Through The Years With Prince Charming

Paul Du Quenoy

Description

The past decade has overflowed in a raging stream of contradictions. Old certainties have yielded to relentless insecurity over a time when much of the human experience got immeasurably better even as many things only ever seemed to get worse. As Paul du Quenoy’s globetrotting criticism reveals, the arts were in a ferment that matched profound and yet totally unpredicted social and political transformations. Balanced, sometimes precariously, against the demands of an absurd and increasingly superfluous academic career, du Quenoy spent the 2010s seeking enlightenment, inspiration, and, above all, diversion, in total works of art all over the world, ranging from the traditional cultural capitals to humbler and more remote surroundings. Peering through the prism of performance, Through the Years With Prince Charming offers a unique bird’s eye view of art and life in a changing world.

Sujets

• European Studies
• Theater
• Performing Arts
• Theatre
• Études européennes
• Music
• Opera

Informations

• Publié par: Academica Press
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781680537994
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Through The Years With Prince Charming:
The Collected Music Criticism of Paul du Quenoy, 2010-2020
Paul du Quenoy
Through The Years With Prince Charming:
The Collected Music Criticism of Paul du Quenoy, 2010-2020
Paul du Quenoy
Academica Press Washington ~ London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: du Quenoy, Paul (author)
Title: Through the years with prince charming : the collected music criticism of Paul du Quenoy, 2010-2020 | Paul du Quenoy
Description: Washington : Academica Press, 2021. | Includes references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020953043 | ISBN 9781680531282 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781680531299 (paperback) | ISBN 9781680537994 (e-book)
Copyright 2021 Paul du Quenoy
For Charlie, who loves to be entertained
I am a critic and commentator. I am essential to the theatre.
- Addison DeWitt, All About Eve
Contents
Preface
Chapter One
2010-2011
Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde Deutsche Oper Berlin, March 13, 2011
Alban Berg, Wozzeck New York, Metropolitan Opera, April 9, 2011
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello New York, Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, April 15, 2011
Richard Strauss, Capriccio New York, Metropolitan Opera, April 19, 2011
Richard Wagner, G tterd mmerung Paris Opera, June 3, 2011
Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen San Francisco Opera, June 14-19, 2011
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth Salzburg Festival, August 19, 2011
Richard Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten Salzburg Festival, August 21, 2011
Chapter Two
2011-2012
Charles Gounod, Faust Paris Opera, October 22, 2011
Philippe F nelon, La Cerisaie Paris Opera, February 5, 2012
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cos fan tutte London, Royal Opera, February 7, 2012
Modest Mussorgsky, Khovanshchina New York, Metropolitan Opera, February 27, 2012
Alban Berg, Lulu Berlin State Opera, April 11, 2012
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie Paris Opera, June 9, 2012
Richard Wagner, Parsifal Bayreuth Festival, August 5, 2012
Richard Wagner, Der Fliegende Holl nder Bayreuth Festival, August 6, 2012
Chapter Three
2012-2013
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2012
Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco Milan, La Scala, February 1, 2013
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff Milan, La Scala, February 2, 2013
Gioachino Rossini, La Cenerentola Paris Opera, March 1, 2013
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma Washington National Opera, March 9, 2013
Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera Milan, La Scala, July 22, 2013
Gioachino Rossini, La Donna del Lago Santa Fe Opera, August 6, 2013
Jacques Offenbach, La Grande Duchesse de G rolstein Santa Fe Opera, August 7, 2013
Chapter Four
2013-2014
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto New York, Metropolitan Opera, November 20, 2014
Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier New York, Metropolitan Opera, November 22, 2013
Vincenzo Bellini, I Puritani Paris Opera, November 25, 2013
Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2013
Gaetano Donizetti, L Elisir d Amore New York, Metropolitan Opera, January 21, 2014
Anton n Dvo ak, Rusalka New York, Metropolitan Opera, January 23, 2014
Alexander Borodin, Prince Igor New York, Metropolitan Opera, February 24, 2014
Georges Bizet, Carmen Santa Fe Opera, August 11, 2014
Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio Santa Fe Opera, August 12, 2014
Chapter Five
2014-2015
Richard Wagner, Parsifal Tokyo, New National Theater, October 10, 2014
John Adams, The Death of Klinghoffer New York, Metropolitan Opera, November 8, 2014
Dmitrii Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk New York, Metropolitan Opera, November 10, 2014
Ludwig van Beethoven, Fidelio Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2014
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro New York, Metropolitan Opera, December 8, 2014
Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von N rnberg New York, Metropolitan Opera, December 9, 2014
Franz Leh r, The Merry Widow New York, Metropolitan Opera, January 13, 2015
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida Milan, La Scala, February 15, 2015
Chapter Six
2015-2016
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello New York, Metropolitan Opera, September 21, 2015
Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore New York, Metropolitan Opera, September 25, 2015
