La Bohème: BLO’s Version
Boston Lyric Opera’s version of La Bohèmerelocates the famous opera from mid-19th-century Paris to...
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Opera Blog: The Ethics of “Don Giovanni”
Don Giovanni premiered in 1787, eleven years after the start of the American Revolution and two...
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Opera Blog: “Don Giovanni” – The Law of the Father
One of the most compelling characters of Mozart’s Don Giovanni is the figure of the Commendatore,...
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Opera Blog: BLO’s Version of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”
During preparations for the Prague premiere of Don Giovanni in October of 1787, Mozart was, as...
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Opera Blog: “Don Giovanni” in Prague and Vienna
Although we don’t know the exact date of Mozart’s arrival in Prague for the production of Don...
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Opera Blog: The Legend of Don Giovanni (or, Don Giovanni before “Don Giovanni”)
Abert, Hermann. Mozart’s “Don Giovanni.” London: Eulenburg Books, 1976.The origins of the Don...
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Opera Blog: The Women of Don Giovanni
By the 18th century, educated women were beginning to question male freedoms and dominance of...
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Opera Blog: “Kátya Kabanová” – The Drowned Woman and The Cult of L’Inconnue
A note before we begin… What is a death mask? A death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of...
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Opera Blog: “Kátya Kabanová” and Aleksandr Ostrovsky’s “Groza”
Leoš Janáček’s Kátya Kabanová is based on an 1859 Russian play by Aleksandr Nikolayevich...
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Opera Blog: “Kátya Kabanová” – Political and Cultural Context
The scholar of Central Europe, Larry Wolff (2006) classifies Kátya Kabanová as a modernist opera,...
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Opera Blog: “Kátya Kabanová” – Love, Death and Marriage
So often I imagine I’m a bird And can spread my wings and fly. I used to be so free and happy, But...
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Opera Blog: Kátya Kabanová – The Woman Behind the Story
The character of Kátya Kabanová was modeled on Kamila Stösslová (1892–1935), whom Janáček met in...
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