Tag: opera

Der Ring des Nibelungen review – less is more in Regents Opera’s whittled-down Wagner – The Guardian

But declare it a knockout too. For, although the Regents Ring is a very different experience from Wagner in the opera house, the intensity and involvement is remarkably undiminished and even enhanced. […] With the cycle’s 150th anniversary approaching in 2026, Regents Opera’s Ring is the only British performance of Wagner’s cycle about power and renewal this year. Hats off to them. With deluded megalomania so topical right now, this Ring could hardly be more timely.

classical, music, opera, Wagner

21/02/2025
Nixon in China libretto – Opera Arias

Act One Scene 1: Nixon’s arrival. (The airfield outside Peking. It is a very cold, clear, dry morning; Monday, February 21, 1972; the air is full of static electricity. No airplanes are arriving; there is the odd note of birdsong. Finally, from behind some buildings, come the sounds of troops marching. Contingents of army, navy and air force – 120 men of each service – circle the field and begin to sing “The Three Main Rules of Discipline and the Eight Points of Attention”)

classical, John Adams, music, opera

24/10/2024