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This Manon from the Paris Opera is as lovely to look at as it is to listen to. William Orlandi is responsible for both sets
This production, having been seen in Madrid, Florence, and Palermo, came to Barcelona’s Teatre del Liceu and was recorded in December, 2004. It is a
Rossini was only 21 when his Tancredi was premiered at Venice’s major operatic venue, La Fenice, in 1813–but he already had nine operas behind him,
This younger and more energetic Günter Wand from 1990 contrasts markedly (at least visually) with the frail conductor who in 2000 proved he could still
This DVD provides a rare experience for Günter Wand fans, many of whom probably did not have the opportunity to see him conduct live. The
Regardless of almost anything else, the success or failure of any performance of La Gioconda depends on the soprano singing the title role. The voice
This production has real problems, even given the fact that La clemenza di Tito is an opera seria filled with stilted situations. The only characters
In order to underline the “universality” of the Don Giovanni story, this otherwise quite traditionally presented production changes scenery and costumes with almost every scene,
Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims was written rapidly in Paris in 1825 to commemorate the coronation of Charles X. Its “plot” concerns a group of
This is a performance of Donizetti’s 1839 revision for Paris of his 1835 Lucia di Lammermoor. It isn’t merely a translation of the Italian: the
