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Richard Strauss

Apr 4

Review: ‘Elektra’ at the Met Opera With Nina Stemme and Lise Davidsen

The title role of Elektra is among opera’s most demanding. She’s onstage for nearly all of the work’s 100-minute running time plotting revenge for the murder of Agamemnon by her adulterous mother Klytämnestra.
By Christopher Corwin
Mar 8

Lise Davidsen Shines in ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ at the Met Opera

With Anna Netrebko off the roster perhaps forever, the Met needs a new reigning diva, and Davidsen is surely one of its prime candidates.
By Christopher Corwin
Soprano Anna Netrebko streams a recital from Vienna.
Feb 8

From Vienna, Anna Netrebko Streams an Ecstatic Program of Songs

How else can I explain the effect that recital had on me? Netrebko made my modest Queens studio feel like an opera house. I burned, I pined, I near perished.
By James Jorden
Elektra (Christine Goerke, right) weeps, but her mother (MIcaela Shuster) has heard it all before.
Mar 5

The Met’s Powerful ‘Elektra’ Could Turn Anyone Into an Opera Lover

By James Jorden
Günther Groissböck (left) deftly steals the show from Renée Fleming in 'Der Rosenkavalier'.
Apr 14

A Star Is Boring in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ at the Met

By James Jorden
Elektra.
Apr 29

Magnificent Futility: Richard Strauss’s ‘Elektra’ at the Met

By James Jorden
Waltraud Meier as Klytämnestra and Nina Stemme in the title role of Richard Strauss's Elektra.
Apr 15

A Tale of Utter Futility Can Be Magnificent

By James Jorden
Regine Hangler in a superb production of Daphne. (Photo: ©Stephanie Berger)
Jul 22

An Appreciation of ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Operas

By James Jorden
Jan 9

Sirius as a Motherfucker: Howard Stern Enters the Future

By Observer Staff
Mar 29

Flash Farewell and Sexy Hello, As Karita Mattila Gets Naked

By Charles Michener
Sep 17

Silliness and Subversion Taint the Salzburg Opera Festival

By Charles Michener
Aug 27

Opera Lovers Exposed: Greatness Outdoors in Santa Fe

By Charles Michener
Dec 27

Fleming Sings With Angels

By Charles Michener
Jan 26

Godunov and Grimes Groove, But Capriccio Drags at Met

By Charles Michener
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