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In Mozart's and Schikaneder's "Die Zauberflöte" different traditionscome together. The themes of love conquering all perils en theintervention of good and bad in man's...
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"Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" could be seen as the comical versionof Tannhäuser. The Meistersingers are with their competitions the closeminded colleagues of the Meistersingers...
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With this La Fanciulla del West Flanders Opera adds a new chapter toit's Puccinicycle which was organised with conductor Silvio Varviso anddirector Robert Carsen....
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‘La Traviata’ is both the last opera in what is known as GiuseppeVerdi’s ‘trilogia popolare’ or ‘popular trilogy’ (the other two being‘Rigoletto’ and ‘Il...
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The life and work of Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann could only yield akaleidoscopic and fantastic opera. In Offenbach’s opera, variousstories by the German Romantic...
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This comedy of manners, Arabella , was a long-cherished dream ofStrauss and von Hofmannsthal come true: an opera about fashionable19th-century Vienna...
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Richard III was the first political criminal, before Macbeth,whom Shakespeare chose to portray as a tragic hero. The hunchbackedking is fascinated by...