Siete canciones populares españolas
Siete canciones populares españolas is one of the most popular song cycles in classical music: a set of traditional Spanish songs re-arranged by M. de Falla.
Miloje Milojević – Serbian soul
Milojević is one of the most important figures in Serbian music history. A composer, a critic, a musicologist, a pedagogue: a life fully lived in music.
Barber’s Vanessa: the hopeless yearn for immortal love
Is Barber’s Vanessa a mirror of the composer relationship with Menotti? Or is it simply a decadent tale of hopeless life choices?
Stephen Sondheim
A lifetime on Broadway: with works like West Side Story, Sweeney Todd and Into the Woods, Stephen Sondheim is possibly the greatest lyricist ever.
Bernstein’s Candide
“We have a little trouble”: Candide opened in Boston for three weeks of tryouts but the dress rehearsal overran catastrophically and…
Giancarlo Menotti: from The Consul to My Name is: Woman
The ties between My Name is: Woman and The Consul run deep in Magda Sorel’s famous aria “Papers”, a timeless story that keeps repeating itself over and over again.