Massenet, ‘le musicien de la femme et de l’amour’, as Schneider called him, composed an opera without either — except, the composer said, the most sublime of all women: the Virgin.
91. Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame (Jules Massenet)
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I've cut nearly 300 operas from my list - mostly obscure works by obscure composers. Should any of them be back on it? If you think I'm slighting a masterpiece, make a case for it. A Viktoria und ihr Husar (Abrahám) Little Women (Adamo) Pepita Jiménez (Albéniz) Merlin (Albéniz) Tiefland (D’Albert) Die toten Augen (D’Albert) … Continue reading Downsizing
90. Maria di Rudenz (Gaetano Donizetti)
Fratricide; a soprano who dies three times (she comes from the tomb to wreak her bloody revenge); and obsessive passion.
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