Giuseppe Verdi creates a portrait of a society that tries to forget all its misery in the splendour of glittering parties. Violetta wants to break free, leave her past life behind and seek happiness with […]
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS) ***/** It’s a mark of how far Naxos have come under new ownership that a label which once churned out the complete […]
The world premiere of Salome by Gerald Barry will take place tomorrow in Magdeburg, Germany. Here’s some blurb: Salome – wait! That’s an opera by Richard Strauss! Yes, and one by Antoine Mariotte, plus incidental […]