Music composed by G. F. Handel. Libretto by Thomas Morrell after Robert Boyle’s The Matyrdom of Theodora and Didymus (1687).
Time as a great healer or gentle eraser is a large part of Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. If musing on transience and ageing are prevailing themes, that’s neatly balanced by the light entertainment ...
(Washington, D.C.) –Washington National Opera’s Cafritz Young Artists Program will perform Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at the WNO Studio in ...
The Wigmore Hall, which saw so many premieres of his works and where he made his professional debut in 1942, is honouring the ...
A 1977 opera by Thea Musgrave, not to be confused with Gaetano Donizetti’s 1835 Maria Stuarda. Unlike the bel canto execution of Mary (b. 1542, d. 1567), it is a… ...
First Performance: 11 March 1867 at the OpÈra, Paris. Revised version 10 January 1884 at Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
In today’s market, a second will not be soon arriving, but not to worry. On the debit side, although the opera’s score presents itself as the sturdy dramatic work of a talented craftsman, it lacks ...
Perhaps casting the singers poses problems, or the libretto is weak, or the whole style outdated. The oddity, however, pops up out of nowhere and the general response is, “Why?” Pietro Mascagni’s ...
Belasco, dedicated to Queen Alexandra (!), and premiered in New York in 1910.
image_description=(Back to front) Eglise GutiÈrrez As La FÈe and Joyce DiDonato as Cendrillon [Photo by Bill Cooper courtesy of The Royal Opera] product=yes product_title=Jules Massenet: Cendrillon ...
opera’s arias, most notably the celebrated ‘Cara la dolce fiamma’, have survived in the repertory).
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