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NY Metropolitan Opera takes Shakespeare to an Enchanted Island – musica
Imagine the arias that made Baroque music memorable: the best of Händel, Vivaldi, Rameau; build around it a contemporary libretto with a Shakespearean plot and you’ll get a ‘pastiche’ – ==The Enchanted Island!==
Plunging into the endless heritage of Baroque music to retrieve gems by Händel, Vivaldi, Rameau and many others; arias that may not be the best known but are wonderfully meshed up to create a modern ‘pastiche’.
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@Dianaemanuel
March 18, 2024 at 7:25 am
This looks like so much fun! 🙂
@2000flute
March 18, 2024 at 7:25 am
top class Opera entertainment, Bravo!
@operagirl81
March 18, 2024 at 7:25 am
Awesome, thank you!! I really wanted to see the new version, I knew there were some different singers like Susan Graham. And I see some of the lyrics were changed in that aria in the beginning that Prospero sings. Even though I only heard like 9 or 10 words, it already made more sense than the original. I wish I could see more, I'm lucky to find this!!