“Banished, disgraced, a wanderer, reviled…”
226. La straniera (Bellini)
Tag: opera
225. Emma d’Antiochia (Mercadante)
Ill-fated love, poison, and Pasta.
224. Ezio (Gluck)
Before there was Gluck the reformer, there was Gluck the opera seria composer.
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