The first complete recording of Hector Berlioz's opera "Les Troyens," issued on five LPs in 1970, changed a lot of minds. In large part because of his early, enormously popular -- and decidedly ...
Seattle Opera will present this January a concert rendering of Hector Berlioz's Les Troyens—an epic tale of fate, love, and betrayal that is as grand in scope as it is rarely performed. This special ...
Hector Berlioz's monumental opera "Les Troyens" was never performed in its entirety in his lifetime. That's not a surprise: Written in five acts, it has four hours of music and more than 20 named ...
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Still, if ever an opera were going to work in the cavernous Royal Albert Hall then it would be Les Troyens. First, there are the sheer forces involved, with its huge orchestra requiring three harps, ...
An epic celebration of strong women: Alice Coote as Cassandra with the Women of Troy Coote instantly asserted her authority with velvety nuanced tones, fully mining the sense of foreboding and ...