Giuseppe Verdi—The Voice of the Oppressed
Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.
Verdi sat like ‘an Assyrian god,’ constantly commenting on the smallest details.
Palm Beach’s outgoing director, David Walker, will be sorely missed, but his legacy will live on, capped by this outstanding production of Hoffman set in the roaring ’20s.
Bellini is poor, it is true, in his instrumentation and harmony! … But rich in feeling and in an entirely individual, personal melancholy! Even in
With such a fine musical performance, it is regrettable that the subway station is the production’s most memorable image.
Gracchus and its conclusion represent a musical offering on the altar of our great dramatic tradition.
The ‘serious’ Rossini still does not get the appreciation he deserves in the opera world.
The highlight was soprano Anastasia Bartoli, who shined in a stellar cast and in an overall enthralling performance.
The brilliant soloists at the Met were underserved by a worn production and subpar conducting.
A consequence of Pergolesi’s posthumous fame: publishers sold works by other composers under Pergolesi’s commercially attractive name.
A nearly all-Hungarian cast delivered the production with a skill that should, in most cases, make the singers internationally famous.
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