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?
Così fan tutte, Opera Holland Park, 2 June 2026
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Fiordiligi – Madeline Braham
Ferrando – Osian Wyn Bowen
Dorabella – Shakira Tsindos
Guglielmo – Paul Grant
Don Alfonso – Paul Carey-Jones
Despina – Eliz...
Waiting for Marilyn
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By the Word Productions premiered Franca Miraglia’s American Devotion in
the Studio at Crow’s Theatre on Thursday. The playwright imagines what
might have ...
Pin cushions
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Many years ago I sewed a pincushion out of brown cotton material.
It was very useful over many years with it's soft insides which made it
very easy to put ...
El distinguido encanto de Dame Flott
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El mundo del canto amaneció un poco más solo. Se ha ido una Dame. No
simplemente una gran cantante, sino una de esas presencias excepcionalmente
raras que ...
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...