“The operas of Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) mark a significant contribution to twentieth-century music and theatre. Opera was Prokofiev’s preferred genre; not counting juvenile and unfinished works, ...

Herheim’s astounding Bayreuth version stands in a class of its own.

Telemann), Venice had half a dozen theaters playing opera several nights a week ...

Had the Kent Nagano pit not been appallingly lackluster perhaps some chance illuminations of the Strauss score might have been struck, as was Mr. Wilson’s intention. Just now, 22 years later Mr.

Those who attended the performances without any knowledge of the operetta (retitled The Grand Duchess) probably left hoping to have no further acquaintance. Crass, manic, forcedómany an antonym for ...

both Rinaldo and Armida in his epic Gerusalemme Liberata.

music, including surrealistic political satire, and amplifying singers. Poet Alice Goodman did not write the libretto around a conventional plot.

become the most popular opera in the world’. He was right: 150 years on Carmen is probably the best-known, most oft-performed opera, ...

Bruch (1838-1920) may be best known for his Violin Concerto no 1, but this first ever recording of his full opera should broaden interest in his output as a whole. Bruch’s Die Loreley is a very early ...

Composed originally for a Vienna premiere in 1864 the present version of Les FÈes du Rhin, or Die Rheinnixen, was published in the last few years as part of the critical edition of the complete works ...

The revival, now directed by Robin Tebbutt, opened at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. Now, the first thing to say is that Jephtha is not strictly an opera. It was written for performance in ...

The first disc covers a wide range of composers, from Tchaikovsky through Verdi and Puccini, to Wagner. The second disc focuses on the operas of Richard Strauss, perhaps the composer with which Ms.