Baroque around the clock
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Baroque opera is enjoying a period of popularity in the world's opera theaters, and both large and small opera companies now regularly mount productions of 17th and early 18th century repertory. Several recent compact disc recordings of Baroque operas are evaluated.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Back to basics: baroque music
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Record companies are beginning to release compact disc versions of recordings of baroque music which were controversial because they involved authentic period instruments. Recordings by Wanda Landowska from the 1920s and more recent recordings are compared.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Don't just stand there: opera as drama
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Opera is getting better, with stronger acting, more comfortable clothing, surtitles atop the stage and other improvements, but opera still has its limitations as a form of theater. Operatic singing and its constraints are discussed.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1996
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