It was a no-brainer. The Old Testament Egyptians had to become today’s Palestinians.
Tag: Milenski
La BohËme at Torre del Lago
This is where Puccini composed many of his operas until the lake got so polluted he had to move to nearby Viareggio.
La traviata at the Aix Festival
An appreciation of La traviata plus La clemenza di Tito and Le Nez/The Nose at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Les Noces de Figaro in Paris
This is the one by Giorgio Strehler that opened at Versailles in 1973 and since has endured twenty-three incarnations, first at the Garnier and later at the Bastille.
La Fille du RÈgiment in Montpellier
The OpÈra National de Montpellier sometimes rises to artistic heights, and even when it fails its attempts are often interesting.
Salome in San Francisco
If Herbert von Karajan conducted Madama Butterfly and Maria Callas sang Isolde it follows that Nicola Luisotti should conduct Salome.