| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Nov-2012 Civic Opera House | Screens, dreams in Negrin's Werther at the Lyric Opera of Chicago |
 In Francisco Negrin’s production of Massenet’s Werther, currently at the Lyric Opera, the opera’s first scene appears through a semi-transparent screen upon which an image of a row of houses is projected. Then the screen rises, and we enter fully into the dream.
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| 28-Jul-2012 National Theatre | Der Rosenkavalier at the Munich OpernFestspiele |
 Otto Schenk's production of Der Rosenkavalier is now four decades old but it still looks quite fresh, its opulence unfaded. If "traditional" is your thing, it may be the best around, and though the sets are ultra busy and detailed to the point where it can distract from the human intimacy that is key to this drama, it somehow manages to avoid the chocolate box kitschery of many other long-standing "traditional" productions.Read full review... | |
| 5-May-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Villazón returns to form in the Royal Opera's Werther |
 ASHMORE 2011.jpg) Boy falls in love with girl. Girl marries another man. Boy kills himself. The plot of Massenet's Werther isn't exactly complex or taxing, but then, in all great stories, it's the way you tell them that counts.
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