Francesco Filidei’s new opera The Name of the Rose struggles to bridge the past and the present in Milan
Odyssey Opera’s Ägyptische Helena was a beautifully executed production of a flawed opera.
The late-mid 1730s were transitional years for Handel, to put it nicely.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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