Himself when young Himself when young

This week features Roger Norrington leading a December 2006 performance of Berlioz/ Enfance du Christ  from Berlin

Something that’s grim, something that’s Greek Something that’s grim, something that’s Greek

Leoncavallo’s Edipo Re.

Questions and antlers Questions and antlers

Verdi’s only successful comic opera, Falstaff, is notably hard to produce.

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Edipo Re (Leoncavallo) Creon – Keith Lewis Oedipus – Alan Titus Jocasta – Yvonne Naef Messenger – Roland Bracht Shepherd – Johannes Chum Teiresias – Cheyne Davidson Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.