Arthur Lazere
In the nineteen years from 1810 to 1829, Rossini composed an astounding thirty-eight operas. The Italian Girl in Algiers, which was written in twenty-seven days, premiered in Venice in 1813, when Rossini was all of twenty-one years old, and ...
David Sobelsohn
Buy the HMS Pinafore poster at barewalls.com In 1871, playwright William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) began writing satiric musicals with composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900). Trained as a lawyer, Gilbert had previously published wickedly funny doggerel, the ...
Arthur Lazere
The Pearl Fishers, Bizet's first opera, written when he was only 24, is loved for a few of its lustrous melodies which have been widely disseminated in recordings. But the opera is rarely staged, for reasons that become all ...
Arthur Lazere
A CD of arias sung by tenor William Matteuzzi includes an aria from Le Pont des Soupirs Offenbach"s Songs from the Great Operettas By Jacques Offenbach. Choral/Vocal. 195 pages. See more info... ...
Karren LaLonde AlenierDC,
Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral
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The temptation to poke fun at Washington National Opera’s production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ...
Karren LaLonde AlenierDC,
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) composed Acis et Galatee to honor the Grand Dauphin, the son of Louis XIV. In the literary tradition of the day, the libretto, written by a minor playwright named Jean Galbert de Campistron, opens with direct address ...
Scott Wheeler with Placido Domingo in rehearsal for Democracy: An American Comedy the Henry Adams novels on which the opera is based The question that immediately rises ...
Harvey O'Brien
The mythic story of Orfeo ed Euridice has been one of the standards since the beginning of opera. It concerns a widower’s quest to rescue his wife from Hades. With the blessing of Cupid, Orpheus is permitted to cross ...
Harvey O'Brien
In 1851, Rigoletto was a challenge in all sorts of ways. For a start, it was based on Victor Hugo’s 1832 play Le roi s’amuse, a drama of 16th century royal debauchery which the 19th century authorities had promptly ...
Karren LaLonde Alenier
Vocal Score Mazurca Sombrillos No 6 B From Luisa Fernanda By Torroba. Voice and piano. See more info... “The flower falls from the garden of ...
