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To imagine that I have anything new to say about Maria Callas’ 1957 performance of Anna Bolena at La Scala is sheer pomposity.
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Beethoven expressed it best when he reportedly threw Rossini shade: “Any other other style than opera buffa would do violence to your nature.”
The diva must be a Diva in Adriana Lecouvreur. Fact.
The story is enough of a cipher to make any regie-bent director salivate.
Die Entführung aus dem Serail has been a bit of an unruly child recently, with productions by Neuenfels and Bieito dividing audiences and inspiring critics like Heather MacDonald to lengthy manifestos.
Yes, the plot of Luisa Miller is a novella, and a pleasantly juicy one at that.
