“It’s no longer an opera, it’s a nightmare.” – Saint-Saëns, 1880
193. Le timbre d’argent (Saint-Saëns)
Tag: Vienna
50. Ariadne auf Naxos (Richard Strauss)
Opera seria meets commedia dell'arte.
"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
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