Slovenian National Opera 2019-20 Review: The Maid Of Orleans

(Credit: SNG Opera/Darja Stravs Tisu) Performances of Tchaikovsky’s “The Maid of Orleans” are fairly rare, yet when it was premiered in 1881 it was considered to have been an unqualified success, and became the first of his operas to be staged outside Russia, in Prague the following year. It also proved to be his most ambitious opera, in which he {…}

Mar 12, 2018

Slovenian National Opera 2017-18 Review – La Belle Et La Bête: Philip Glass Adaptation of Cocteau Film Given Extraordinary Showcase

The origins of Philip Glass’ “La Belle et la Bête” are indeed interesting. For many years Glass has had an interest in French film, and in particular a fascination with the works of Jean Cocteau, and in 1994 he decided to write a film score/opera based on Cocteau’s 1946 film of the same name, which was to be the third {…}

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Slovenian National Opera 2019-20 Review: The Maid Of Orleans

Slovenian National Opera 2017-18 Review – La Belle Et La Bête: Philip Glass Adaptation of Cocteau Film Given Extraordinary Showcase