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GOOD MORNING: YOU WILL NOT SEE TWO NAKED LADIES ON THE STAGEat the Los Angeles Opera in Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier,”Army Archerd Daily Variety 26. April 2005 |
| During Monday’s first “Rosenkavalier” rehearsal with director Max Schell, Edgar Baitzel artistic director assured me a production by the L.A. Opera would always be “of the highest taste,” but the ad by production designer Gottfried Helnwein would give potential audiences “something to think about.” |
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GOOD MORNING: “You will not see two naked ladies on the stage” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier,” Edgar Baitzel, artistic director of the L.A. Opera told me. A poster - of two ladies caressing - for the production bowing May 29 appeared for the first time Sunday. During Monday’s first “Rosenkavalier” rehearsal with director Max Schell, Baitzel assured me a production by the L.A. Opera would always be “of the highest taste,” but the ad by production designer Gottfried Helnwein would give potential audiences “something to think about.” |
| Schell is back on this stage where he triumphantly directed “Lohengrin.” Daily Variety’s Alan Rich wrote, “With this ‘Lohengrin,’ L.A. Opera may be on a roll.” Schell is as enthusiastic as ever, saying designer Helnwein and choreographer Johann Kresnik “are doing this production as a favor to me.” Schell heads back to play “Einstein” for ARD-TV and to Vienna to direct the feature “Beethoven” with Placido Domingo… |
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Los Angeles Opera stage and costume design Gottfried Helnwein director Maximilian Schell, conductor: Kent Nagano |
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The Los Angeles Opera 2004/2005 season DER ROSENKAVALIER - DIRECTOR MAXIMILIAN SCHELL COMBINES FORCES WITH VISIONARY ARTIST GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN. A new production of "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss |
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