Music A Captive in Control: 'L'italiana in Algeri' January 23, 2009 • The plot is more than a little silly — not to mention politically incorrect in the extreme — but wackiness was never done better, or more beautifully, than Rossini did it in The Italian Girl in Algiers, heard in a Washington National Opera production filled with world-class, Rossini singers.
Music Love and Ruin: Saint-Saens' 'Samson and Dalila' June 20, 2008 • Camille Saint-Saens lived from the waning years of music's classical era, all the way into the early decades of 20th-century modernism. The tumultuous, romantic opera, Samson and Dalila is one of his many masterpieces. Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/91707474/91709401" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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