Alan Gilbert's valediction continues with Das Rheingold.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
It wasn't even supposed to be Wagner.
A week ago, Michael Cooper of The New York Times wrote a lengthy feature about Alan Gilbert, the conductor who is in the midst of saying goodbye to the New York Philharmonic after eight storm-tossed years at its helm. This year, Mr. Gilbert had planned to present Olivier Messiaen's epic opera Saint-Francois d'Assisse giving New Yorkers a chance to hear this great work with Eric Owens in the title role.
This never happened.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| The gods have a strategy session in Das Rheingold as Alan Gilbert (right) conducts. Photo by Chris Lee © 2017 The New York Philharmonic. |
A week ago, Michael Cooper of The New York Times wrote a lengthy feature about Alan Gilbert, the conductor who is in the midst of saying goodbye to the New York Philharmonic after eight storm-tossed years at its helm. This year, Mr. Gilbert had planned to present Olivier Messiaen's epic opera Saint-Francois d'Assisse giving New Yorkers a chance to hear this great work with Eric Owens in the title role.
This never happened.
