Ambitious musical innovation is always a thrilling prospect. Monteverdi was so keen on it that, in the early 1600s, he came up with Orfeo in a new, experimental art form that combined words and drama ...
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With flamboyant, hedonistic abandon, Violetta’s life as an up-market courtesan whirls her through the ballrooms and bedrooms of vibrant Parisian high society and, as she recovers from a bout of ...
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July 6th 2022 Bravo and a wopping great wow-issimo! Coupling Leeds Playhouse with Opera North is a marriage made in Heaven, all the more divine for having Sondheim’s original, spellbinding orche ...
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Rigoletto, one of 26 operas by Giuseppe Verdi, first took to the stage in 1851 and today rides high in the Top Ten most performed operas worldwide. The busy plot revolves around a mocked and maligned ...
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