Posts Tagged ‘james jorden’
Friday, May 11th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid The Deutsche Oper maintains a dedicated West Berlin following not only for its provocative stagings but sober concert operas showcasing star singers. Of nine “premieres” this season, four are in concert, and in the best scenario feature works known for their dramaturgical weaknesses. The house claimed in a press conference last season […]
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Tags: Armin Gramer, Daniel Cramer, Deutsche Oper, Ensemble Kaleidoskop, Guillermo Garcia Calvo, HAU1, I Due Foscari, james jorden, Leo Nucci, Mascha Mazur, Monteverdi, Olof Borman, Orfeo, Peaches, Ramon Vargas, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Sabine Neumann, Tagesspiegel, Timo Kreuser, Ulrike Schwab, verdi
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
By James Jorden Revelation comes in the strangest places. Like, for example, I had this eventual moment of clarity about what it was that went wrong in the Lepage Ring, and what do you think sparked it? Of all things, last night’s performance of Ernani at the Met.
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Tags: Anthony Tommasini, Beethoven, Deborah Voigt, james jorden, musicalamerica, new york times, otto schenk, robert lepage, the machine, wagner
Posted in Rough and Regie | Comments Off on Twilight of the Machine
Friday, November 4th, 2011
by James Jorden “I’ve almost come to the conclusion that this Mr. Hitler isn’t a Christian,” muses merry murderess Abby Brewster early in the first act of Arsenic and Old Lace, and to tell the truth I’m beginning to think I’m almost as far behind the curve as she was. Recent new productions at the […]
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Tags: anna netrebko, james jorden, leonard bernstein, Mahler, music director, musicalamerica, new york times, period costume, peter gelb, pr, richard wagner, robert lepage, Street Car Named Desire, the met, verdi, willy decker, Zurich
Posted in Rough and Regie | Comments Off on Peter’s Principles
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011
BY JAMES JORDEN Two monochromatic color schemes, two towering box sets, two wardrobes of lavish period costumes, two ensemble casts, two authentic orchestras—even two brightly-colored dream sequences: There are more than a few superficial similarities between two big-scale revivals playing in New York this week: Atys at BAM and Follies at the Marquis Theater on […]
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Tags: broadway baby, broadway revival, james jorden, william christie
Posted in Rough and Regie | Comments Off on Proof of Concept