We revisit the canonical operatic repertoire for many reasons. And—notions of gesamtkunstwerk to one side—it’s really no different with the Wagnerian repertoire. You could almost attach that description to operas dating from the Baroque. (One might easily make a...

The L.A. Phil’s Tristan Project Long Day’s Journey Into Night by way of earth, water, fire, air, and the human element
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