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George Loomis on “Die Walküre” at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples.
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George Loomis on “Die Walküre” at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples.
“Don Carlo is the kind of opera that has gone out of fashion.”
Royal Opera’s new staging of Dvořák’s watery Rusalka finds fresh resonsances, while the ENO’s updated Ring cycle is really starting to shine
This was only the ninth Covent Garden performance of the most magical opera by that great melodist and orchestrator Antonin Dvorak - let us hope it is now here to stay.
Wagner’s Ring Cycle has a reputation for being a long and mighty epic, and the ENO’s production of The Rhinegold remains true to the spirit of the Norse saga.