Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 2009/11

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Wagner in Israel
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:23:45 -0500

I was asked to update an article I wrote on Wagner and realize that I
stopped paying attention to the Israel/Wagner controversy in 1999. At that
time, the IPO did not play Wagner (though Mehta tried in 1981). On the other
hand, the New Israel Opera company's music director, Asher Fisch, wanted to
mount some Wagner operas.

Can one of our Israeli members of klarinet tell me if the situation has
changed radically since the turn of the century?

Thanks,

Dan Leeson

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