Welcome! This blog is an exploration of opera – the warhorses, the familiar, those you may have heard of in a reference book, and the very obscure indeed. We live in an extraordinary age. The average person has more access to opera than at any time in the past. The great houses of the world … Continue reading Overture (friendly)
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
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