The Ensamble Lírico Orquestal´s “Rigoletto” passes muster
The Ensamble Lírico Orquestal defines itself as "an independent alternative producing projects of classical and lyric music". It isn´t accurate, for opera is also classical. In fact they programme...
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On this day in 1962 the Leslie Bricuse–Anthony Newley musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off opened on Broadway. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulaQMN4xgGw Born on this day in 1807 composer and voice...
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Jonny spielt auf, the second opera by 26-year-old composer Ernest Krenek, was such a huge success after its 1927 Leipzig premiere that in the following season it was performed 491 times in Germany...
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From 2008, Unnatural Acts of Opera recalls 1988, when Rossini’s Il viaggo a Reims invaded the Wiener Staatoper. Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani Contessa di Folleville:...
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