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I gioielli della Madonna - Opera Today
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: "The Jewels of the Madonna" A review by Robert Hugill With 27 named roles and a large orchestra (including instruments such as mandolins), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s 1911 opera, I gioielli della Madonna (The Jewels of the Madonna) might seem a surprising choice for a relatively small opera house like the Slovak National Theatre / Slovenské národné divadlo (SND) in Bratislava, Slovakia. But the company’s music director and opera director is the Austrian conductor Friedrich...