Rare MET OPERA NEWS April 2009 Christine and 50 similar items

SEE BELOW for MORE MAGAZINES' Exclusive, detailed, guaranteed content description!* Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED. TITLE: METROPOLITAN OPERA NEWS (with program) [RARE and interesting magazine and program issued by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.] ISSUE DATE: APRIL 2009 VOL.73, NO. 10 CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 8OE" X 11". COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition.(See photo) IN THIS ISSUE: [Use 'Control F' to search this page. MORE MAGAZINES' exclusive detailed content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date.] This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Issued weekly during the Opera Season and fortnightly in the Spring and Fall by THE METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD 654 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. COVER: Hot stuff: Christine Brewer brings her blazing soprano and dedicated artistry to the role of Britnnhilde in her maiden traversal of the complete Ring. William R. Braun's profile of the soprano begins on page 12. Photographed by Malcolm Crowthers at Plough Studios, London Makeup and hair by Nikki Palmer for Mandy Coakley Represents.. FEATURES: Articles and full program listings, including photos from the production! THE DIVINE MISS B The voice, the personality, the free spirit: everything about Christine Brewer is one of a kind. On the eve of her first complete Ring cycles, the Met's new Briinnhilde shares her unique perspective which is inseparable from her artistry with WILLIAM R BRAUN. TWILIGHT TIME As the Met's iconic Ring cycle takes its final bows, DAVID PATRICK STEARNS reflects that there is more to Otto Schenk's traditional production than immediately meets the eye. POWER PLAYER Bass James Morris, the reigning Met Wotan of his generation, bids a fond farewell to the Ring production he has prized above all others. LOUISE T. GUINTHER reports. DESPERATELY SEEKING SIEGFRIED Ever since Wagner's day, the larger-than-life hero of the composer's epic tetralogy has presented an outsize casting challenge. MATTHEW GUREWITSCH surveys some of the heldentenors, past and present, who have attempted to forge Siegfried's sword anew. ENCOUNTERING PREVIN In his eightieth-birthday year, Andre Previn looks back on an eclectic career that has taken him from Hollywood to the world's elite orchestras and forward to his new opera, Brief Encounter, which opens at Houston Grand Opera next month. By BARRY SINGER BASSO CONTINUO Eric Owens, set for a New York recital debut this month at Carnegie Hall, has made a point of keeping his options open. The bass shares his wide-ranging musical enthusiasms from Adams to Bach with DAVID J. BAKER. ______ Use 'Control F' to search this page. * NOTE: OUR content description is GUARANTEED accurate for THIS magazine. Editions are not always the same, even with the same title, cover and issue date. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Careful packaging, Fast shipping, and EVERYTHING is 100% GUARANTEED.