Rigoletto at Circo Massimo was my first opera since the lockdown started in March.
Verdi’s Attila is hardly a rarity in Italy the way it is in the United States.
Which operatic character could be best described as a spider?
Somewhere around the early 80’s, stage directors realized that the odious theatre practice of “audience involvement” was over.
Verdi’s first operatic masterpiece is well served by this DVD
of a performance from the Teatro Regio di Parma.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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