Monthly Archives: February 2012

Eyes wide open: a shocker of a Rusalka at the Royal Opera

Dvořák: Rusalka  ** The Royal Opera, 27th February 2012 Rusalka is simply too good an opera to have waited until 2012 for its first staging by The Royal Opera. Dvořák’s fairy tale about the water nymph who falls in love … Continue reading

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Park and Bark Central: Ernani at The Met

Verdi: Ernani Metropolitan Opera in HD, 25th February 2012 This was a very old-fashioned night at the opera – and you’re welcome to take that in whatever way you will. Here was Verdi’s gloriously melodic Ernani (the one with the … Continue reading

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