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Die Tote Stadt in Dallas
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 27th March 2014On March 26, 2014 The Dallas Opera presented the third of its five performance run of Erich Korngold’s opera Die Tote Stadt. First performed in 1920 when the Viennese composer was 23. The opera was simultaneously premiered in Hamburg and Cologne. Korngold is most famous for his movie scores. He had first gone to Hollywood…
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Siegfried in HD – Walking the Planks
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 6th November 2011Before going to a performance of Wagner’s third Ring Cycle opera you should wear comfortable shoes, loose clothing, and drink no fluids starting six hours before the curtain. Thus prepared I got through Siegfried without losing consciousnesses more than two or three times. In fact I enjoyed the performance. Robert Lapage’s Rube Goldberg set consisting of a couple of dozen planks driven by…
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