Throw enough money at opera and this is an art form that can respond with a lavishness no other can match. Louis XIV was certainly not short of cash and the emergence of a national French opera during ...

Simplicity, truth and naturalness: these, according to Gluck, are the eternal attributes of beauty and the ultimate goal to which he aspired. "Alceste must not merely please us now while she is still ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Perhaps the most arresting moment of the Vienna State Opera’s “new” Alceste production is the Queen’s arrival at the ...

For all the high esteem in which Gluck`s ”Alceste” is held by historians, this embodiment of the composer`s famous ”noble simplicity” is more written about than performed-and it is performed only when ...

In the Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 1, ripieno soloists Catherine Martin and Oliver Webber gave a spirited lead to the small but meaty string ensemble – a very different sound to the airy elegance Curnyn ...

VIENNAVIENNA — In a story Nov. 23, The Associated Press reported that Canadian tenor Josef Kaiser was unable to sing in a performance of “Alceste” because of a sudden voice loss. The report should ...

INSeries Opera’s Alceste is a world premiere of sorts, a collaged work that spans centuries, telling a story of love, loss, self-sacrifice, and guilt. Euripides ’ tragicomedy only won second prize at ...

Talk Like An Opera Geek attempts to decode the intriguing and intimidating lexicon of the opera house. Christophe Willibald Gluck, stationed in the musical capital of Vienna, was the man for the job.