In praise of … live streamed opera | Editorial

No need for black tie, no need to picnic: opera for everybody, that old counterintuitive idea, is almost hereToday is Johannistag – and if you don't know what that signifies, you have probably never seen Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Richard Wagner's much-discussed opera contains (to some ears) some of the most beautiful music ever written for the stage; but opera, however much performed, is by definition also exclusive. Recordings have made music available to anyone at any time, but they c...

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