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A few months later, war broke out between Bavaria and Prussia, and Ludwig's untrained, ill-equipped army was crushed. Had Ludwig spent as much money for artillery as he lavished on Tristan, it is conceivable that European history might have turned out differently. As it was, Tristan signaled...
Why such an offbeat opener? "Because," explains Cindy, "we wanted to wake up cultural interests here, not just put them to sleep with the same old safe arias." In transporting Julius Caesar into the 20th century, Conductor Nicola Rescigno, who was imported from the Dallas Civic Opera with Producer Lawrence...
Tell the Kids. From opening night last week when one of the most glittering audiences in Kansas City history-packed the 2,500-seat Music Hall through the two other performances that followed, Julius Caesar conquered resoundingly. The old hall was dressed up to look like an opera house, with...
RENATA TEBALDI (London). The diva serena had not recorded for two years, but these nine Italian arias, only one of which she had recorded before, bring generally good news of a still-shimmering voice. Not all the high reaches are easily secured, but her warmth, womanliness and pleading pianissimos are...
The mother should be transparent, a ruin of beauty. Maureen Stapleton is as solid as a mountain of pasta; one cannot see through her to the mythic past. There is bougainvillaea, and weeping willow, and a century of wounded Southern pride in the prose arias that Tennessee Williams gave the...