the first Faust opera was not written by one of the author’s German composer peers. In fact, a Polish duke called Antoni Radziwiłł was the one brave enough to first tackle the masterpiece. But his ...
"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent" — or so the composer was once described ... Europe was awash in antisemitism in ...
The 19th-Century German composer remains controversial in the country because of his virulent anti-Semitism and because Hitler was a great fan. But on Friday a leading classical music station play ...