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Opera & theatre synopses
Tony Herbert
Jun 229 min read
The Canterbury Tales
An aide-memoire This is to help me remember some, although not all, of the Canterbury Tales, having read some of them at school and also...
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Jun 7, 20212 min read
La Traviata
By Verdi [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Jun 7, 20211 min read
La Boheme
by Puccini It is a love story set in Paris and its Bohemian lifestyle (la vie de bohème). The story is very simple, particularly by the...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Tosca
by Puccini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Merry Widow
by Franz Lehar [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long,...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Semiramide
by Rossini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Samson and Delilah
by Camille Saint-Saens [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Roberto Devereux
by Donizetti [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Rigoletto
by Verdi [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Pearl Fishers
by Bizet [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Norma
by Bellini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Nabucco
by Verdi [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Marriage of Figaro
by Mozart [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Manon Lescaut
by Puccini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
The Magic Flute
by Mozart [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
by Mozart [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Der Rosenkavalier
by Richard Strauss [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Cosi fan Tutte
by Mozart [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
by Jacques Offenbach [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too...
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Apr 29, 20212 min read
Pagliacci
by Ruggero Leoncavallo [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Cavalliera Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too...
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Apr 29, 20211 min read
Madama Butterfly
by Puccini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Apr 2, 20212 min read
Carmen
by Bizet [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Mar 31, 20192 min read
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
by Rossini [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Aug 3, 20171 min read
AIDA
by Verdi [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Mar 1, 20176 min read
Wagner Operas
[These synopses, like my others, are very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and needlessly...
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Feb 1, 20172 min read
DIE WALKÜRE (THE VALKYRIE)
by Wagner [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long, and...
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Jan 1, 20172 min read
THE WINTER’S TALE
by Shakespeare [This synopsis, like my others, is very, very brief. The reason is that I find the normal programme note much too long,...
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