If you can read German and are interested in the German-speaking world’s opera scene, you would probably enjoy the monthly magazine Das Opernglas. (I have heard that Opernwelt is better, but it costs 24 Euros per issue, so I’m probably not going to find out if that’s true or not.) If you can’t read German, you should take a look at it anyways because the pictures are hilll-arious. Let’s have a look at November’s issue.
Oh, Angela! I’ve been staring at her glasses for 10 minutes and I still can’t figure out if the red parts form a pattern or not. In the interview inside, she goes very quickly from saying she can’t sing sacred music (Verdi Requiem excepted) because it isn’t glamorous enough to saying that classical music is good for the soul while pop music is good for the body. I guess she has a glamorous soul? You can read excerpts of the interview on the website (click on Aktuelles Heft, then Interviews).
These CDs both look like buckets of fun, don’t they?
This one is a little obvious for a Parterre Regie quiz, but I think ALL Brünnhildes should wear aprons with flames on them.
It cost $6 before they renovated the place in 2008. Then they didn't have it for months and months and then it returned, more expensive.
Honestly, this issue wasn't particularly interesting, that's why I ended up focusing on the pictures. However, the Angela interview is an unintentional laugh a minute.
24 Euros per issue? Where? In Germany no way does it cost that much.
I personally prefer Opernglas a little bit because it I like the layout better etc. With regards to reviews and such it depends, same difference I would say :), although sometimes the ones in Opernwelt are spot-on.