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Die Walküre

This week we saw the Washington National Opera’s performance of Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Kennedy Center. Or, I should say, we saw most of the production. Despite our best efforts, Wagner defeated us.
Last year, we saw our first Wagner production, Parsifal performed by the Kirov Opera Company, also at the […]

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This past Wednesday we saw Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Kennedy Center, with Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, who won a Tony for his performance in 2005. I’ve always been curious about this play, and rented the film last month, but returned it only half-watched so as not to entirely spoil the […]