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Perhaps casting the singers poses problems, or the libretto is weak, or the whole style outdated.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.

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opera’s arias, most notably the celebrated ‘Cara la dolce fiamma’, have survived in the repertory).

now on a CD released in Argentina.

But, to modern directors and company it presents a host of challenges: the extreme vocal virtuosity of the principal roles, its juxtaposition of genres and stylistic eclecticism, and, not least, its ...

In the October 2004 issue of BBC Music magazine, Amanda Holloway writes: The phrase most often used of Anna Netrebko is a ‘package’: stunning looks, acting ability and a gorgeous, effortless lyric ...

You don’t have to be among the cognoscenti of the writings of Carl Gustav Jung to be familiar with two of his most important concepts: the collective unconscious with its layering of… ...

When, in the Prologue, the Dancing Master jokes that the commedia dell’arte troupe’s vaudeville would be better performed after the new opera that His Lordship has commissioned – because ...

composer was devastated when the Paris OpÈra, the only theater in Paris then ...