Premiered in 1911, Der Rosenkavalier was a remarkable stylistic volte-face by Richard Strauss, eschewing previous dissonant extremes for a sumptuous romance steeped
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PM1870s Vienna was a city of contradictions: intoxicated yet bewildered by rapid financial enrichment, then outright destabilised by the ensuing 1873 stock
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMThe world premiere of a new opera featuring a Welsh-language libretto is a singular event, notwithstanding Wales’ reputation as the ‘land of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMIn the modern world, the staging of opera and theatre poses an increasingly complex challenge, often requiring large teams of specialist personnel.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMNearly 40 years after it was premiered at Welsh National Opera, Joachim Herz’s venerable 1978 production of Madam Butterfly still packs a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMPuccini’s beloved La Boheme is founded on a combination of grim reality and romantic pathos that is either glorious or problematic depending
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