Puccini's Il Trittico
Quick: name the three one-act operas included in Puccini’s Il Trittico. Give up? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. No, we're not talking about Pagliacci– that’s by Leoncavallo. Cavalleria Rusticana isn’t...
View ArticleFalstaff: When Verdi Found His Inner Comedian
"I don’t think Verdi had much of a sense of humor," F. Paul Driscoll, editor in chief of Opera News tells us. "His life was marked by tragedy early on." His two children died in infancy and his first...
View ArticleWhy Beethoven's Fidelio Speaks to Us Now
When Beethoven sat down to begin writing his only opera, Fidelio, he was a man who was swimming upstream. Severe hearing loss had set in ten years earlier, and this had a significant effect on his...
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