Seville inspired more operas than anywhere else?

Seville inspired more operas than anywhere else?

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norman lebrecht

December 06, 2021

Cecilia Bartoli has declared her count at 153 Seville-based operas.

Beat that, anyone?

Pressrelease: In 2022 the Artistic Director of the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, Cecilia Bartoli, focuses on Seville, which inspired an incomparable number of composers. There are said to be 153 operas set in and around Seville. It is a city which unites a unique mixture of proud ancient cultures which has generated and inspired incredibly varied music and enchants visitors with its stunningly bright light, its blistering heat, its intoxicating orange blossom scent.

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