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• Sunday Special: Purcell's Funeral Music for Queen Mary

  I'm not dead, Gentle Readers! I haven't even had a nasty cold. My dissertation research has, however, seriously compromised my opera-going schedule of late. Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Nimm Noch Nicht Abschied: Daphne in Frankfurt

  

  Apollo and Daphne. Photo © Oper Frankfurt/Barbara Aumüller Last night, I got to see the first performance in this season's revival of Daphne in Frankfurt. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Reading List: Warum Oper?

  The last few weeks of my reading-on-public-transit time have been spent with "Warum Oper?" (Why Opera?) a collection of interviews with opera directors which wa... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Edgar: O Gloria, o Voluttà

  

  Oper Frankfurt assembled a luxurious cast for two concert performances of Puccini's second opera this week. Not knowing when I'd get the chance to hear Edgar... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Verbrechen Und Geheimnisse Und Schuld: Reimann's Gespenstersonate

  

  On the outside looking in: the student ArkenholzPhoto © Oper Frankfurt Yesterday, I attended the last performance in Oper Frankfurt's premiere run of Die... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Winterreise: Johannes Martin Kränzle & Hilko Dumno in Frankfurt

  

  When I got off the Frankfurt subway on Tuesday night, the lady in front of me was carrying a well-used score of Der Winterreise under her arm. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 CULTURE

• Le Coeur Se Creuse: Werther in Frankfurt

  

  Order vs. the artist: Werther, Act IPhoto © Oper Frankfurt/Wolfgang Runkel Until last night, Werther belonged to the category of operas I'd never seen live,... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Die Erd Ist Höllenheiß: Darmstadt's Two Wozzecks

  

  Getting to hear Alban Berg's Wozzeck is always a treat, and on Saturday I had the opportunity to hear it paired with Manfred Gurlitt's Wozzeck, composed almost... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Questa Donna Conoscete? La Traviata in Mainz

  

  The dark side of diva worship: Mikneviciute and ensemble, Act I (Photo © Martina Pipprich) On Tuesday, I got to see the second of four performances of La... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Fato Inesorabile: La Forza Del Destino in Munich

  

  Leonora and the force of patriarchal structures. Photo © Bayrische Staatsoper La Forza del Destino is much more often described as containing some of Verdi's... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Ich Sehe Klar: Enescu's Oedipe in Frankfurt

  

  Oedipus and the Thebans Photo © Oper Frankfurt/Monika Rittershaus On Friday, I went to Oper Frankfurt's run of Georg Enescu's rarely performed and richly... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• New Year, New York, New Opera

  

  Silvester fireworks in Mainz I have an operatically eventful January ahead of me here in Germany: Enescu in Frankfurt, Verdi in München, hopefully a Wozzeck... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Nights at the Opera: 2013

  

  The calendar year is tapering quietly to its end; here in Mainz, the days are rainy and the archives are closed, providing ideal conditions for retrospection... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Gott Der Herr Die Hand Uns Reicht: Hänsel Und Gretel in Wiesbaden

  

  Die Kinder und die Knusperhexe. Photo © Staatstheater Wiesbaden Like many other opera houses, the Staatstheater Wiesbaden is presenting Hänsel und Gretel... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Interval Adventures: Staatstheater Wiesbaden

  

  Staatstheater Wiesbaden Mentioning my passion for opera to new acquaintances has elicited a near-universal comment on how fortunate it is that there are multipl... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• House of Cards: The Love for Three Oranges in Wiesbaden

  

  Uneasy lies the head… Act I, scene 1. Photo © Lena Obst Prokofiev's L'Amour des Trois Oranges has been confusing many and delighting some since its premiere in... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Eugene Onegin: Kuda, Kuda...

  

  Letters in the night: Eugene Onegin Act III. Photo © Staatstheater Mainz Some nineteenth-century critics commented acerbically that Tchaikovsky's adaptation of... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sunday Special: Macht Hoch Die Tür!

  

  Mainz's Christmas market This Sunday marks the beginning of a new church year. I love the season of Advent, and couldn't be more ready for it. This weekend... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Douce France: Chanson from Von Otter and Dessay

  

  Paris in November. Photo via Buttered Bread. If the persistent grayness of November is getting you down, Gentle Readers, I have a suggested pick-me-up. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Wolfram Von Eschenbach, Beginne!

  

  The adventures of Siegfried. Even in the midst of my researches, Gentle Readers, I find myself reminded of opera. This week, I discovered (while looking for muc... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA