Two conductors — a mentor and a protégé, both trained as pianists — bring precision and lyricism to the first new staging of Wagner’s epic in a decade.
Category: Volle, Michael
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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.
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Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom
The New York Times – Music:Michael Volle puts his noble voice to delightfully undignified use as the title character in Robert Carsen’s still fresh production of “Falstaff.”
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Review: Berlin Takes Wagner’s Approach to Staging the ‘Ring’
The New York Times – Music: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.