A Vigorous ‘Götterdämmerung’ Completes the Met’s ‘Ring’—Despite Robert Lepage’s Staging
Conductor Philippe Jordan leads a youthful performance of 'Götterdämmerung' that struggles against its empty, vacuous backdrop.
Philippe Jordan
A Hero Has Arrived to Redeem the Met Opera’s ‘Ring Cycle’
At the Met Opera, debuting tenor Stefan Vinke not only sang every note of his enormous role, he realized the impossible dream of making Wagner's hero lovable.
Two Sopranos Take the Spotlight in Wagner’s Epic ‘Die Walküre’ at the Met
Both starring sopranos in the Met's 'Die Walküre' were in only mediocre form vocally for the season premiere, though one of them astonished while the other fizzled.
