Bruch (1838-1920) may be best known for his Violin Concerto no 1, but this first ever recording of his full opera should broaden interest in his output as a whole. Bruch’s Die Loreley is a very early ...

Telemann), Venice had half a dozen theaters playing opera several nights a week ...

Unlike many of his forebears in the nineteenth century, he did not adapt the version of the story by Goethe but, instead, returned to the older tradition of the story as found in the puppet plays.

now on a CD released in Argentina.

entire span of an opera, as we get in Strauss’s Elektra and Berg’s Wozzeck. With Strauss and Berg, the psychological opera is born.

Those who attended the performances without any knowledge of the operetta (retitled The Grand Duchess) probably left hoping to have no further acquaintance. Crass, manic, forcedómany an antonym for ...

Michael Maniaci (Photo: Lake, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) The Rise of the Male Soprano? Michael Maniaci has a fight on his hands. In the world of baroque opera he’s a young singer who seems to have it ...

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 ...

Today Bluebeard is considered one of BartÛk’s finest scores, fraught with Gothic darkness and abundant in orchestral riches and impressions. It is essentially a ‘static’ work and thus works well in ...

Perhaps the operaís unflattering depiction of the Austrians as invaders and repressors of the Swiss people had something to do with the operaís long absence from the Viennese repertoire. More likely, ...

The works, recorded over the last decade, are performed by the Seattle Symphony conducted by Gerard Schwarz; Stepan Razin also utilizes the Seattle Symphony Chorale under the direction of Abraham ...

The inside CD cover of this Lucia di Lammermoor even presents an advertisement for a biography written by Niel Rishoi, who also provides a booklet essay on the opera. Gruberovaís agility and plaintive ...