Power struggles, prejudice, feuds and revenge abound in San Francisco at the moment.
“Non mi dispiace” seemed to be the general consensus in the loggione December 7 when Verdi’s Attila came roaring into La Scala to open the 2018-19 season.
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
I’ve always had a certain affection for Roberto Alagna.
“Voglio essere giudicato per la musica e nient’altro che per la musica.” “I want to be judged for my music and nothing but my music.” This phrase, which Mascagni himself wrote to his publisher Sonzogno, is the key to understanding the very essence and existence of L’amico Fritz (1891). Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni’s first performed opera,…
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
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