Tag Archives: Die Walkure
Where’d he go??
Oh, dear. A bit of a bloggin’ disaster. Moving house got me out of the habit, out of the frame of mind, and out of the path of a computer for rather too long. I do apologise, and especially to … Continue reading
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The Met Live in HD: Die Walküre
This wasn’t a cinema; it was a ‘screening lounge’. The Everyman Cinema, Hampstead (well, Belsize Park anyway) is a rather luxurious affair. Hugely wide lounge chairs, acres of legroom, and drinks service in intervals. In some ways perfect for 5 hours … Continue reading
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Mariinsky Ring Part 2: faltering start, glimmers of hope
And so to Die Walküre… If I weren’t so easy-going temperamentally, I’d have left after Act 1 and not darkened the door of the opera house again whilst the Mariinsky company were on the premises. This most glorious section of … Continue reading
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