In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, French instrumental music was closely identified with dance and dance suites.
Year: 2007
GRÉTRY: Pierre le Grand
Although milestones in the history of opéra-comique, Grétry’s operas are infrequently revived and rarely recorded.
WNO’s ‘Walkure’ Takes Flight
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/25/AR2007032501220.html
Chicago Opera Theater springs forward
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/classical/311754,SHO-Sunday-cot25.article
MOZART: Die Entf¸hrung aus dem Serail
With the trials and tribulations of a multicultural society currently at the forefront of the British media, Gavin Quinnís production placed a light-hearted focus on the bizarreness of a group of foreigners being thrown together in an unfamiliar situation.
Rebel Poet Loses His Heart (and Head)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/24/arts/music/24andr.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
MOZART: Don Giovanni
This 2005 production of the Mozart-Da Ponte masterpiece Don Giovanni makes for a frustrating experience.