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In the October 2000 issue of The New Criterion, I reviewed the first two operas of the Seattle Opera's new Ring cycle. This year saw the completion of the tetralogy with three complete cycles, of which I saw the first (August 5-10). The positive qualities of Seattle's "realistic" take on the Ring that I noted previously shined through in the final two operas; the cycle as a whole is one of the most cohesive and coherent, as well as imaginative and dramatically persuasive, that I have seen.
As is by now obvious, the sheer number of productions of Wagner's Ring cycle has led directors and designers to feature ever more outre "conceptions" that become ever more ...
- Canadian tenor Matthew Elton Thomas stepped in on short notice as Siegfried in...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada So, Joseph September 22, 2003 700+ words
Canadian tenor Matthew Elton Thomas stepped in on short notice as Siegfried in Wagner's Gotterdammerung for Scottish Opera last April. The baritone-turned-tenor reverted to his scheduled role of Froh in Das Rheingold for SO...
- Wagner: Die Gotterdammerung.(Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York)
- Magazine article from: The New Leader Disch, Thomas M. June 2, 1997 700+ words
...performance of Die Gotterdammerung, Wolfgang Schmidt's Siegfried was the same somewhat...spinning lesson. The Siegfried of Gotterdammerung is a more interesting...did so, that Gotterdammerung (and the last act of Siegfried) were composed...
- Two weeks in the journey to stage Gotterdammerung: finding the right ending for...
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne March 1, 2006 700+ words
...the music for Siegfried, composed Gotterdammerung, embarked on...September. "Gotterdammerung is the longest...project as big as Gotterdammerung, the rehearsal...obliviously naive Siegfried. You can see...
- SEATTLE OPERA'S `RING' CONCLUDES WITH A SATISFYING `GOTTERDAMMERUNG'.(Life and...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. August 13, 2001 700+ words
...evaporated for "Gotterdammerung" Friday night...as it is in "Siegfried" (actually nothing...discussion during "Siegfried," has improved...coached him. But "Gotterdammerung" is far more...final act of "Siegfried," the soft warm...the pages of "Gotterdammerung." But Wadsworth...
- review: Opera Gotterdammerung Royal Opera House, London
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Edward Seckerson October 16, 1995 700+ words
...were now cheering Gotterdammerung. Maybe, just maybe...received. And so this Gotterdammerung begins with the stage...heroic stranger, Siegfried (a dry, tired sounding...of a piece, this Gotterdammerung, this Ring. When...favourite daughter or Siegfried reunited with his...
- Die Gotterdammerung.(De Vlaamse Opera)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Davidson, Michael June 22, 2008 700+ words
...presented a new Wagner Ring. Die Gotterdammerung proved to be a fascinating...demystification of Brunnhilde and Siegfried tore the heart out of the...in this garden. She and Siegfried have pillow fights during...before Waltraute arrives. Siegfried is a sex-obsessed oaf...
- Gotterdammerung.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Crory, Neil March 1, 2007 700+ words
GOTTERDAMMERUNG Wagner Testament SBT4 1393 [ILLUSTRATION...with this compelling performance of Gotterdammerung, many will be left with a much deeper...Windgassen (a peerless, lyrical Siegfried), bass Josef Greindl (a dark...
- Gotterdammerung (at the Staatsoper).
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Jochen Breiholz June 22, 1996 700+ words
...SCENE OF HARRY KUPFER'S Gotterdammerung at the Staatsoper made one...idea after another. When Siegfried entered the Gibichung Hall...outbursts and touching piani. Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) needed time to warm up...