Opera A handful of Salieri operas Salieri opera, I hear you say? He of Amadeus fame? I'm not really one for populist links, but that film did bring to the public's awareness the name of Antonio
Donizetti Opera Rara and Donizetti: Il Paria An international release through Warner Classics, this Donizetti Il Paria on the Opera Rara label was recorded in the studio - BBC Maida Vale, June 1-6, 2019 - prior to
Opera Hymns of Love: tenor Dmytro Popov's recital disc Making a splash at London's Covent Garden as Rodofo Bohème in 2013, Dnytro Popov enjoys an international career. Notably, he was solo tenor in Teodor Currentzis' Verdi Requiem performances around
Opera Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades A salutary reminder of the greatness of Tchaikovsky's operatic works
French Baroque Rameau: Les Boréades from Versailles More Baroque wonderment from Château de Versailles Spectacles
Opera Richard, Coeur de Lion: a Grétry rediscovery Grétry's 'Richard Coeur de Lion' is a treasure-trove of delight
Opera Anna Netrebko in Verdi's 'Trovatore' Only a few days ago, Classical Explorer featured a post on a production of Lohengrin that, while fascinating, played fast and free with what Wagner actually intended. So it makes
Opera A 'Lohengrin' from Stuttgart For some, Wagner seems like an unassailable mountain. Where to start? The pre-Ring works seem best; and while both Tannhäuser and Der fliegende Holländer seem fit for purpose, perhaps Lohengrin
Piano A trip to the opera, on the piano: Vanessa Benelli Mosell It is not so often posts are tagged as both "Piano" and "Opera," but that's the case here. Even rarer in music criticism, I would have thought, for two versions
Opera A Tale of Two Angels: Donizetti's "L'Ange de Nisida" Angels cried over musicological triumphs in Dussek on Friday; two angels shine courtesy of Donizetti today. Who would have ever thought we would ever be lucky enough to be able
Baroque Buried Treasures: Graun's opera, "Polydorus" This is one of those operas that is hard to excerpt simply because you end up wanting to excerpt everything
Wagner Wagner's Meistersinger from Bayreuth Experience Michael Volle's remarkable, outstanding Hans Sachs ...
Opera A Tale of Two Emilias: Janacek's "The Makropulos Case" Leoš Janáček's opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropulos Case), after a comedy by Karel Čapek, has a rather fantastical idea at its core: the protagonist, Emilia Marty, has lived for some
Massenet An adult fairy tale: Glyndebourne's Massenet 'Cendrillon' I adored Fiona Shaw's production at Glyndebourne of Massenet's opéra Cendrillon (Cinderella): my review at the time appeared here. That performance was on June 8, 2019; the one on the
Opera Anima Rara: Ermonela Jaho's tribute to Rosina Storchio Part of "Opera Rara at 50," (2020 marks the label's fiftieth anniversary) this is an exemplary example of how an intelligent idea behind a vocal recital results ini a listening
Wagner An Angel versus a Whore?: Tobias Kratzer's manic, off-piste Tannhäuser From the off, it is clear this is no ordinary Tannhäuser ...
Opera Wood Nymphs and Mermaids in Sussex: Dvořák's Rusalka at Glyndebourne When I wrote in one of Classical Explorer's early posts about Dvořák's Piano Concerto, I couldn't resist linking to some of Rusalka: the opera's most excerpted moment, the "Song to
Early Music The other Orpheus: Stefano Landi's "La Morte d'Orfeo" The further adventures of Orpheus ...
Opera An opera by Schubert?! Fierrabras is a revelation ... This performance of Fierrabras from the 2014 Salzburg Festival persuades me more than ever that we need more Schubert opera in our lives.
Opera Finding a way into modern music: Henze's "Tristan" and "Der Prinz von Homburg" In a World of dumbing down, of easy-on-the-ear accessibility, Henze offers a middle way, a way into complexity without overwhelm
Opera Meeting Massenet: a Canadian Thais An English conductor with a Canadian orchestra conspire to create a momentous recording of a great French opera.
