The Economist (US), July 10th, 1993
Baroque opera is enjoying a period of popularity in the world's opera theaters, and both large and small opera companies now regularly mount productions of 17th and early 18th century repertory. Several recent compact disc recordings of Baroque operas are evaluated.
MOST art forms move in and out of fashion. Baroque opera is unusual in going out of fashion and staying there. Except for a flutter of interest in Britain and Germany during the 1920s, few operas before Mozart's have been staged since the 18th century.
Until now. Today in Europe there are often as many as a dozen baroque operas s...
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