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In Search of Jewels

Michael Volpe | Posted 07.02.2013 | Home
Read More: Verismo, Wolf-Ferrari, Opera Holland Park, Mascagni, I Segreto Di Susanna, I Gioielli Della Madonna, Home News
Michael Volpe

A reality that all opera houses face is that audiences tend to gravitate towards the works they know. In fact, this isn't a problem only experienced by opera houses but there is a peculiar perception afoot that by presenting these works we are, by definition, asking audiences to consider them all to be masterpieces and as such they are frequently judged on that basis.

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The First Opera?

Michael Volpe | Posted 29.07.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: I Fioielli Della Madonna, Pearl Fishers, Opera Holland Park, I Pagliacci, L'elisir D'amore, Cavelleria Rusticana, UK, Opera, Wolf-Ferrari, UK Entertainment News
Michael Volpe

It seems to me that if a person has no knowledge or experience of opera at all, we can send them off to see pretty much anything at all that we know to be beautiful, dramatic and engaging. Why might a novice not enjoy Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre Re?

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