C-major has made available the first DVD/Blu-ray of Franco Faccio’s Amleto.
No amount of scholarly diligence has kept Les contes d’Hoffmann from being the messiest of all standard-repertory messes.
It would be generous to say that history comes alive on the operatic stage.
The story is enough of a cipher to make any regie-bent director salivate.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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