Through the eye of French director Laurent Pelly this expression of Berlioz's undying admiration for the Bard - his adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opera comique - becomes 'an elegant...
Jean-Joseph Cassan?a de Mondonville was greatly admired in his day. His opera Titon et l'Aurore was one of his most popular works, being held up as a triumph over the rival Italian style during the...
Juan Diego Fl?rez dazzled audiences and critics alike when he played the virtuoso role of Orph?e in La Scala's first ever staging of Gluck's opera in it's French version: "Juan Diego Fl?rez delivered...