Martin bernheimer rheingold review journal

          Martin Bernheimer '58 was fourteen when he first tried to break into journalism.!

          Reviews of the Met Opera's opening night and the debut of its new “Ring” are trickling in; all are in agreement that, musically, this “Rheingold” was a.

        1. In fact, Martin Bernheimer was spot on in his criticisms.
        2. Martin Bernheimer '58 was fourteen when he first tried to break into journalism.
        3. In a review of the opening performance on Monday, Martin Bernheimer writes in The Financial Times: Das Rheingold used to be a mythological music-drama about.
        4. Great expectations awaited the Met Opera's new production of Das Rheingold, staged by the ambitious Canadian director Robert Lepage.

          5. Going for the Gold

          Das Rheingold: Metropolitan Opera. Robert Lepage & James Levine

          Eric Owens as Alberich. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

          By Jerry Floyd

          Review based on the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold High Definition (HD) telecast on October 9,

          As Alberich, bass-baritone Eric Owens stole the Rhinemaiden’s gold and nearly stole the show in the Metropolitan Opera’s Das Rheingold High Definition (HD) telecast on October 9, Coincidentally, the HD transmission to hundreds of cinemas in 40 countries took place exactly 23 years after the Met’s previous Rheingold production premiered on October 9,

          Cuddly as a teddy bear when he first encountered the Rhinemaidens, Owens evolved into a bitter, malevolent character whose coruscating curse of the ring provided a dramatically pallid performance with a much-needed spark.

          Vocally resplendent, Owens justifiably earned the loudest ovation by the Met audience after the performance ended.

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