A passionate plea for a world free from prejudice, set in an India of fanatical Brahmins and “accursed” untouchables, of temples and massacres
Category: Italian opera
197. Romilda e Costanza (Meyerbeer)
At last we can hear all six of Meyerbeer’s Italian operas. Naxos published a recording of the first, Romilda e Costanza, last month.
196. Farnace (Vivaldi)
War sets mother against daughter and father against son in Vivaldi’s opera of vanquished kings, battles, tombs, and vengeance.