Like many composers of his generation, Ernest Chausson was enthralled by Wagner and he too turned to legend for his only opera, one that would consume him for final decade of his brief life.
New Amsterdam Opera specializes in American singers whose abilities are as yet little known.
Operatic history can be cruel where multiple works with the same subject are concerned
Jules Massenet wrote Werther at the midpoint of his very successful career.
Tell us: Filth or dementia?
Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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