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Published: July 31, 2020 11:00

Did you know that… Carmen in a silent film…

———— An initial, rather cold (hard to believe!) reception of Georges Bizet’s Carmen by the audience aroused interest in developing cinematography as early as in the first years of the 20th century. One of the first people fascinated by the tragedy of the beautiful Gypsy woman was Cecil De Mille. Given the fact that at

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Published: May 15, 2020 10:00

DID YOU KNOW THAT… LA TRAVIATA in disgrace!

———— It is hard to believe, but unfortunately it is true; one of the most popular operas, not only among the works of Giuseppe Verdi, during its premiere at Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 6 March 1853, was… a complete disaster! The audience expressed their great dissatisfaction with loud exclamations at the open curtain

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