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Mar 26, 2020 · Throughout the film, characters constantly try to qualify the art or limit its power. Alba calls opera boring when she first hears it; Jules tries to explain to her why it is far more than she is seeing. The blackmailers see it as a piece of business, looking for any means to profit off of it.
Transported inexplicably from the 19th century to the late 1940s, La Wally tells the story of a mountain girl so agile and brave that she alone dared to take a baby vulture from its...
Aug 20, 2020 · La Wally is the finest of them – and it is one of the few operas which involve an avalanche, which is one reason for keeping it in the popular repertoire. The other reason is its wonderful music. There are several recordings available, so you can judge it for yourself. Dramma in four acts.
Jan 20, 2018 · First premiering on January 20 1892, “La Wally” is based on a story by Wilhelmine von Hillern titled “Die Geier-Wally: Eine Geschichte aus den Tyroler Alpen.” While possessing a bold heroine and a striking plot, the opera is seldom staged due to the difficulties of recreating the avalanche in Act IV.
Aug 6, 2011 · Alfredo Catalani's La Wally is the last of three rarely performed Italian operas from the late 19th century verismo period to feature in Opera Holland Park's 2011 season.
La Wally isn’t an easy opera to stage, but Catalani’s score is so inherently dramatic that it suggests imaginative solutions. The mountains and the wild extremes of nature reflect the excesses in Wally’s personality.
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