'the Whole Dramatic And Moral Point Of The Opera Is
lost.' That difficulty is overcome by the imagi- native skill of Henze. But by that time the seeds of disbelief, weakening at any rate the dramatic and moral point, have already......
But It Is A Highly Stimulating And Worthwhile Game, And
on the whole Glyndebourne play it very well. Kerstin Meyer is superb as Carolina, Elisabeth Soderstrom makes a moving and poetic Elizabeth and Thomas Hemsley (the doctor) a......
The Denunciation Of Certain Critics Delivered From The...
the Opera House on the last night— loudly applauded by the large audience—was, for once, one felt, quite justified. Mr. Barnes need not, however, feel that he is among those......
Completed, And The Opera Ends With A Public Reading By
the freshly garlanded Mittenhofer.......
Auden Was Wise Not To Spell Out The Elegy; The
risks, even if the librettist be himself a genius, were too big. The libretto is enormously enjoy- able. It is the familiar Auden world of the moun- tain (not F6 but the equally......
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