English National Opera’s Ring Cycle, the first in over 15 years, is a co-production with the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. It got off to a disappointing start in 2021 with The Valkyrie. ENO is i ...
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Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle is the biggest work in the history of music. It took him 28 years to write and perform at the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876. ENO’s Ring Cycle, the first in over 15 years, ...
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The Metropolitan Opera House New York nightly streams operas for free, which is a great treat. I recently caught up with two of American composer Philip Glass’s minimalist opera portraits. Glass, one ...
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28-year-old Giuseppe Verdi in 1842 at La Scala in Milan had a big success with his biblical epic, Nabucco; and not least because of the ensembles which made a tremendous impact. Va, Pensiero, the poig ...
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