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Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Daniele Gatti will conduct "Falstaff" at Scala for the "Anno Verdiano" of 2013; the production will be directed by Robert...
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Brian Dickie (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
... when General Director of the Canadian Opera Company I turned to Katya once again, this time asking Robert Carsen to direct. So I will be reliving all this this evening - I can't wait! I will write about it afterwards so return here, if you are remotely interested in what I think, a little before midnight. But before all that a sad event - bidding farewell to Art Sussman who has led...
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The Classical Beat (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The Washington National Opera has produced a little YouTube video with snippets of the Chris Alexander production (originated in Seattle) of Strauss's "Ariadne auf Naxos" that's opening on Saturday night. Just for the sake of contrast, here's a similar preview of a production by Robert Carsen that opened in Munich last year and went on to Berlin. Thoughts on Ariadne? Reactions...