Table Of Contents: May 2011

BRYN TERFEL: THE DIVINE AND MORTAL STAR OF DIE WALKÜRE

Vol. 75, No. 11

• Under New Management: Francesca Zambello at Glimmerglass
• Lepage and the Machine: The Met's New High-Tech Ring
• Stage Savvy: Thomas Allen Turns to Directing
• Our Guide to the Best U.S. Festivals
• Sound Bites: Ashley Emerson
• Seán Curran
• The Last Savage in Santa Fe

Features

The Company She Keeps

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Protean stage director Francesca Zambello, now artistic and general director of the Glimmerglass Festival, talks to DAVID BELCHER about her ambitious plans for the company.

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The Man Behind the Machine

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AUGUST VENTURA chats with Robert Lepage, the theatrical visionary behind the Met's new staging of Wagner's Ring cycle, which continues with this spring's premiere of Die Walküre.

The Wanderer

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This season, Bryn Terfel brings his singular charisma to Wotan in the Met's new stagings of Das Rheingold and Die Walküre. The Welsh superstar shares his thoughts on the Ring and other matters with BRIAN KELLOW.

Dance Card

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Seán Curran has made the transition from choreographer to stage director. This month he stages Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. VALERIE GLADSTONE reports.

Master Builder

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WILLIAM R. BRAUN pays a visit to Thomas Allen, one of opera's consummate artists, who sings the Music Master in this month's broadcast of Ariadne auf Naxos.

Salvaging the Savaged

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This summer, Santa Fe Opera presents a new staging of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Last Savage, which was considered an ignominious failure at the time of its Met premiere in 1964. BARRY SINGER looks at the reasons why the opera was dismissed by critics.

Departments

Recordings

In Review

Books

A biography of Zemlinsky; an insider's view of Bernstein; the criticism of Szymanowski; Philippe Sollers creates an intriguing portrait of Mozart.

Sound Bites: Ashley Emerson

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by F. PAUL DRISCOLL

OperaWatch

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by OUSSAMA ZAHR

On the Beat

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Stephanie Blythe pays tribute to Kate Smith at the Allen Room; the men dominate at the fortieth annual George London Foundation Awards Competition.
by BRIAN KELLOW

Viewpoint: An Open Book

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by F. PAUL DRISCOLL

The Royal Road

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British soprano Kate Royal, who's just released her third recital recording, A Lesson in Love, chats with ADAM WASSERMAN about Britten's heroines, the process of putting together a concert program and why, despite her diverse repertoire, she considers herself first and foremost a Mozart singer.

Dateline

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by TRISTAN KRAFT