Peter Schmoll and His Neighbors

Opera Album Review: The Most Neglected Master of Opera? Carl Maria von Weber, Early and Late

New recordings of Peter Schmoll and His Neighbors and of Euryanthe pose an embarrassing question: why is the opera repertory so narrow?

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