Noel Coward Is So Very Revived These Days

“His plays belong to the jazz age, full of the wit, sophistication and, some critics claim, shallowness of the roaring 1920s and decadent 1930s. … Now fans and producers say modern sensibilities are bringing a new appreciation to the full complexity of Coward’s work – often about sexual morality and society’s double standards – that was overlooked at the time.”

Bass Laszlo Polgar, 63

While he performed on most of the opera world’s great stages, in such classic basso parts as Mozart’s Sarastro, Verdi’s Philip II and Wagner’s Gurnemanz, Polgar was best known for the title role in Bartok’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, for which he shared a Grammy with Jessye Norman and Pierre Boulez.