Richard Wagner was a difficult person, to put it lightly—an infamous anti-Semite and world-historical egoist known for displaying ingratitude and duplicity toward lovers, friends, and benefactors ...
On the topic of “Tristan und Isolde,” Richard Wagner once said, “Only mediocre performances can save me! Thoroughly good ones would drive people insane.” Fortunately for the body politic, perfect ...
Another masterpiece, this time the crowning achievement of the “Father of Modern Music,” was presented at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, last week, “The greatest music in the world,” said ...
People who care about opera can’t stop talking about the baby, or “that damned baby” as a disgruntled patron put it on the way out of the Metropolitan Opera last week. It’s a directorial conceit in a ...
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