ArchiveOctober 2015

Tannhauser Revisited

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My brother Paul, of blessed memory, hated Tannhäuser.  He said there was “too much Jesus in it.”  I haven’t seen it since th 2012 Bayreuth production (since mercifully withdrawn) and I was happy to have another look during the recent Met revival of the boring and pretty Otto Schenck production. Tannhäuser is the second of the three […]

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