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• Sunday Special: Ubi Caritas

  

  Mainz's cathedral, photographed from the opera house Since reporting from Tannhäuser, Gentle Readers, I've been so out of touch with local opera that I barely... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Tannhäuser: Dem Unsren Sei Dein Lied Nicht Fern

  

  Desire and the dangers of female archetypes: Tannhäuser Act III. Photo (c) Oper Frankfurt I only made it into Thursday's performance of Tannhäuser by the skin o... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Interval Adventures: Berlin

  

  It's been long enough since my last opera outing that I'm starting to actively plan the next one (Tannhäuser on Thursday, if the train schedule and the rush... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen: Ariadne Auf Naxos in Frankfurt

  

  Artistic philosophies go head to head. Photo (c) Oper Frankfurt/Monika Rittershaus Brigitte Fassbaender's new production of Ariadne auf Naxos for Frankfurt's... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sunday Special: October

  Autumnal weather has set in, here in Mainz, and given every second person (according to the grocery store cashier who rang up my ginger tea and honey) a cold. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sunday Special: Abendfriede

  

  Evening on the Rhine A weekend is drawing to a close, Gentle Readers, in which I have actually been singing in (very modest) concerts instead of attending them. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Joy of Creation: Sir John Tomlinson Sings Michelangelo in Frankfurt

  

  When putting Sir John Tomlinson's lieder recital on my calendar, I anticipated being immersed in a world of antiheroes and demigods. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Enflammons Son Courroux: Les Vêpres Siciliennes in Frankfurt

  

  Repression and resistance. Photo (c) Opera Frankfurt/Thilo Beu The scenario of Verdi's Vêpres siciliennes, with pervasive corruption and radical resistance... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Mefistofele: All'erta, è La Battaglia Incerta

  

  Mefistofele and the empty world. Photo (c) Staatstheater Mainz/Martina Pipprich Arrigo Boito's under-performed Mefistofele seems to be enjoying a revival of... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sunday Special: September Schedule

  

  Well, Gentle Readers, I've survived an international move, mostly gotten over jet lag, and sort of figured out the local public transit system. This means, of... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Gross Glück Und Heil Lacht Nun Dem Rhein: Scheduling

  Gentle Readers, I thank you for your forbearance during a summer of irregular and infrequent blogging. I have been rusticated for the past months, far (alas)... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Great Voices Sing John Denver

  

  Placido Domingo John Denver, ca. 1980 I associate John Denver with road trips: rolled down windows, long ribbons of asphalt, and a carful of untrained... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Owen Wingrave: You Forget, You Are the Enemy Too

  

  Finley and Savidge: debating duty Owen Wingrave may suffer by comparison with Britten's other operas, but it's still, to my mind, a stimulating piece, with... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• U-Carmen: Bizet in South Africa

  

  The vibrant, award-winning film U-Carmen eKhayelitsha was released in 2005, but it was a recent and welcome discovery to me (through Netflix's streaming... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• La Hija De Rappaccini: Opera in the Garden of Good and Evil

  

  Elaine Alvarez as Rappacini's Daughter(c) Gotham Chamber Opera/Richard Termine Gotham Chamber Opera has made a specialty of presenting unusual opera in... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• ¡Figaro! Morningside's Mozartean Morality Play

  

  Susanna and Figaro discuss the futurePhoto (c) Karen Almond/Morningside Opera Morningside Opera is currently performing a run of ¡Figaro! Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Love is Stronger Than War: Branagh's Magic Flute

  

  Revising history: now with more Mozart While I like Kenneth Branagh as a director, love Mozart (obviously,) and have a thing for First World War dramas, I wasn'... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Vieni Fuori: Dallapiccola's Prigioniero with the NYPhil

  

  I went to Saturday's concert with the New York Philharmonic for the sake of Luigi Dallapiccola's rarely performed Il Prigioniero, but ended up being entranced b... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Interval Adventures: Westsider Records

  

  I'm not quite sure why it took a cloudburst and a spare half hour before a performance to drive me into Westsider Records, as this pleasing warren of dusty... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• La Reina: Old-fashioned Melodrama Meets Modern Grit at InsightALT

  The InsightALT festival of masterclasses, symposiums, and opera performances concluded on Monday with La Reina, a dark, sensual opera for which I'm tempted to... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA