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The première of Parsifal in major opera houses was not until 1914,  the Bayreuth Festival  having maintained the exclusivity of the opera since its opening in 1882. It was a huge success, in part because the opera score was to become one of the most momumental and inspiring scores in music histor…

The arbitrary power of princes and the mighty over our own destinies is embodied in this young, fragile girl. Out of love for the men in her life, her father, and her beloved Rodolfo, Luisa Miller  sacrifices herself by choosing a path of suffering. This heroine is a precursor to such well loved…

This score was rescued after the Holocaust, as its author, Hans Krasa was a Jewish composer who was originally from Prague. Krasa was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp I (created by the Third Reich and presented in propaganda as a "spa town" where Jewish artists and pensioners could r…