The golden age of French #opera comique begins. #Monsigny operascribe.com/2019/06/01/139…

#Gluck's reform #opera: a sublime masterpiece, or a funeral in three acts? operascribe.com/2019/06/09/141…

Probably #Mozart's worst #opera - but remarkable for an 11-year-old. #classicalmusic #classical operascribe.com/2019/06/14/142…

Happy 200th birthday, M. #Offenbach! #opera #ClassicalMusic #composer youtube.com/watch?v=KzhOko…

youtube.com/watch?v=g3UNc3… One of the 19th century's most popular #operas, complete. Someone has stitched together five recordings; a real labour of love. #Meyerbeer #classical

#Monsigny's proto-Romantic #opera was popular for more than a century - and admired by #Berlioz. operascribe.com/2019/07/01/145…

#Gluck's favorite #opera - a new score for an old #Lully. operascribe.com/2019/08/28/148…

#Meyerbeer's Prophète - the masterpiece of the 19th century's greatest #opera composer - complete at last! youtube.com/watch?v=8VWFgd…

#Gretry's #opera based on #Racine is ... And-romaquable. operascribe.com/2019/10/05/155…

Was #Salieri the missing link between #Gluck and #Rossini? #opera #ClassicalMusic operascribe.com/2019/09/28/154…

Armide II: This time, it's personal. #opera #sacchini operascribe.com/2019/11/02/159…

Another masterpiece from the maligned #Salieri. 50 violent deaths and a finale in hell! Established him as #Gluck’s successor; decades later, it convinced #Berlioz to abandon medicine for music. operascribe.com/2019/11/03/56-…

Sir Jonathan Miller, writer and director, dies aged 85 theguardian.com/stage/2019/nov…

There's been a recent revival of interest in the operas of Gaspare Spontini nyti.ms/2L06dKA

The best #opera of 1786? #Sacchini #Oedipus #Sophocles operascribe.com/2019/12/04/82-…

Killer review The Arts Fuse "Tarare is simply one of the most important operas of the Classic era... You won’t believe your ears. Rousset’s amazing recording leaps onto my list of best of 2019." Talens Lyriques Aparté 📀🎶 artsfuse.org/191785/opera-r…

A revolution in five acts - music by #Salieri, libretto by #Beaumarchais. operascribe.com/2019/12/12/165…

operascribe.com/2020/01/24/171… The first Romantic #opera, and the foundation of the 19th century French school. #Cherubini

operascribe.com/2020/03/08/177… This Arabian Nights fantasy was the breakthrough work of one of France's great #opéra-comique composers.

French grand #opera begins - with a composer Berlioz called the genius of the century. #spontini operascribe.com/2020/04/11/49-…