Review | Die Fledermaus in Zürich: Strauss for an Age of Amnesia
Opernhaus Zürich’s Die Fledermaus (seen Dec. 7) opens with a prelude in the form of a short film. It’s a party: young, good-looking people, drinks in hand,…
Denise Wendel-Poray
Denise Wendel-Poray
Denise Wendel-Poray is a Canadian/ French writer, editor and curator holding degrees from the universities of Yale and McGill. Formerly an opera singer, she is author of books and essays on the relationship between art, theater and music. (Painting the Stage, Skira Editore 2019; The Last Days of the Opera, Skira Editore 2023)
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Review | Jonas Kaufmann Still Brings Down the House in Paris Tosca
Puccini’s Tosca is an opera built on irresistible contradictions: a thriller wrapped in velvet, a story of political terror carried on some of the most seductive melodic…
Review | Love as Spectacle: Robert Carsen’s Così fan tutte at La Scala
The evening begins inside a dazzling television studio. Cameras glide, applause signs flash, and a suave host greets a group of young couples assembled to…
Review | Verdian Passions, Persian Shadows: Shirin Neshat’s Aida at Paris Opera
A sense of expectation hung over the Opéra Bastille before the curtain rose for the Sept. 24 opening night of Verdi’s Aida. The foyer murmured with…
Review | A new era at Opernhaus Zürich with Der Rosenkavalier
The first new production under Matthias Schulz, freshly installed as Intendant of the Opernhaus Zürich, was an emblematic choice: Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Der Rosenkavalier (seen Sept.…
