How did Grétry respond to the turmoil of the Terror?
Tag: Switzerland
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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