Renée Fleming Adds a New Role to Her Repertoire: Pat Nixon
The superstar soprano discusses her debut in John Adams’s “Nixon in China” at the Paris Opera. For starters, she spends the second act with a dragon.
Posted inBerg, Alban Cerha, Friedrich Classical Music Deaths (Obituaries) Lulu (Opera) Paris Opera Vienna (Austria) Vienna State Opera
Friedrich Cerha, 96, Who Finished Another Composer’s Masterpiece, Dies
His skill in completing Alban Berg’s “Lulu” almost 40 years after Berg’s death was considered one of the greatest operatic achievements of the 20th century.
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Benjamin Britten’s ‘Peter Grimes’ Arrives in Paris
Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” directed by Deborah Warner in her Paris Opera debut, reintroduces a 20th-century composer to French audiences.
Posted inArchitecture Opera Palais Garnier Paris (France) Paris Opera The Phantom of the Opera (Book)
A Paris Opera House’s History and the Phantom
The architecture and location of the Palais Garnier are intertwined with the history of France and Paris (and a famous phantom).