Halévy's Shakespearean opera for London.
233. Une nuit blanche / Les deux aveugles (Offenbach)
Opening night at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
232. Phèdre (Lemoyne)
An intense post-Gluckian opera about incest and vengeance.
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Halévy's Shakespearean opera for London.
Opening night at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
An intense post-Gluckian opera about incest and vengeance.