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Tag Archives: Ariadne

A game of two halves: Ariadne auf Naxos at Longborough

Should divine visions of philosophical beauty be cut short by practical things like food or fireworks? Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos is an opera of two worlds in collision, and Anthony…

July 16, 2018 in Opera.
Ariadne auf Naxos performed by Glyndebourne Opera

Method in its madness: Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, Glyndebourne

To say that the 2013 Glyndebourne production of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos has received “mixed” reviews would be an understatement. The reviews have, in fact, been terrible. So terrible, that…

June 4, 2013 in Opera.

Lost and Found: unravelling meaning in Harrison Birtwistle’s Minotaur

A new opera creates a certain stir. And there’s a selfconscious ‘we’re here to be brutalised’ atmosphere among the audience: we think we’re tough enough for this, to watch Birtwistle…

April 19, 2008 in Opera.

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