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Lest you think this is another garden-variety Freischütz, look again: This is a “French” version prepared for the Opéra de Paris in l841, with no
If you think of Paul Dukas as a Mickey-Mouse composer,
Lukas Foss composed Griffelkin for the NBC television network, which broadcast the opera on November 6, 1955. Although Griffelkin is based on a children’s fable,
Like his previous Gershwin, Bernstein, and Ellington projects, Simon Rattle’s long-awaited maiden voyage into rock opera has generated heated press, both pro and con. The
In March 1959 Rudolf Kempe recorded an LP of excerpts
Peter Eötvös’ richly atmospheric yet dramatic and tautly paced Bluebeard illuminates the varied colors of Bartók’s magnificent score. Aided by the vibrant and finely focused
This performance needs little introduction. Widely regarded as the finest
This opera, so dependent on the wedding of text and music, is a natural candidate for Opera-in-English (I believe one of the first recordings of
There is a handful of frequently recorded operas, all considered “challenging works”, that have never had a bad recording. One can come across, without searching
[A re-post from our archives, in memorial tribute to Renata Scotto, February 24, 1934–August 16, 2023] Jon Vickers was, and remains, the greatest Peter Grimes
