Mention Milan, and opera-lovers will immediately think of La Scala, due to re-open soon after a £55m restoration.
ROWLAND EDWARDS
will delve into the Italian city's musical history to
mark the opening of our new season.
Strauss'
opera has been described as an elaborate backstage comedy-drama
focusing on the nature of art at its centre.
ANTHONY NEGUS, a
leading member of the WNO's music staff, takes us through
the opera which is featured in the Company's new season.
BRIAN GARDINER relates how a visit to a local cinema and a "B" film resulted in a love of a whole epoch of music.
MIKE
and PEGGY NEWMAN make
a welcome return to the Society with an appraisal of selected
opera singers whose exceptional talent was either not fully
appreciated or even over-looked during their lifetime.
