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Gigi
With “My Fair Lady” the composer Frederick Loewe and the librettist Alan Jay Lerner have already created one of the most adorable pieces in the world of musical entertainment. The musical “Gigi”, based on a novella written by the French acclaimed writer Colette, is of comparable charm, taking us away to turn-of-the-century Paris. Honoré Lachailles is a rich bon vivant of advanced age but still enjoying the company of young Parisian ladies. His nephew Gaston is ve...
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Dido and Aeneas / DnA
The opera Dido and Aeneas, a monumental work in Baroque opera that is remembered as one of Purcell’s foremost theatrical works written in 1689, recounts the love story of Dido, Queen of Carthage and the Trojan hero Aeneas. Evil powers avert a happy ending for the two lovers. In order to fulfill a mission, Aeneas is forced to abandon Dido, who as a result desperately kills herself. Christian Jost, the famous German composer, whose opera “Hamlet” was awarded the title ‘be...
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