Donizetti, lionized
Just when you thought it was safe to return to Rossini and Verdi—blam!
3 pieces since 2009 — at 1 company, most often at Amore Opera.
Just when you thought it was safe to return to Rossini and Verdi—blam!
An impresario with a hit on his hands—Emanuel Schikaneder, for instance, after the initial run of Die Zauberflöte—will crave nothing so much as an opportunity to hit the same bell.
One week after my visit to Amore Opera, it was time to turn my attention to Bleecker Street Opera — another heir presumptive to the throne of the defunct Amato Opera.
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