At last we can hear all six of Meyerbeer’s Italian operas. Naxos published a recording of the first, Romilda e Costanza, last month.
Author: nickfuller
196. Farnace (Vivaldi)
War sets mother against daughter and father against son in Vivaldi’s opera of vanquished kings, battles, tombs, and vengeance.
Top 10 unfairly neglected operas
First and foremost, anything by Fromental Halévy (1799-1862) that isn't La Juive. Halévy was the leader of the French school of opera composers; he was praised for his profound science (sometimes too advanced for contemporaries used to simpler stuff), his dramatic understanding, and his penetrating melancholy. At the very least L'Eclair (1835) (a musical tour de force with … Continue reading Top 10 unfairly neglected operas