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot New York, Metropolitan Opera, September 26, 2015
Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold Tokyo, New National Theatre, October 14, 2015
Richard Strauss, Elektra New York, Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall, October 21, 2015
Giuseppe Verdi, Giovanna d Arco Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2015
Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus New York, Metropolitan Opera, December 10, 2015
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca New York City Opera, January 20, 2016
Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana /Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci New York, Metropolitan Opera, January 21, 2016
Chapter Seven
2016-2017
Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde New York, Metropolitan Opera, September 26, 2016
Richard Wagner, Das Rheingold Lyric Opera of Chicago, October 1, 2016
Camille Saint-Sa ns, Samson et Dalila Paris Opera, October 4, 2016
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2016
Giuseppe Verdi, Nabucco New York, Metropolitan Opera, December 12, 2016
Giaochino Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia New York, Metropolitan Opera, January 9, 2017
Luigi Cherubini, Medea Lebanon, Al Bustan Festival, February 26, 2017
Georges Bizet, Carmen Lyric Opera of Chicago, March 16, 2017
Richard Wagner, Parsifal Vienna State Opera, April 6, 2017
Alban Berg, Wozzeck Paris Opera, May 9, 2017
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo London, Royal Opera House, May 12, 2017
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello London, Royal Opera House, July 2, 2017
Modest Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov Deutsche Oper Berlin, July 7, 2017
Gaetano Donizetti, L Assedio di Calais Glimmerglass Festival, July 16, 2017
Richard Wagner, The Ring of the Nibelung Bayreuth Festival, August 23-28, 2017
Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger von N rnberg Bayreuth Festival, August 27, 2017
Chapter Eight
2017-2018
Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana /Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pagliacci Royal Opera House, December 2, 2017
Gioachino Rossini, Semiramide Royal Opera House, December 4, 2017
Umberto Giordano, Andrea Ch nier Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2017
Richard Strauss, Salome Royal Opera House, January 30, 2018
Richard Wagner, Parsifal New York, Metropolitan Opera, February 28, 2018
Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo Washington National Opera, March 3, 2018
Charles Gounod, Faust Lyric Opera of Chicago, March 12, 2018
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth Royal Opera House, March 25, 2018
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin Royal Opera House, June 17, 2018
Modest Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov Paris Opera, July 9, 2018
Chapter Nine
2018-2019
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca New York, Metropolitan Opera, November 9, 2018
Charles Gounod, Sapho Washington Concert Opera, November 18, 2018
Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra Royal Opera, December 1, 2018
Giuseppe Verdi, Attila Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2018
Jules Massenet, Cendrillon Lyric Opera of Chicago, January 17, 2019
Giuseppe Verdi, La Traviata London, Royal Opera, January 26, 2019
Richard Strauss, Elektra Lyric Opera of Chicago, February 18, 2019
George Frideric Handel, Ariodante Lyric Opera of Chicago, March 11, 2019
Dmitrii Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Paris Opera, April 13, 2019
Richard Wagner, Der Ring des Nibelungen New York, Metropolitan Opera, April 29-May 4, 2019
Francis Poulenc, Dialogues des Carm lites New York, Metropolitan Opera, May 3, 2019
Richard Wagner, Tristan und Isolde Berlin State Opera, June 15, 2019
John Corigliano, The Ghosts of Versailles Glimmerglass Festival, July 25, 2019
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin Bayreuth Festival, August 18, 2019
Richard Wagner, Tannh user Bayreuth Festival, August 20, 2019
Chapter Ten
2019-2020
Arnold Schoenberg, Erwartung /B la Bart k, Bluebeard s Castle New York Philharmonic Orchestra, September 26, 2019
Gaetano Donizetti, Don Pasquale London, Royal Opera, October 18, 2019
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice New York, Metropolitan Opera, October 24, 2019
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello Washington National Opera, October 26, 2019
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca Milan, La Scala, December 7, 2019
Giacomo Puccini, Turandot Palm Beach Opera, January 24, 2020
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades Lyric Opera of Chicago, February 15, 2020
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni Washington National Opera, February 29, 2020
Richard Wagner, Der Fliegende Holl nder New York, Metropolitan Opera, March 2, 2020
George Frideric Handel, Agrippina New York, Metropolitan Opera, March 3, 2020
Preface
This book is the product of a disaster. In March 2020, I was merrily making my usual rounds of new operatic productions - seeing four in as many days, in fact - when the news suddenly turned dire amid reportage of a terrible virus that originated in China. Leaving New York on March 4, I scarcely realized that, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the previous evening s Metropolitan Opera performance of Handel s Agrippina would be the last I would see for a very long time. Indeed, I have not returned to New York since, in my longest absence from that city in some sixteen years. Within ten days of my departure, the Met and most other theaters around the world were closed, at first for the rest of the season, and then for the ent