Thomson Smillie

This audio-biography sets out to explain the timeless popularity of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan: a colorful partnership of the most successful writers in the history of light music....

Così Fan Tutte contains some of Mozart’s most sublime music....

Monteverdi’s Orfeo, first performed in 1607, generates a special excitement because it is the first unquestioned masterpiece of opera....

Based on the simple yet deeply moving legendary tale of Orpheus, who loses his beloved wife to death but is able to restore her through the power of his music....

Massenet’s Werther combines a deeply tender story with music of beauty and eloquence....