No other singer of Die Amme approaches the towering standard set by the German mezzo Tanja Ariane Baumgartner.
“Trove Thursday ” presents Heinrich Marschner’s Hans Heiling in a 2001 performance from Berlin featuring Alessandra Marc as the title character’s mom, the Queen of the Elves.
I was puzzled by my initial exposure to the Medea of Aribert Reimann, a work of 2010.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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