Summary
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg Royal Opera House, London In this much anticipated Christmas treat, the first performances by Covent Garden for a decade of Wagner's great comedy Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg, the Royal Opera desperately needed music director Tony Pappano to ride to the rescue.
A season he had started so brilliantly with an excellent new Trittico has become mired in the mediocrity of several indifferent revivals and almost fatally wounded by the lamentable decision to schedule no fewer than 24 performances of their tired old Traviata.See the full content of this document
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Comedy of Errors ; Classical
Pappano did indeed do well, but sadly others did not. Pappano has an incredible galvanising effect on his orchestra: they simply sound different, better disciplined and more enthusiastic whe...
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