The lady’s a star The lady’s a star

I just arrived back from Stella di Napoli’s.

By September 27, 2014 at 11:52 PM
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When in Rome When in Rome

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s only opera for Rome was written to an existing libretto by the great Pietro Metastasio, L’Olimpiade, which had already  been set by Vivaldi the year previously.

By April 11, 2013 at 10:23 PM
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Conquering Ciro Conquering Ciro

By the time Rossini was 20, he had produced six operas, most of them brief, comic and slight. He admitted to admiring Mozart (not then well known south of the Alps), but the melodies of his early works show more of the influence of Paisiello.

By July 09, 2012 at 10:25 PM
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