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Robert Tanitch reviews The Metropolitan New York’s Manon on line

Jules Massenet’s lush romantic score has kept Manon in the French repertoire ever since it premiered in Paris in 1884. This production, starring Lisette Oropesa, Michael Fabiano, Carlo Bosi, Artur Ruc ...

andrew 171 views 0 likes Jun 30, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews The Metropolitan New York’s Samson et Dalila on line

Camille Saint-Saens had intended to use the Biblical story for an oratorio but his librettist, Ferdinand Lemaire, persuaded him to turn it into an opera and it premiered after a long delay (due to the ...

andrew 174 views 0 likes Jun 29, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews The Metropolitan New York’s The Force of Destiny on line

Giuseppe Verdi knew his opera of love, war, revenge and death was old-fashioned but he also knew that old-fashioned 19th century audiences loved arias, romantic melodramas and songs lavished with melo ...

andrew 193 views 0 likes Jun 24, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews two ballets to music by Igor Stravinsky on line

SCOTTISH BALLET’S THE FAIRY’S KISS (YouTube for free) In 2017 five major ballet companies celebrated the life and work of Sir Kenneth Macmillan (1929-1992). Scottish Ballet resurrected his little perf ...

andrew 189 views 0 likes Jun 23, 2020