Posted inActors and Actresses Deaths (Obituaries) Metropolitan Opera Opera Schenk, Otto (1930-2025) Theater Theater in der Josefstadt (Vienna, Austria) Vienna State Opera Wagner, Richard
Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94
A prominent practitioner of the historically grand productions that were once fashionable at the Met, he was especially well known for his stagings of Wagner.
Posted inFonda, Jane Kardashian, Kim Lugner, Richard Opera Presley, Priscilla Vienna (Austria) Vienna State Opera
Vienna Bids Farewell to Magnate Who Brought Stars to Its Opera Ball
Sophia Loren, Kim Kardashian, Priscilla Presley and Jane Fonda were among the stars Richard Lugner enticed, and often paid, to appear at the Vienna Opera Ball.
Posted inClassical Music Cosi Fan Tutte (Opera) de Beer, Lotte Iolanta (Opera) Opera Roscic, Bogdan Vienna (Austria) Vienna State Opera Volksoper (Vienna, Austria)
When Vienna’s Opera Tradition Got Too Traditional, They Stepped In
Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies.