SMETANA: Die verkaufte Braut

Die verkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride; Prodan· nev?sta)

Comic opera in three acts.

Music composed by Bed?ich Smetana. Libretto by Karel Sabina

PUCCINI: Turandot

Here is a Turandot to watch with the sound offónot because the singers misfire so badly, although no one really impresses.

Boston Opera Co. Director Caldwell Dies

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Holzmair/Vignoles ó Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

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Il RË pastore au ThÈ‚tre des Champs-…lysÈes

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Il dissoluto assolto, Teatro Nacional de S„o Carlos, Lisbon

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FAUR…: The Complete Songs 3 ó Chanson díamour.

The theme of the third volume of Hyperionís set of the Complete Songs of Gabriel FaurÈ (1845-1924) is Chanson díamour, which takes its name from a piece in the composerís opus 27 set ñ a compilation devoted to the love song.

DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale

Don Pasquale, Dramma buffo in three acts.

Music by Gaetano Donizetti. Libretto by Giovanni Ruffini and the
composer after Angelo Anelliís libretto for Stefano Pavesiís Ser
Marcantonio
(1810), which was derived from Epicúne or The
Silent Woman
by Ben Jonson (1609).

Edinburgh festival: round the world in three weeks

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Mozart on Beer Bottles, Paris Opera Roughs Up `Figaro’

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