Renée Falconetti as Joan of Arc
in Carl Dreyer's The Passion of Joan
Odyssey Opera in Boston has a doozy of a season coming up: it is called Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years War.
I guessed three of the five operas and have barely heard of the other two:
- The Maid of Orleans, Tchaikovsky (really not a great piece, sorry)
- Giovanna d'Arco, Verdi
- Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher, Honegger
- L'Assedio di Calais (The Siege of Calais), Donizetti
- The Trial at Rouen, Dello Joio
A Trojan Wars season could be so great!
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Giovanna d'Arco isn't so hot either, to be honest. I saw the Werner Herzog production in Genoa. Yes, the Werner Herzog production in Genoa.
Werner Herzog! Wow. Too bad the opera isn't so good.
Still, there's a season and a half of worthy Trojan War operas begging to be staged together.
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