Opera poster of the day
mainKeith Cooper, you got there first…
We hear that Stephen Rose, former head of…
There have been some irreparable losses. Germany mourned…
The steady departure of cherished professors at the…
The prolific international conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, diagnosed…
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Wouldn’t be a German production by any chance, would it?
How did you guess? Hans Neuenfels for the Bayerische
Staatsoper, conducted by Ivor Bolton and with Ms Michael in the title role. Neuenfels was never without a glass of white wine throughout the rehearsals and his alcohol-ravaged voice was a constant cacophony!
Poor Mayr! No, not the poster. The “singer” performing the role.