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Year of birth | 1854 |
Year of death | 1893 |
Nationality | Unknown |
Period | Romantic |
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The Big Bang: a starry launch for Irish National Opera

The biggest stigma associated with opera in Ireland is not that it is an elitist art form, but that it is not “Irish”, and that it doesn’t belong to Irish culture, more of a recent import, like pasta, or avocado.
Muti and DiDonato introduce Italian rarities to Chicago
Joyce DiDonato made her Chicago Symphony debut in a rarely heard song cycle of Giuseppe Martucci, while more familiar territory was to be found in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
Omo Bello’s sweet songs of love
Lustrous-voiced soprano Omo Bello and pianist Clément Mao-Takacs delight their Amsterdam audience with a tasteful programme of Italian songs.
Into thin air: La Wally and Everest
Two mountain-themed operas were performed recently in Dallas, including the much-anticipated world première of Joby Talbot's Everest.
Angela Gheorghiu at the Kennedy Center
Ever since I saw Angela Gheorghiu in the title role of Barbara Willis Sweete’s brilliant opera film Romeo and Juliette, this soprano has been on my must-see-no-matter-what list. However, seeing Gheorghiu live is much easier said than done.