The opera house that can’t tell its Strauss from its Henze

The opera house that can’t tell its Strauss from its Henze

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norman lebrecht

October 02, 2015

This is the cover of last night’s programme at the Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen.

boulevard solitude

By Richard Strauss??

Comments

  • RW2013 says:
    October 2, 2015 at 10:27 am

    In a season brochure of the opera house in Perth (Australia) it was once advertised that it would be doing Elektra by Johann Straus (sic).

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  • Larry Fried says:
    October 2, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    I had to smile about this. In 1972, I played in the orchestra for the New York premiere of “Boulevard Solitude,” at the Manhattan School of Music. Anton Coppola conducted and Henze was in attendance.

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  • Holger H. says:
    October 2, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    But they have a fancy website. Probably cost a fortune.
    Give the content editing to the interns.
    Who cares about content, it’s all about the wrapping, no?

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  • CDH says:
    October 2, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    I remember when interns were the best and the brightest.

    God, am I really that old?

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