“The greatest musical event in the history of the United States” – and one of opera’s most notorious disasters. But is it actually bad?
Tag: rome
224. Ezio (Gluck)
Before there was Gluck the reformer, there was Gluck the opera seria composer.
196. Farnace (Vivaldi)
War sets mother against daughter and father against son in Vivaldi’s opera of vanquished kings, battles, tombs, and vengeance.