by David Maurer | Jun 5, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
What becomes a legend most? In the case of Marina Poplavskaya, the Russian soprano performing the lead role in LA Opera’s “La Traviata,” it would seem to be simply her talent plus the right publicist. Two years ago, Poplavskaya was an unknown...
by David Maurer | Apr 12, 2009 | Classical Music and Opera |
LA Opera’s production of “Die Walküre” is a creative, invigorating and altogether splendid realization of Richard Wagner’s idea of a gesamtkunstwerk, a complete artwork synthesizing music, drama, poetry, painting, sculpture, and architecture....
