Seattle Opera took the kudos in 1998 for its production of Tristan und Isolde, gloriously cast with Ben Heppner and…
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The assassination of a king at a masked ball is an event rife with dramatic possibilities, so it is no…
All too often, theatrical works don’t come alive on the stage or screen, due to a lack of dramatic tension….
Is it interesting that what some consider the world most perfect opera, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, is about a consciousless cad?…
San Francisco Opera October 31-November 30, 2006 War Memorial Opera House San Francisco Nathan Gunn can give me a haircut…
Online references on Mozart Countless dozens of Ph.D theses must be written about Mozart’s The Magic Flute and yet it…
Suggested reading: Reminiscences of Rimsky-Korsakov (1985), Vasilii Vasilevich Yastrebtsev The Literary Lorgnette: Attending Opera in Imperial Russia (2000), Julie A….
By Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica San Francisco Opera November 16-December 7, 2008 http://www.sfopera.com/ Paris, poverty…
It begins with murder and ends in damnation: Mozart’s rather bleak follow up to The Marriage of Figaro, and is,…
The Keys to French Opera in the Nineteenth Century (2001), Herve Lacombe Online references on French opera A professor at…
Pavarotti’s frequent performances of his signature aria, Nessun dorma, have made Turandot more popular than ever. The story of the…
Don Pasquale Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia March 3, 2009 Donizetti Director David Gately Conductor Richard A. Raub Jeremy Paul…
Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd (Cambridge Opera Handbooks) Online references on Benjamin Britten Herman Melville’s novella, Billy Budd, published posthumously in…
… The Abbe Prevost’s 1731 novel, L’Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, was the inspiration for no…