Cross purposes
The subtitle for Il crociato in Egitto, the last of Meyerbeer’s great Italian operas, is “Historic Melodrama in Two Acts,” and boy is it! A melodrama, I mean. I’m not sure about the historic part.
17 pieces since 2010 — at 5 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
1 piece as Teatro la Fenice — stats above show all coverage for Emmanuel Villaume.
View allThe subtitle for Il crociato in Egitto, the last of Meyerbeer’s great Italian operas, is “Historic Melodrama in Two Acts,” and boy is it! A melodrama, I mean. I’m not sure about the historic part.
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