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Robert Tanitch reviews the Royal Opera House’s The Magic Flute on line

THE MAGIC FLUTE, Mozart’s most successful opera, premiered in Vienna in September 1791. Ten weeks later he was dead. He was just 35. Harmony, truth, friendship, enlightenment and redemption: what more ...

andrew 1619 views 0 likes Jun 22, 2020

Robert Tanitch reviews The Royal Opera House’s Il Trittico on line

Giacomo Puccini’s Il Trittico had its premiere in New York in 1918. He had long wanted to do a collection of operas in one night. Impresarios are not keen on double-bills, let alone triple bills. Audi ...

andrew 1336 views 0 likes Jun 8, 2020