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Metropolitan Opera's 'Ring' cycle is under fire
Culture MonsterThe Metropolitan Opera is in full "Ring" mode this month as it prepares to launch the complete staging of its new, multi-million dollar production of Wagner's four-part epic, directed by Robert Lepage.... -
Should Fabio Luisi become music director of the Met Opera?
Culture MonsterMark Swed considers whether Fabio Luisi, given his spotty record, would be the right man to succeed James Levine as music of the Metropolitan Opera.... -
The Arts on TV: Renee Fleming in 'Capriccio'; 'Spider-Man'
Culture Monster“Great Performances at the Met” 12:30 p.m., Sunday KVCR: Capriccio: Renée Fleming performs Strauss' “Capriccio.” With Joseph Kaiser and Sarah Connolly.... -
Monster Mash: Guggenheim, YouTube short-list videos; feuding art museums in Paris
Culture Monster-- But is it art?: About 125 videos on YouTube have been culled from more than 23,000 submissions for a new biennial organized by the Guggenheim. (Associated Press) -- Feuding institutions: A Paris museum is refusing to loan a single...... -
At the Metroplitan Opera, some boos for a new 'Rheingold' and cheers for James Levine
Culture MonsterNEW YORK -- Director Robert Lepageâs new, multimillion-dollar production of Wagnerâs âDas Rheingoldâ at the Metropolitan Opera was designed to take an audienceâs breath away. Monday evening, the opening night crowd did indeed seem to have the... -
The Metropolitan Opera's live movie screenings turn 5, despite early skepticism [Updated]
Culture MonsterIn December 2006, the Metropolitan Opera changed the game with its first broadcast of its operas to movie theaters across the country. On Saturday, the fifth season of the cinemacasts, now international and called "Live in HD," opens with a...... -
'Ring' cycle, including 3-D 'Siegfried,' dominates Metropolitan Opera's new season
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Gone are the horned helmets in Wagner’s ‘Ring,’ but are new ways always better?
The horned helmet — usually sitting on the head of a zaftig soprano — is the universal symbol of Richard Wagner's "The Ring of the Nibelung." But like Shakespearean tights and codpieces, it's a visual cliché that fell out of currency decades...Tags: PBS (tv network), Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez, Opera (genre), Richard Wagner
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Critic's Notebook: Götterdämmerungâ -- twilight of a hypnotic spectacle
Culture MonsterThe end of the first complete cycle of Achim Freyerâs staging of the âRingâ for the Los Angeles Opera left me simultaneously energized and exhausted late Sunday night, as though I had just undergone intense hours of dreaming without the...... -
Monster Mash: Bernadette Peters, Elaine Stritch set for 'Night Music'; Broad closer to picking his architect?
Culture MonsterDouble play: Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch will succeed Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury in the Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," which was set to close June 20 but now will resume performances in July. (Playbill) Search narrows:.... -
KCRW-FM to broadcast 'The Ring and I'
Culture MonsterLos Angeles Opera's production of "The Ring of the Nibelung" is a challenging and artistically far-out staging that is likely to be confusing for newcomers to the 19-hour (including intermissions) epic cycle. So where can beginners go to get their...... -
'Ring' cycle, 'Nixon in China' part of Metropolitan Opera's 2010-11 season
Culture MonsterThe first two operas of Wagner's "Ring" cycle and John Adams' "Nixon in China" are among the highlights of the Metropolitan Opera's 2010-11 season, which was announced Monday afternoon in New York. The company said it would produce seven new......
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