There’s a parade in town
Les Brigands at the Paris Opera is an expensive joke that never lands
4 pieces since 2014 — in 3 roles, at 1 company, most often at Opéra National de Paris.
Les Brigands at the Paris Opera is an expensive joke that never lands
Supported by an ingenious production and strong performances, Antonia Bembo’s Ercole Amante makes a successful Paris Opera debut.
What must have raced through the mind of the none-too-comely Spanish Infanta when she learned that the opera to be performed during the celebrations for her 1745 wedding to the French Dauphin revolved around the comeuppance of an ugly yet vain water nymph tricked into believing Jupiter was her ardent suitor?
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