An air of discovery pervaded the first New York presentation of La ville morte much the way that it pervades the opera’s plot itself.
Blind Injustice is a masterpiece, brilliant theater.
This past weekend was a busy one for operas in San Francisco (and Bay Area).
I have an idea (soon to be angrily debunked in the comments section) that Le nozze di Figaro is rarely a source of unalloyed bliss to the chronic operagoer.
The operas of Franz Josef Haydn are seldom presented in the great opera houses of the world, but then, they weren’t composed for the great opera houses of his own world.
While James Levine’s name might not immediately spring to mind when pondering the great Mozart conductors, he does have a long and distinguished career leading operas by the Austrian master.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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