Rusalka Gets Wet Feet In Vienna
Vienna, September 23, 2019; Theater an der Wien—The Theater an der Wien, Vienna’s interesting opera house, put on Dvořák’s Rusalka last month, directed by Amélie
All-Bartók Season-Opener With The Hungarian National Philharmonic
Budapest, September 25, 2019; Müpa—For my ongoing survey of Budapest’s orchestral scene, I picked out an all-Bartók evening with the Hungarian National Philharmonic. The National
Big Opera-Feud: To say “dick” or not to say “dick”, that is the Question
The German word “dick” has many translations. It does, as so often, depend on context. It could mean “fat” or “tubby”. More likely it means:
A Magnificent Budapest Ring, Part 2: Walküre, Siegfried, & Götterdämmerung
Budapest, June 13-16, 2019; Müpa—If the Rheingold of the Budapest Wagner Week’s annual Ring Cycle was a stunner for its excellent-yet-largely-unknown cast, the three remaining
A Magnificent Budapest Ring: Prelude and Rheingold
Budapest, June 13-16, 2019; Müpa—Loved by the cognoscenti – but a bit off the radar for much of the rest of the Wagner-loving world –
My Augsburg Confession
Augsburg, June 8, 2019, Leopold Mozart Violin Competition—After a week with five long days of trials, amounting to some 35 net hours of intense Mozart-,
Mariss Jansons Delivers AM-Berlioz in Vienna
Vienna, May 30, 2019; Musikverein—I don’t know about you, but I have yet to meet anyone who thinks Hector Berlioz in the AM is a
Vienna Aroused: Mahler’s Eighth Still Does the Trick
Vienna, May 11, 2019; Vienna Konzerthaus—Even in times of inflationary Mahler performances, a Mahler Eighth is something special. It was notable from the moment you
Haefliger’s Scrupulous Bartók with the Vienna Symphony Stands Out
Vienna, April 26, 2019: Vienna Konzerthaus—Perhaps it was a way of sending belated Easter Greetings to its audience, when the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Vienna Radio Orchestra In Austrian Premieres Of (Post-)Soviet Classics
Vienna, March 14, 2019; Musikverein—The Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna (ORF SO), soon to be Marin Alsop’s band, is—when it isn’t diving headlong into modernism