Donizetti's three-act tragic opera Belisario was a resounding success in it's day, driven by it's composer's superlative theatrical instinct and his skillful interweaving of intense tragic narrative...
Opera-comique emerged in the 19th century as an intermediary between grand opera and burlesque operetta. This album charts it's progression as a distinct genre, tracing the origins from Boieldieu and...
The Norwegian opera literature is a well concealed and all too little known gem in our national cultural heritage. There is general agreement that it begins with the Waldemar Thrane/Henrik...
Donizetti / Rca Italian Opera Orch / Verrett In Opera CD1. Orfeo Ed Euridice: Amour, Viens Rendre A Mon Ame 2. Anna Bolena: Sposa A Percy 3. Anna Bolena: Per Questa Fiamma Indomita 4. La Favorita:...
For 150 years Albert Lortzing was, after Mozart and Verdi, the most performed composer on German stages. He was a multifaceted man of the theatre who wrote his own libretti, and his works follow in...