Belasco, dedicated to Queen Alexandra (!), and premiered in New York in 1910.

Over the weekend of 25 and 26 July, the spotlight fell on the next generation of operatic talent at the New National Theatre Tokyo’s Summer Recital 2026—a showcase featuring the… ...

Let me tell you about an intergalactic oratorio. What on earth is that, you might conceivably ask. And in order to initiate a dialogue I might suggest that you speculate about its constituent parts. A ...

The label’s name and legendary yellow logo synonymous for many music lovers ...

From the opening scene, Louis XIV would have felt quite at home in Versailles or the AcadÈmie Royal de Musique, 2 viewing a performance of Lully’s TragÈdies Lyriques. 3 It was, then, the custom to ...

of ‘the Yellow Label’ have been central to the recording of Wagner’s ...

The Danish National Symphony Orchestra’s recording of _Maskarade_ succeeds admirably in striking a careful balance between these ideals. The present DaCapo SACD is an enhanced reissue of a 1977 ...

Bruch (1838-1920) may be best known for his Violin Concerto no 1, but this first ever recording of his full opera should broaden interest in his output as a whole. Bruch’s Die Loreley is a very early ...

much of it fruitful, some of it perhaps less so, between Brecht and Weill, came ...

Telemann), Venice had half a dozen theaters playing opera several nights a week ...

This CD collaboration between the early music viol ensemble Fretwork and vocalist Emma Kirkby is devoted to songs of William Byrd composed in the vernacular to be sung with string accompaniment; ...

Up to now I only knew this opera by the San Carlo recording of ...