After Tristan
and Isolde in Bayreuth, there was Figaro
in Salzburg and last night Evgeny Onegin
(with the great Anna Netrebko as Tatyana) in Munich. The week will end with Norma (Cecilia Bartoli) in Salzburg.
BUT, someone must put an end to all these
tiresome directors who force their irritating productions on the opera loving
public. A difficult-to-pronounce and no-reason-to-remember named director
turned Evgeny Onegin into a gay plot
taking place in an unclear time and place that seemed like a workers’ holiday
resort in the Soviet Union. Netrebko was wonderful, even if you occasionally had
to close your eyes.
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