The New “La Vie parisienne” from Palazzetto Bru Zane
Yesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the
read moreYesterday a long-awaited recording arrived on my desk-top. ‘Long-awaited’? Of course. The latest from the firm of Bru Zane, the
read moreWhat if Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, the most famous German language operetta, had been performed incomplete for the last
read moreIn the midst of Meilhac, Halévy and Offenbach’s dazzling series of successes with the earliest of their famous opéras-bouffes –
read moreThe folk who created the musical works of Meilhac, Halévy, Crémieux, Hervé and their colleagues, and of the parallel composers,
read moreZulma Bouffar (b Nérac, 24 May 1841) made her first appearance on the stage at the age of six, at
read moreWhat became eventually known as “operetta” or “opérette” didn’t start its life under that name. The earliest works of the
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