Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), Drama in three acts.
Music composed by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759). Libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym after an earlier libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani.
Month: April 2006
Sacred music of Mozart makes for blissful evening
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/entertainment/14457423.htm
An Illustrated History of Wagner’s Ring at the Royal Opera House
http://www.musicomh.com/comment/wagner_0406.htm
World Premiere of Miss Lonelyhearts at Juilliard
On 26 April, The Juilliard Opera Center gave the world premiere of Miss Lonelyhearts by Lowell Liebermann. Commissioned by the Centennial Commission of The Juilliard School with the support of the Trust of Francis Goelet, the production of Miss Lonelyhearts “has been developed cooperatively among The Juilliard School, the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California and the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.” Here are two reviews.
Music for the Virgin MaryóCelebrating 300 Years of Charpentier
This wonderful CD was recorded in the magnificent church of Notre Dame, Rozay-en-Brie, which is 30 miles east of Paris, and contains one of the better-preserved French organs of the seventeenth century, actually played by Francois Couperin during his lifetime.
Conducting Mahler / I Have Lost Touch with the World
In recent years a number of the number of recordings of Mahler’s works have become available on DVD.
PONCHIELLI: I Lituani
Why would anyone want to replace his LP-version on MRF? Because his records are scratched and it is too much trouble to put everything on CD.
AUBER: Fra Diavolo
DONIZETTI: La Figlia del Reggimento
When these recordings first appeared during the mid-sixties, there was some eye batting. Why did Deutsche Grammophon bring these recordings on the market?