Opera House of the Year goes to same old, same old
OperaFor the third year running, the 43 critics of Opernwelt magazine have awarded the Opera House of the Year title to…. Frankfurt.
What’s more, Frankfurt Opera Choir is Choir of the Year, Lydia Steier is Director of the Year for Aida and Frankfurt’s Tannhäuser is co-winner of Performance of the Year.
Looks like you can please most of the critics all of the time.
Hideous anyway as those critics must be questioned – most of them are clueless
Explain?
Have a laugh watching a gaggle of them –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBqkfIeBqsg
“Critics”
Most reviews reveal zero about the performance and maximum about the reviewer
Stuttgart used to clean up year after year too, so this hegemony is nothing new. Loebe still seems to be the Überintendant, especially with a fashionable new GMD under his belt.