With 360-degree videos, fans of the performing arts can feel what it’s like to be in the middle of the Philadelphia Orchestra or the Paris Opera Ballet. Read entire story.
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Barrie Kosky: ‘When I first saw The Magic Flute, I didn’t get it and I didn’t like it’
Epic, inventive and physical, Barrie Kosky’s operas even rattle his singers. As Edinburgh braces itself for his Magic Flute, the outspoken Australian talks about the work he calls ‘a graveyard for directors’ – and reveals why he’ll be scaring the sheep at Glyndebourne‘There is no crisis in opera!” says … Read entire story.
Source: Music | The Guardian
Review: In Staatsoper’s ‘Elektra,’ an Ax-Wielder With Royal Bearing
Nina Stemme sings the title role in Strauss’s opera, which in this production is set in a modern building. Read entire story.
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