Otto Schenk

Otto Schenk

Otto Schenk news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Otto Schenk performances. According to Wikipedia: Otto Schenk is an actor, theater director, and production designer. He is most famous in the United States for his lavish... [more]

Otto Schenk news, related photos and videos, and reviews of Otto Schenk performances. According to Wikipedia: Otto Schenk is an actor, theater director, and production designer. He is most famous in the United States for his lavish, realist, traditionalist productions at the Metropolitan Opera. He has also produced operas at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, and the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, as well as smaller opera houses such as the Berlin State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, and the Hamburg State Opera. He regularly collaborates with Rolf Langenfass, a set and costume designer.

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Schenk's Ring Cycle had profound impact

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When Valhalla burns and crumbles near midnight on May 9, Otto Schenk's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera will be retired. "It's still alive," Schenk said before a rehearsal one morning — speaking of Wagner's story, not his production, which entered the Met repertory from 1986 to '89. "I wanted to tell a romantic old story, like starting with `Once upon a time,'" he said. "All the secrets of Wagner's Ring should be guessed by the audience or found by the audience." Schenk received a huge ovation when he took a curtain call after the April 18 matinee performance of "Siegfried." ... Read Full Story

Siegfried

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From left: James Morris (Wanderer/Wotan), Wendy White (Erda), Otto Schenk (director), James Levine, Christian Franz (Siegfried) and Iréne Theorin (Brunnhilde.) More cast photos below. Robert Brubaker (Mime) James Morris, Christian Franz, Robert Brubaker and Richard Paul Fink (Alberich) Wendy White James Morris Iréne Theorin Christian Franz James Levine Otto Schenk, Christian Franz, Iréne Theorin James Morris, Wendy White, Otto Schenk, Christian Franz, Iréne Theorin, James Levine Read Full Story

Top 50 Music Quotations

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Top 50 Music Quotations By Danielle Hollister Discover the phenomenonal complexity of music and reflect on the way it can positively influence your life with this sound collection of riveting quotes… “Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.” – Joseph Addison “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” –Maya Angelou “Music is either good or bad, and it’s got to be learned. You got to have balance.” – Louis Armstrong “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Berthold Auerbach - ... Read Full Story

Glenn Gould and Beethoven's Tempest Sonata

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Only Gould ever played the Tempest Sonata really well and made it tolerable, no one else. Anyone else made it intolerable to me. It is, of course, very ponderous, the Tempest Sonata, Reger said, like a lot of Beethoven's work. Thomas Bernhard, Old Masters: A Comedy Translated by Ewald Osers Glenn Gould plays Beethoven's Tempest Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata Op. 31 N.2 - I. Largo, Allegro Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata Op. 31 N.2 - II. Adagio Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata Op. 31 N.2 - III. Allegretto Read Full Story

up - Per Ludwig van Beethoven

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28/10/2009, 10:03:35 Ultimo msg di: DANKO73 in: Per Ludwig van Beethoven Read Full Story
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