While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...
Sir Karl Jenkins celebrates his 75th birthday with a new piano album of his best-loved works and two new compositions. The pieces, performed by Sir Karl himself, are the first chance we have had to ...
Tnot quite tall enough to see over the seat in front of you. Especially when they sing the darn thing in some language you`ve never even heard of, let alone just plain heard before. Such were the ...
Few opera overtures afford as much pleasure as the one German composer Otto Nicolai wrote for “Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor,” his adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” It sings; ...
The 'Viennese Offenbach', Franz von Suppé, surprises with a delightful disc of uplifting opera overtures and marches. Album of the Week, 21 January 2013. Although the bulk Franz von Suppé's operas and ...
The oldest form of musical theater is finding new life and conceivably a new audience via the iPod. The Los Angeles Opera’s initial podcasts have proven surprisingly popular, and the company has now ...
Opera Overtures, recorded by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year as part of the Feel the Magic project, were released on YouTube this week. The 60-piece MPO, with leader Marcelline ...
After endorsing marriage equality, Ireland surprised Germany for the second time last week by showing it can also do opera. The Wexford Festival Opera was given an enthusiastic reception in Berlin on ...
Rossini's best overtures all on one disc! If you don't know these tunes by name, you'll know them from countless soundtracks and TV commercials, as they seem to capture the vivacity and colour of ...
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Opera Overtures, recorded by the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra earlier this year as part of the Feel the Magic project, were released on YouTube this week. The 60-piece MPO, with leader Marcelline ...
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