Opera Warhorses

An appreciation and analysis of the ‘Standard Repertory’ of opera

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“Life is a Dream”: Santa Fe Opera – August 19, 2010

September 13th, 2010

Note from William: The odds against any opera being successful are very long. However, if newly composed operas are not performed, or if once they are first performed, they are never performed again, then there is almost no chance of new works joining the standard operatic repertory. The Santa Fe Opera since its founding in [...]

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More on the L.A. Parsifal: the Case for Wilson’s Spell

January 4th, 2006

Stephen promised an exposition of his thoughts on Robert Wilson’s “Parsifal”. It is presented here: Hi Bill: Well, here it is. PARSIFAL is my desert-island opera. I first saw it at the Met on Good Friday in 1960, then the summer I spent at Bayreuth (1966) studying with the Wagners. I saw Wieland’s breathtaking production [...]

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