Bayreuth 2013: First Rienzi, then Das Liebesverbot and now Wagner goes rap
A little late but seems not everyone has heard: 2013 is obviously a big year for Wagner, and the Green Hill will not be missing a beat: a new Ring Cycle, collaborating with Leipzig on productions of Rienzi, then Das Liebesverbot (alas, not on the Green Hill itself - what would Bayreuth's acoustics do with that overture?). But now Katharina Wagner has announced her piece de resistance, she will be inviting "young people" to produce a rap based on one of the masters "librettos". I can't wait. But hang on a minute! Doesn't she know it's already been done?
Twelfth Night in the park
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This year’s CanStage Dream in High Park presentation is Twelfth Night
adapted and directed by Gregory Prest. He takes a pretty straightforward
approach. He...
Fifa World Cup Finals
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The final game, Spain vs Argentina, with Spain looking to be the best team
by far. By extended time I was desperate for my early morning walk.
As I went o...
The Real Comes to Miami
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Cultural Diplomacy, Institutional Innovation, and a Strategic Vision for
the Americas When Madrid’s celebrated Teatro Real arrives in Miami this
October, a...
NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants
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The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young
singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the
Wag...
The Future
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Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I
hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone
he ded...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018!
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Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19
Season open...