Showing posts with label WagnerTannhäuser. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WagnerTannhäuser. Show all posts
Monday, 5 August 2013

Wagner Tannhäuser Part 1

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Wagner Tannhäuser Prom 29, hot on the heels of an excellent  Tannhäuser, at Bayreuth. Bayreuth wins hands down, no contest . The Pr...
Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Who is Elisabeth in Tannhäuser?

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Who is Elisabeth in Wagne r Tannhäuser ? Is she really the Virgin Mary ? The knights at Wartburg revere her but it would be blasphemous to ...
Monday, 27 December 2010

Opera - Best of 2010

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Lists bother me.  How do you compare a fish to a pinecone? But looking back at 2010 opera is a good exercise because it makes you think ...
Saturday, 25 December 2010

What's up in Venusberg? Melchior naked Tannhäuser

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What's really going on in Venusberg? Why are the good folks of Wartburg so afraid ? Much praise for the ballet in the Royal Opera House ...
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Thursday, 23 December 2010

Xmas broadcasts - Glyndebourne Don G, ROH Tannhauser

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If the Pope's Thought for the Day isn't enough and the Queen isn't likely to say what she thinks, there's still plenty to li...
Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Interpreting Images - Wagner Tannhäuser analysis

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Tim Albery's Wagner Tannhäuser at the Royal Opera House shows how visual images can be interpreted in different ways. It's a cop-out...
Sunday, 12 December 2010

Wagner Tannhäuser Royal Opera House

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The Royal Opera House itself is the star of this new production of Richard Wagner Tannhäuser. An intriguing twist on an opera that pits orgi...