28-year-old Giuseppe Verdi in 1842 at La Scala in Milan had a big success with his biblical epic, Nabucco; and not least because of the ensembles which made a tremendous impact. Va, Pensiero, the poig ...
andrew
1292 views
0
likes
Dec 21, 2020
Share
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
1070 views
0
likes
Jun 24, 2020
Share
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 ...
andrew
1060 views
0
likes
Jun 15, 2020
Share
Hector Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, which premiered unsuccessfully in 1846, is far more frequently performed in concert than it is staged. Berlioz didn’t want décor costumes. It wasn’t an opera. ...
andrew
1154 views
0
likes
Jun 1, 2020
Share
