Giordano puts “the pestilential slums of Naples onto the splendid stage of the San Carlo”.
285. Mala vita (Giordano)
Tag: verismo
244. L’oracolo (Leoni)
Crime and revenge in Chinatown.
43. La Navarraise (Jules Massenet)
La Navarraise is like a super-concentrated essence of opera; it lasts barely 40 minutes, but runs the gamut of emotions, has a great role for a soprano, and ends on a devastating curtain.
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