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Category: Waltraud Meier

  • Wozzeck at the Met

    The Unbiased Opinionator’s account of the last performance of Wozzeck this season at the Metropolitan Opera. * Notes * The musical and emotional journey that is Wozzeck is not an easy one. The score bears much study before an uninitiated listener can appreciate the dramatic richness and supreme formal architecture of Berg’s creation. Nonetheless, James Levine’s…

  • Staatsoper Unter den Linden’s 2008-2009 Season

    August 16-17 2008: MedeaAugust 30- September 18 2008: FidelioSeptember 5-19 2008: The GamblerSeptember 7-21 2008: Tristan und IsoldeSeptember 16 2008- February 20 2009: Il barbiere di SivigliaSeptember 27- October 25 2008: Eugene OneginOctober 3 2008- January 25 2009: ToscaOctober 7- December 4 2008: La TraviataOctober 31- November 4 2008: Dido & AeneasNovember 7- December 11…

  • Paris Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 6-11 2008: Eugene Onegin September 24- November 2 2008: Rigoletto October 11- November 2 2008: The Bartered Bride October 13- November 12 2008: Cunning Little Vixen October 30- December 3 2008: Tristan und Isolde November 17- December 23 2008: Die Zauberflöte November 25- December 21 2008: Fidelio January 17-30 2009: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk…

  • Hojotoho! Heiahaha!

    David Alden's new production of Die Walküre premiered yesterday afternoon at the Bavarian State Opera. Musically, the performance was excellent, Zubin Mehta conducted well, as usual, and the singing was good. Tenor Peter Seiffert and soprano Waltraud Meier were outstanding as the Wälsungen, so the first act was stunning. Bass-baritone John Tomlinson was once again…