It would be difficult to find a better description for Ambroise Thomas’s newly-recovered Psyché, recently heard in a new recording from Palazzetto Bru Zane, than the one uttered by her suitors: “Charmante Psyché!”
Pacific Opera Project’s high-spirited revival of Fra Diavolo is both therapy and an escape.
A double bill of rare Bizet works in Paris is not something any of us needs to do more than once
Overall, this was a superb achievement and a thrilling season opener for the San Francisco Opera.
A perfect escape for a city laden with recent layoffs and job cuts coming into Holiday season
At Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, Zerline, the heroine of Auber’s once beloved Fra Diavolo , undresses down to frilly French skivvies.
Diana Damrau has chosen for her new Erato recital disc Grand Opera 11 high-flying showpieces from ten operas by Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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