dell’ arte Opera Ensemble continued its exploration of love and money by mounting Massenet’s Manon
It’s fun to wonder what might have happened if Rossini had never composed Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Would Giovanni Paisiello’s earlier adaptation of the work be a repertory favorite? Or would it have faded into obscurity with an occasional revival here and there?
My memory is fading but the events I recall most vividly of the last season seem largely to have been concert performances.
The little opera companies of New York are like chanterelles.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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