Die ersten Menschen is an opera in two acts by Rudi Stephan. As the libretto, he chose Otto Borngräber's play of the same name, which the latter had described as an "erotic…
Coming soon: CORINNE'S COLUMN Opera Gazet has grown steadily in recent months. We now have correspondents and readers on three continents and are a welcome guest and/or reviewer in the major opera…
MACBETH IN MELBOURNE The young Verdi was not an innovator. At the very beginning of his career, he seemed quite content to pick up the form as he had found it, happy…
Milanov, Mödl & Obraztsova Each generation of young opera singers eventually becomes familiar with some of the great opera singers of the past. We’ve seen this happen, first hand, at least a…
PHILIP GLASS AND AMERICAN REPETITIVE MUSIC September 28, 1976. The Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. On the program: Einstein on the Beach. It is our first introduction to Philip Glass. The…
Adapted from Rossini's "Otello" Normally this scene from Rossini's 1816 opera Otello is about Otello and Rodrigo arguing over the love of Desdemona, but in this scene, the two man are seated…
Australia. Its Curious Relationship with Regietheater. Melbourne Opera's director Suzanne Chaundy: “The Melbourne Opera has a very established and very opera literate audience base. We also have an audience of people who’ve…
Australia. Its Curious Relationship with Regietheater. Opera director Suzanne Chaundy about Regietheater: “I love it when it makes sense, but if it’s for the sake of being different without anything really particular…
LA TRAVIATA Liege The Conductor. Normally the closing part of a review, but in this case there is every reason to start with her. For rarely have we heard a Verdi opera…
FRANCO CORELLI, born today 100 years ago "If you want to do me a favour, please write that I am neither a dramatic tenor nor a lyric tenor: I am a voice."…