George Frideric Handel’s Rodelinda, a masterpiece of Baroque opera, premiered in London in 1725. This production, directed by Stephen Wadsworth and conducted by Harry Bickett, premiered at The Metropo ...
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John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles, directed by Colin Graham and conducted by James Levine, premiered at The Metropolitan, New York in 1991. Corigliano had long wanted to write an opera buffo ...
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Jules Massenet’s Thais premiered in Paris in 1894 and was revised in 1898. The opera is based on Anatole France’s best-selling novel which was published in 1890. Religious eroticism is always good for ...
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Robert Tanitch reviews the Royal Opera House’s La Traviata on YouTube Giuseppe Verdi, looking for a new subject and wanting something, which was “novel, beautiful, grand, varied, daring,” chose Alexan ...
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