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Listening During Covid, Part 8: A Remarkable Black British Composer, an American Master, and an Award-Winning Salieri Premiere

CD recordings keep bringing us unexpected treasures, including chamber works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Samuel Adler, and the (by turns) exquisite and powerful opera Armida by Mozart’s contemporary — who was not his murderer — Antonio Salieri.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Antonio Salieri, Aparte, Armida, Azica Records, Fire Locked Up in My Bones, Ralph P. Locke, Samuel Adler, Samuel-Coleridge-Taylor, Toccata Classics

Opera Album: A Deliciously Grisly “Comic Opera” from 1789 — the Year the French Revolution Began

Grétry’s Raoul Barbe-Bleue — the story of the original lady-killer, Bluebeard — receives its world premiere recording and it’s splendid.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Aparte, Grétry, Martin Wåhlberg, Orkester Nord, Ralph P. Locke, Raoul Barbe-Bleue

Opera Album Review: Is Perfection Still Possible? Lully’s “Isis” under Christophe Rousset

Is it any wonder? An opera that angered Louis XIV in 1677 brings enormous pleasure in 2020.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Aparte, Baroque opera, Christophe Rousset, ISIS, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Les Talens Lyriques, Ralph P. Locke

Opera Review: Antonio Salieri’s “Tarare” — A Startling Opera of Social Commentary

Tarare is simply one of the most important operas of the Classic era, precisely because it challenges so many aspects of Classic-era “normality.” You won’t believe your ears.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Antonio Salieri, Aparte, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, Tarare

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