“Berlioz Takes a Trip” proclaimed the free psychedelic buttons available at Carnegie Hall Monday referring to Symphonie Fantastique,the evening’s surefire crowd-pleaser.
I had my head in my hands groaning in disbelief instead of joining in the general applause around me.
Iestyn Davies’s theatrical blandness combined with his vocal unsuitability for the role left a hole at the center of Rinaldo.
“It’s not easy being green”: especially if you’re the two greatest Italian opera composers.
A simply gorgeous performance of Gluck’s Orphée et Euridice starring Juan Diego Flórez.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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