I’ve added a new section to my blog: a list of great overtures, beautiful arias, thrilling ensembles, and other favourite pieces from opera – spanning nearly four centuries. Listen to this! – The Opera Scribe Enjoy.

Here's a list of unrecorded operas that should be revived. 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. … Continue reading Unfairly neglected operas →