Opera Warhorses

An appreciation and analysis of the ‘Standard Repertory’ of opera

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Entries from September 2008

Quest for La Belle Epoque French Opera – 2008-09

September 3rd, 2008

After the Fall of Emperor Napoleon III, France decided to give Republicanism a third chance, and, this time it put down roots, with no monarch nor emperor sitting on a French throne ever since.  There were 20th century catastrophes to come, and some political and social turmoil at the end of the 19th, but, all in all, [...]

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