Brian Kontes

3 pieces since 2007 — in 3 roles, at 1 company, most often at New York City Opera.

3 pieces
3 roles
1 company
20 years

1 piece as Remigio — stats above show all coverage for Brian Kontes.

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A tale of two Alagnas

In 1890 Cavalleria rusticana had taken the whole world by storm and in the next decade or so, hordes of composers, willing or unwillingly, jumped on the Verismo bandwagon.  La navarraise (1894) is generally considered Jules Massenet’s homage to the genre, and for a long time the two works were often performed together.   Emma Calvé, […]

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