There was no lack of erotic or political scandal to liven up the creation of this work, guaranteeing it immediate and unfailing success. Get carried away by music that is always new and inventive, ...

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ALTHTOUGH Jacques Offenbach was born in Germany he soon mastered the essentials necessary for success in French opera buffa and last night Castleward Opera launched its summer season with La Belle ...

Mirella Freni passed away on February 9th 2020. She was 84 years old. Freni was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received ...

The sky was gray and drippy outside on Sunday afternoon, but the birds were twittering and the sun was bright inside the Huntington Avenue Theatre, where Odyssey Opera concluded its Helen of ...

Although they were hugely popular in the 1960s when English National Opera was still based at Sadler's Wells, Offenbach's operettas haven't lately had much luck this side of the Channel. Something ...

It’s a long time since I’ve been helpless with laughter at an opera house. I blame the sheep. Actually it happened more than once – and for all the right reasons – which speaks volumes for the energy ...

'Oooh" enthuses Queen Helen of Sparta as a young shepherd lad strips off his shirt. Quite a few ladies of various ages all around me in the Coliseum murmured their own appreciation as well. The ...

Like Orphée aux enfers, written six years earlier, Offenbach’s La belle Hélène of 1764 is a parody of an ancient myth. Both employ Ludovic Halévy as one of the librettists, and while the former ...