Brian Large Receives Honor from Czech Ministry of Culture

Brian Large has been awarded the Artis Bohemiae Amicis medal by the Czech Ministry of Culture. Large is a veteran television director of opera and classical music. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy in 1991 and graduated from the University of London with a doctorate in both music {…}

Aug 4, 2020

Q & A: TV Director Brian Large On Taping the Met’s Otto Schenk ‘Ring,’ 30 Years Later

Thirty years ago, in June 1990, opera lovers were glued to their television screens for four consecutive weekday evenings as they experienced what Richard Wagner always intended: a consecutive-evening presentation of “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” Of course, his wish for four nights in a row was not realistic for the stage, given the demands it would place on musicians and {…}