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Month: July 2020

Layers of Meaning in Britten’s Hauntingly Beautiful Peter Grimes

There are so many staggeringly good scenes in Benjamin Britten’s opera of 1945 — scenes that are particularly well-staged in … More

Benjamin Britten, opera

Struggle, Love, Loss: La Bohème in a Time of Pandemic

It’s a story that begins simply enough. A small group of free-spirited artists—high on life and exuberantly passionate—contend with the … More

Pandemic, Puccini, Richard Jones, Royal Opera House

In Search of Haydn Offers an In-depth Portrait of the Brilliant Composer

As a composer, one can’t do much better than to be graced with the magnificent titles of “Father of the … More

18th-century composer, Franz Joseph Haydn

A Visually Stunning Production of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

The central plot of Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin — the novel in verse which Tchaikovsky used for his 1879 opera … More

Eugene Onegin, Komische Oper Berlin, opera, Pushkin, Tchaikovsky

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