ELECTRONS ARE CHEAP
So why are online editions of papers editing (and destroying) AP pieces for “space.” Compare this unintelligible version with a fuller one.
From The Kindred Times:
By MIKE SILVERMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
BAYREUTH, Germany – Any performance of “Siegfried,” the third opera in Richard Wagner‘s “Ring” cycle, rests squarely on the shoulders of its young title character, who is on stage throughout most of a long evening.
That said, Gould was not always in top form, at least judging by the rave reviews for his performance at the festival the past two summers in another daunting Wagner role, Tannhaeuser.
And then the Sarasota Herald Tribune:
Any performance of “Siegfried,” the third opera in Richard Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, rests squarely on the shoulders of its young title character, who is on stage throughout most of a long evening.
In the new production that premiered Saturday at the annual Wagner Festival, tenor Stephen Gould has both the broad shoulders of a football player and a voice that appears equal to the challenges of the role. His is a powerful sound, capable of rising to the dramatic climaxes, but always bright and lyrical. He is also a naturally engaging performer, unusually athletic and youthful as befits the teenage hero.
That said, Gould was not always in top form, at least judging by the rave reviews for his performance at the festival the past two summers in another daunting Wagner role, Tannhaeuser.
That second ‘graf was kind of important, no? So why the cut? Surely these papers aren’t carrying a review of a concert in Germany in their dead-tree editions.
And, finally, I was interested to learn that Siegfried was an HEK. No word on Roy, though.