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“The Desert Song” at Winter Opera St. Louis
In his Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, historian Stanley Green described it as “the most durable of all Bway [sic] operettas.” In Operetta: A Theatrical History, Richard Traubner called it “one of the 1920s’ greatest operettas.”
Critically acclaimed performances of The Gondoliers at Winter Opera St Louis
Select reviews from Winter Opera St Louis’ performances of The Gondoliers at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, St Louis, January 15 & 16, 2022
Dario Salvi close to crowdfunding target for recording of lost Meyerbeer ballet
Dario Salvi has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance a recording of Meyerbeer's Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen.
Critically acclaimed performances of La Fanciulla del West at Winter Opera St Louis
Select reviews from performances of La fanciulla del West with Winter Opera St. Louis
Last concert saved by star Maestro Dario Salvi and young Luka Ljubas
ZAGREB PHILHARMONIC – Changed program – unconventional but successful performance on Saturday in Lisinski.
A spectacular blend of skating and singing beguiles audiences
Imagine the stage at the Royal Opera House Muscat extended over the pit, iced over and turned into a giant skating rink. Then imagine the impeccable Prague Philharmonia, Muscat’s favourite orchestra, placed at the back of the stage on a raised platform, under guest conductor Dario Salvi. The magical worlds of ice-skating and first-class opera with multi-media effects were presented by Willy Bietak Productions last weekend.
Salvi makes American debut with two operatic rarities
Concert Operetta Theater moved into new artistic territory with its November production of two unfamiliar operettas. Daniel Pantano’s Philadelphia company teamed up with a European organization led by Dario Salvi devoted to the preservation of neglected music. Their similar interests came together with a double bill of operettas not heard in America in a century.
Excitement builds for revival of long-lost operetta, A Trip to Africa
In 1883, three of the masterminds of Viennese operetta, composer Franz von Suppé and librettists Richard Genée and Moritz West, collaborated on a new masterpiece; A Trip to Africa – or Die Afrikareise in the original German.