Folks who have never attended a full-length, uncut Giacomo Meyerbeer grand opera have been known to pout and ponder: Why did the most popular opera composer of the mid-nineteenth century all but vanish from the stages of the world after a hundred years?
“Once upon a time / Lived a foolish king. / Mocking Death, his crime, / Pure chaos he bring.”
Washington Concert Opera on the occasion of Gounod’s 200th birthday presented the American premiere of his first opera, Sapho.
Sunny, lakeside Cooperstown presents a peppy, exuberant, winning production of West Side Story, the musical.
Without fail, all nine finalists had nice clear ringing voices. Whether they develop into great artists is another question.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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