King Lear - where Edgar loves Cordelia, Edmund barely exists, the dramatist has little feeling for Shakespeare, and the composer lacks imagination? "Fie, fie, fie! pah, pah!"
68. Re Lear (Antonio Cagnoni)
Tag: William Shakespeare
44. Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung / The Taming of the Shrew (Hermann Goetz)
George Bernard Shaw thought it was "the greatest comic opera of the century, except Die Meistersinger".
24. Béatrice et Bénédict (Hector Berlioz)
Much ado about nothing? But a delightful score.
