Synopsis Act I A magnificent gallery leading into the Harem; underground hall leading into the prisons; the inside of the Harem. The beautiful slave Zaira is about to marry Orosmane, the Sultan of ...

composer was devastated when the Paris OpÈra, the only theater in Paris then ...

Music composed by Gaetano Donizetti. Libretto by Giuseppe Bardari after ...

Behind a gauze sceen, a madonna figure with lace veil and golden crown materializes, laying down her veil. Dark figures appear, crushing the veil and crown underfoot. Princess SalomÈ (a sensational ...

A graceful first movement, respecting the marking andante comodo “comfortable pace”. The harp and strings here have a mellow richness which enhances the gentle rhythmic pulse. For “pulse” this is, ...

Gilbert & Sullivan’s Ruddigore presents several challenges, notably the technical one of bringing the ghosts of the ancestors out of their portraits and the more philosophical one of Victorian ...

“He does not deserve forgiveness who does not give it to others.” So translates the quote from Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto of The Marriage of Figaro, prominently displayed on the set of Washington ...

Although one might not expect much from a concert opera with piano, Opera Baltimore’s latest production, of Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia, proves that we should neither doubt the power of the piano to ...

When Alma and Gustav Mahler arrived in New York just before the Christmas of 1907, they were installed in a lavishly appointed suite at the Hotel Majestic, with views overlooking Central Park. Alma’s ...

The soprano and tenor were chosen as winners at the Grand Final concert of the competition, chosen by a panel of judges chaired by internationally renowned tenor and composer Tom Randle On 5 December ...

This should be what the Proms is all about. ‘Super-size me,’ said Cosimo I de’ Medici when asking for music (probably not a direct quote); and there is certainly a lot of historical weight here.

There are few composers who have had quite the influence on their fellow compatriots as Sibelius has had on his. Whether it is the effect of the music itself, or the architecture of the landscape ...