This week, a Janácek trilogy: Sárka, Osud and Zápisník zmizelého.
I consider Zápisník zmizelého (Diary of One Who Vanishd) the most romantic piece of vocal music ever written and have seen it staged several times, including two performances with Philip Langridge (one fully staged; one in concert).
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Parterre Box concludes the thrilling first year of Talk of the Town by inviting your lightning rod opinions on several more categories of operatic argumentation.
