Opera Warhorses

This is the third post in an ongoing quest for productions of the operas of Gaetano Donizetti that has taken me to Donizetti’s home town of Bergamo in Lombardy for background, and, for performances, to Paris (for Laurent Pelly’s production of “L’Elixir d’Amour”) to Zurich (for “Don Pasquale”), to Houston (for “Fille du Regiment”), to [...]

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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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This website has reviewed productions that are scheduled for performance (in each of the cases listed below) at other opera houses.  Our reviews gave high marks to these productions and strongly recommends each for the consideration of opera goers with an opportunity to see them.  Our reviews of each of these productions are cited. 
Simon Boccanegra (Verdi), San Francisco Opera, September 5, 9, 12, 17, 21, 24 and [...]

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