Pacific Opera Project’s high-spirited revival of Fra Diavolo is both therapy and an escape.
Trove Thursday wades into the murky musicological waters of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann..
At Palermo’s Teatro Massimo, Zerline, the heroine of Auber’s once beloved Fra Diavolo , undresses down to frilly French skivvies.
the strip on my first and, so far at least, only visit to Las Vegas a few years ago, I noticed what to me was a most unexpected sight and startled my companions by pointing out the window and shouting “Auber!”
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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