Das Rheingold | Opera review

The Metropolitan OperaNew YorkWhen Peter Gelb was appointed the new head of New York's Metropolitan Opera in 2005 he knew he had a huge and difficult challenge ahead. His task was to lure into the theatre a new generation of younger operagoers without unduly alienating the loyal and ageing devotees that currently keep it afloat.His first and undoubtedly most ambitious response to that challenge has finally come to fruition five years later. The production, a new Rheingold that will eventually pa...

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