An opéra-comique popular for more than a century, and admired by Berlioz.
145. Le Déserteur (Monsigny)
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144. Bastien und Bastienne (Mozart)
What, really, can one say?
143. Apollo et Hyacinthus (Mozart)
Mozart's earliest complete opera: Phoebus, but not feeble, one might say.
Happy 200th birthday, M. Offenbach!
The brilliant Jacques (né Jakob) Offenbach, one of the Jewish German masters of French opera, was born in Cologne 200 years ago today. The Aristophanic, Bacchic Offenbach, best of all the Bachs. For wit, tunefulness, and music that makes you smile (or even laugh), his works are hard to beat. Jupiter tries to seduce a … Continue reading Happy 200th birthday, M. Offenbach!
142. Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots (Mozart)
Probably Mozart's worst opera - but remarkable for an 11-year-old.
141. Alceste (Gluck)
Gluck's reform opera: boring or beautiful?
140. Tom Jones (Philidor)
Tom Jones, the musical - by an 18th century chess master.
