November in New York hosts two premieres dedicated to mythology’s greatest musician, which prompts Trove Thursday to present a vintage Monteverdi L’Orfeo with Judith Raskin and Gérard Souzay conducted by Leopold Stokowski (!) and a recent HIP London broadcast of Luigi Rossi’s L’Orfeo.
How does one make a performance of standard opera repertoire like Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro feel “fresh?”
So I just got out of the Lohengrin prima at the ROH and I’m itching to share my thoughts.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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