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
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’
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.