In the mid-1600s, opera transformed from a show exclusive for royalty to entertainment for the masses. Soon, lavish productions, special effects, and creative risks became the norm. Venice’s La Fenice ...
In this article, we will talk about what you should do if you find that the Opera browser is not opening or loading webpages in Windows 11/10. Many affected users have reported that Opera browser was ...
The Puccini opera where he gets the girl. But is she worth having? Is HE? The more I see Puccini’s final opera, “Turandot,” the more I’m left wondering if, had he not expired before its completion, he ...
Some 290 years on, Handel’s Ariodante is back in Covent Garden, but it had lain fallow for 228 of those before a late 20th century revival in interest. In reading of its history, you gain the ...
As Wotan in Patrice Chéreau’s neo-Marxist staging of the “Ring” cycle, he was part of a celebrated, polarizing moment in opera history. Donald McIntyre as Wotan and Gwyneth Jones as Brünnhilde in ...