Volle, Michael – MOSAEC

Strauss’s ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ at the Metropolitan Opera

Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Opera) Hofmannsthal, Hugo von Lindstrom, Lise Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Stemme, Nina Strauss, Richard Thomas, Russell (Singer) van den Heever, Elza Volle, Michael

Strauss’s ‘Die Frau Ohne Schatten’ at the Metropolitan Opera

“Die Frau Ohne Schatten,” a dense ode to fertility, may not sound appealing at first. But in this performance, the fairy tale comes movingly to life.

By Zachary Woolfe

Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom

Carsen, Robert Classical Music Falstaff (Opera) Maltman, Christopher Metropolitan Opera Opera Perez , Ailyn (1979- ) Rustioni, Daniele Verdi, Giuseppe Volle, Michael

Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom

Michael Volle puts his noble voice to delightfully undignified use as the title character in Robert Carsen’s still fresh production of “Falstaff.”

By Oussama Zahr

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’

Berlin State Opera Der Ring des Nibelungen (Opera) Kampe, Anja Kranzle, Johannes Martin Mahnke, Claudia Opera Schager, Andreas Tcherniakov, Dmitri Thielemann, Christian Villazon, Rolando Volle, Michael Wagner, Richard

Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’

All four parts of Wagner’s epic were presented within a week, in a new production by Dmitri Tcherniakov inspired by the work’s experimental roots.

By Joshua Barone