▁bright est ▁stars . ▁ ▁Domin ated ▁by ▁Moz art , ▁Ver di ▁and ▁Wagner , ▁the ▁g ala ' s ▁programme ▁was ▁typical ▁of ▁the ▁re per toire ▁of ▁the ▁Lev ine ▁era ▁but ▁lack ed ▁any ▁un ifying ▁theme ▁otherwise . ▁It ▁was ▁" a ▁sort ▁of ▁mel od ious ▁circ us ▁- ▁a ▁cel est ial ▁v au dev ille ". ▁There ▁were ▁consequ ently ▁many ▁awk ward ▁trans itions . ▁For ▁example , ▁Jane ▁E ag len ' s ▁noble ▁rend ition ▁of ▁the ▁imm olation ▁scene ▁from ▁G öt ter d äm mer ung ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁the ▁broad ▁comedy ▁of ▁Freder ica ▁von ▁St ade ▁in ▁the ▁tips y ▁aria ▁from ▁La ▁P ér ich ole ; ▁the ▁effect ▁was ▁to ▁" d iss ip ate ▁the ▁solemn ▁after g low ▁of ▁the ▁one ▁and ▁make ▁the ▁other ▁seem ▁go of y ▁and ▁t ast eless ". ▁ ▁Von ▁St ade ▁also ▁supplied ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁evening ' s ▁true ▁gl ories " ▁in ▁a ▁performance ▁of ▁Cher ub ino ' s ▁" V oi ▁che ▁sap ete " ▁[ om itted ▁from ▁D G ' s ▁DVD ▁and ▁CD ]. ▁" Oper a ▁has ▁recently ▁offered ▁little ▁more ▁wonderful ▁than ▁von ▁St ade ' s ▁interpretation ▁of ▁that ▁famous ▁ar dent , ▁h orm one - c raz ed ▁pub es cent ▁boy ". ▁Also ▁out standing ▁were ▁Carlo ▁Berg on zi ▁and ▁Alfred o ▁Kra us , ▁skill fully ▁making ▁the ▁most ▁of ▁resources