The booklet somewhat proudly tells us that “a modern Italian opera-going public would likely walk out in horror if confronted with the avant-garde productions of many German opera houses.
Category: Reviews
Three Releases from Nightingale Classics
Frank Sinatra had Reprise. The Beatles had Apple. Madonna has Maverick. And Edita Gruberova has Nightingale.
The Music of Joseph Dubiel
Joe Dubiel is a well known and accomplished music theorist, affable, pleasant in demeanor, learned and astute, and above all friendly in a field that has its thorns and brambles.
MONTEMEZZI: L’amore dei tre re
What happened to Italo Montemezzi’s L’amore dei tre re? After the opera’s triumphant premiere at La Scala in 1913, Montemezzi was vaulted into the international limelight, and his creation enjoyed regular performances throughout the world until his death in 1952.
Three Mozart Collections from Universal
A recent newspaper report ó the sort of item conveyed in a short paragraph and relegated to a column of such brief pieces ó summarized a study that argues that Mozart did not die a pauper, but actually had a fairly steady stream of income.
BROPHY: Mozart the dramatist
Brigid Brophy (1929-1995) was a noted novelist and critic who was passionately interested in opera, and especially Mozart and his operas.
ATTRAZIONE D’AMORE / VOYAGE TO CYTHERA
Passion for music is hardly rare, but it is welcome to hear it espoused in public, especially by some of the art’s strongest proponents.
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.