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TALES OF LOHR: WRESTLING WITH WAGNER

TALES OF LOHR: WRESTLING WITH WAGNER

How do you solve a problem like Richard?; plus, "Factory Roll Call" takes on Jack Smith (no, the OTHER Jack Smith...)

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Matt R. Lohr
Nov 16, 2023
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Last night, I attended the second of the Pittsburgh Opera’s scheduled quartet of performances of Richard Wagner’s 1843 opera The Flying Dutchman, my first time seeing this fantastical-nautical tragic romance live on stage. This was a robust, powerful production, with possibly the best aggregation of vocalists I’ve yet experienced on the Pittsburgh Opera…

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