy on themes from the opera for violin and orchestra
Wagner, Orchestral excerpts from The Ring of the Nibelung
Andreas Schager, Tenor
Lidia Baich, Violin
Matthias Fletzberger, Conductor
Selcuk Cara, Director
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague
****1
Musically excellent Bartered Bride in Prague marred by meta production
****1
In Prague, a high-minded new Rheingold never gets off the ground
***11
Dido and Aeneas in Prague: wide-eyed wonderment
*****
Revival of Ostrčil’s The Legend of Erin misses the mark in Prague
***11
A bleak Jenůfa from Calixto Bieito
**111
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