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In an age when so many arts festivals have interchangeable programming, the Ruhrtriennale remains devoted to works that can't be experienced anywhere else. A. J. GOLDMANN talks with composer Heiner Goebbels, the intendant of Germany's most unconventional arts festival.
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This summer, the Bregenz Festival will offer the world premiere of André Tchaikowsky's Merchant of Venice, more than twenty-five years after the composer's death. A. J. GOLDMANN reports.
Lion Speaks THMB 513The Lion Speaks
For decades, Ferruccio Furlanetto has exemplified the highest performing standard in opera. As he prepares to sing Filippo in Covent Garden's Don Carlo, the Italian bass speaks to BARRY SINGER about maintaining that standard — and where he fears the opera world is heading.
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As other international theaters lose their luster in the ongoing financial crisis, the unveiling of the Mariinsky II is a bold step for Russian culture. JENNIFER MELICK charts the rise of the new theater, which opens this month with a three-day program of festival activities.
Risk Return thmb 513Risk and Return
PHILIP KENNICOTT examines the controversy behind the opening of the Mariinsky's new theater, which marks a significant alliance between Russia's cultural and political powers.
Main Event THMB 513The Main Event
REBECCA SCHMID raises the curtain on Frankfurt Opera, which has become one of Europe's most exciting theaters — thanks to the savvy of intendant Bernd Loebe.

 
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Current Issue: May 2013 — VOL. 77, NO. 11

 
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