On This Day, Special Features
On This Day: The Interpreters of Verdi’s ‘Il Trovatore’ & Massenet’s ‘Manon’
https://operawire.com/on-this-day-the-interpreters-of-verdis-il-trovatore-massenets-manon/
I imagine that upon reading the title of this article, you were probably confused about the arbitrary pairing of Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” and Massenet’s “Manon.” The former is an opera in the Bel Canto style, firmly looking backwards in both its subject matter and style while the latter is one of Manon and French opera’s more progressive operas. The former {…}
