Hendrik Klausen as Peer Gynt (1876) A lot of pople have only ever heard of Peer Gynt because of a few big tunes written by the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg on the invitation of the equally Norwegian playwright Hendrik Ibsen for his…
Rita Sangalli in the first production of Sylvia In my musical journey through 1875, I have come across a surprizingly large number of pieces that have since become so famous that even people who don’t think they’ve heard any classical…
This week I have come to the end of the year 1875 in my journey through the history of classical music – a year that turned out to be full of popular classics that have mostly held their place in…