Niobe | Opera review

Royal Opera House, London"All tears" is how Shakespeare famously described Niobe, the mythic queen of Thebes, whose pride was punished by the gods with the death of her children, and whose grief was so unremitting that she was eventually transformed into a stone that continued to weep. You won't, I'm afraid, be comparably distraught by the end of Agostino Steffani's eponymous opera, first performed in Munich in 1688. The piece languished in obscurity until its discovery by Thomas Hengelbrock, wh...

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15:29 on September 24 2010

Niobe, Regina di Tebe, Royal Opera House, review

The Telegraph — Rupert Christiansen feels in two minds about Steffani's fifth opera. Rating: * * * * more info

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22:30 on September 24 2010

Niobe | Opera review

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, London"All tears" is how Shakespeare famously described Niobe, the mythic queen of Thebes, whose pride was punished by the gods with the death of her c... more info

Niobe

23:06 on September 25 2010

Niobe, Regina di Tebe; Faust; The Makropulos Case; Fidelio | Classical review

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, London; Coliseum, London; Welsh National Opera, CardiffLike Niobe, all tears. Hamlet managed to say in four words what Agostino Steffani took four hour... more info

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