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Amor Fati, Madama Butterfly
Amor Fati Madama Butterfly, Japanese tragedy in three acts, Royal Opera 12th September 2022, music composed by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, conductor Nicola Luisotti, reviewed by Leslie Jones In The Origin of the Family, Private … Continue reading
Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis Tosca, melodrama in three acts, music composed by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, conducted by Placido Domingo, tenth revival of director Jonathan Kent’s 2006 production, sets by the late Paul Brown, Royal Opera, 19th … Continue reading
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Tagged Maria Callas, Puccini, Royal Opera, Tosca
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La Traviata (encore)
La Traviata (encore) Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs, Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And … Continue reading
ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers LESLIE JONES
ENDNOTES – Tosca by Numbers Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Royal Opera House, 13th May 2014, production by Jonathan Kent: the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Oleg Caetani, with Oksana Dyka as Floria Tosca, Roberto Alagna … Continue reading
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Tagged Franco Corelli, Giacomo Puccini, Leslie Jones, Maria Callas, Oksana Dyka, Roberto Alagna
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