mostly opera

I suppose I´ll have to admit to being one of these "people-of-only-superficial-insight", who are influenced by glittery promotion ...

Contes d´Hoffmann. Royal Danish Opera. September 2007. Production: Yannis Houvardis. Cast: Timothy Richards/Johnny Van Hal/Marc Soustrot (...

Previous episodes may be viewed here , and for new readers the background of this unique Wagnerian docu-soap is written up here together wit...

Disliked by Stalin at the premiere in 1934 and thus banned from the repertoire, Shostakovich was given an opportunity to revise his opera ...

Since most haven´t had the opportunity to actually see Katharina Wagner´s work, below I´ ve posted two video clips from her Budapest Loheng...

Recorded live at the Berlin State Opera 2006, this DVD-set contains four DVDs with the complete Beethoven piano sonatas and two additional ...

New followers of this docu-soap are advised to start by clicking here Katharina Wagner just gave her first interview since her declarating ...

Maskerade. Royal Danish Opera, January 2007. Production: Kasper Bech Holten. Cast includes: Christian Christiansen, Johan Reuter, Susanne R...

I´m bringing this hilarious post by former opera singer J Venning, initially posted on the rec.music.opera discussion forum some weeks ago: ...

Since the docu-soap, which I am now officially entitling “The Bayreuth Succession” will be running regularly for the next couple of months o...