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Rienzi was Wagner’s first success, debuting in Dresden in 1842. That premiere evening lasted for six hours, complete with ballet. It was very much in
Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte can be treated as pure jollity, but then the deadly serious Masonic rituals (whether one knows they’re Masonic or not) will be
This strangest of all of Beethoven’s strange works is a disputed masterpiece. Not by me, mind you: I find the fact that it keeps you
This performance from Lille is directed by Jean-Francois Sivadier, whose Aix-en-Provence production of La traviata starring Natalie Dessay (also on Virgin) caused quite a stir.
Supraphon has smartly gathered all of their orchestral recordings of
This utterly traditional, beautiful-looking, stunningly-lit (by Guido Levi) Aida is both emotionally empty and a B-minus “sing”. Mauro Carosi’s sets and costumes are lavish, with
Adelaide di Borgogna was Rossini’s 25th opera, debuted in Rome in 1817. Said to have been written without much care in three weeks, with some
Despite some qualification, Glyndebourne’s new Figaro (summer 2012) is a delight. The curtain opens during the overture on the outside of a Spanish mansion—just what
The 2012 Baden-Baden Festival’s big feature was Ariadne auf Naxos, with two superb Straussians in pivotal roles: Christian Thielemann at the helm, and Renée Fleming
The version of Don Carlo used by Modena in this production is the hybrid Verdi put together in 1886 for this very theater: it is
