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A.J. Goldmann

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Uganda New York Times entertainment
27 Apr 2019
BERLIN — Siegfried, the dragon-slaying hero of Richard Wagner’s monumental “Ring” cycle, is one of the most punishing operatic parts ever written.
To Conquer a Tough Role, Start Light
Uganda New York Times entertainment
26 Apr 2019
ST. PÖLTEN, Austria — The day after the 2016 election in the United States, Nobel Prize-winning Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek began a play inspired by President Donald Trump’s surprising victory. The result was “Am Königsweg” (“On the Royal Road”), a lengthy monologue about a tacky autocrat whose sordid path to leadership is narrated by a blind female seer.
A Nobel Prize Winner Puts Trump in Her Sights
Uganda New York Times entertainment
26 Apr 2019
BERLIN — No place on Earth rivals Berlin for the volume and variety of opera on offer, from Georg Frideric Handel to Hans Werner Henze. The city has three world-class companies, which this season have combined for a total of 85 fully staged productions.
Another Day, Another Opera
Uganda New York Times entertainment
15 Mar 2019
Now in his last year as artistic director of the Residenztheater in Munich, Martin Kusej has invited back Ulrich Rasche, the visionary director whose 2017 production of Friedrich Schiller’s “The Robbers” was one of the triumphs of Kusej’s eight-year tenure.
These plays are 2,500 years old, but they speak to us now