Opera to recall King Chulalongkorn’s royal visit to Europe in 1907
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024
An opera at The Siam Society in Bangkok in late November will allow audiences to follow the footsteps of King Chulalongkorn’s second royal visit to Europe in 1907.
Somtow treads dangerous ground with love story in Nazi death camp
MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2020
The long-awaited world premiere of Somtow Sucharitkul’s opera about the Holocaust in memory of the 75th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz is ready. Somtow's opera “Helena Citrónová” tells the true story of a Slovak Jew in the death camp who had a searing, intense relationship with an SS man.
A TROUPE of 56 Khon mask dancers last night performed at the Sydney Opera House, two years after gaining international fame at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
In the first half of the 19th century, Giacomo Meyerbeer was perhaps the world's most successful opera composer, pioneering on-stage theatrics as he worked comfortably across European cultures.