Of the 12 operas that Charles Gounod wrote, two have survived the test of time: Faust, which is superb and Roméo et Juliette, which is the only one in this form based on this Shakespeare play that ...
In 1904, the German critic Oscar Schmitz described Britain as ‘Das Land ohne Musik’ ('The land without music'). Schmitz was possibly trying to stir the pot a little. However, he did have a bit of a ...