175 years ago today, Le Prophète was first performed. “People of my father’s generation would rather have doubted the solar system than the supremacy of Le Prophète over all other operas.” - Reynaldo Hahn.
288. Le Prophète (Meyerbeer)
Tag: Germany
281. Tannhäuser (Wagner)
The man who loved a goddess and a saint.
256. Doktor Faust (Busoni)
For an Italian composer, Doktor Faust is a very German opera: three slow hours of soul-searching, angst, and metaphysics.
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