FAMILIAR OPERA SETTNGS
SETTINGS FOR SCENES of an opera are contained in its libretto, “booklet” in Italian. Many librettists offer extreme detail; others give no more than suggestions. Here are tidbits about three … Continue reading
August 23, 2021 · Leave a comment
PUCCINI’S WORLD TOUR PART 2
YESTERDAY, WE began Puccini’s World Tour in Nagasaki, Japan. Today, it’s in California during the Gold Rush and Peking, China, in a Middle Age fairyland. La Fanciulla del West, The … Continue reading
November 9, 2018 · Leave a comment
PUCCINI’S WORLD TOUR PART 1
RICHARD WAGNER VISITED the underworld Nibelheim and the upperworld Valhalla in his epic Ring Cycle, but a much more practical world tour is offered by Giacomo Puccini in his Madama … Continue reading
November 8, 2018 · Leave a comment
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