Whoa! The front cover of this Opera d'Oro edition of Fromental Halévy's much admired, if infrequently revived opera La Juive is, needless to say, rather striking. Not many opera sets feature full frontal nudity on the front cover, and as the naked girl in question is surrounded by a giant, solid gold Mogen David, one wonders if the boundaries of taste have been breached in some way. The last time Opera d'Oro issued the opera, the cover wasn't nearly so racy.The last time, you ask. Oh yes, Opera d'Oro issued this March 4, ...
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Whoa! The front cover of this Opera d'Oro edition of Fromental Halévy's much admired, if infrequently revived opera La Juive is, needless to say, rather striking. Not many opera sets feature full frontal nudity on the front cover, and as the naked girl in question is surrounded by a giant, solid gold Mogen David, one wonders if the boundaries of taste have been breached in some way. The last time Opera d'Oro issued the opera, the cover wasn't nearly so racy.The last time, you ask. Oh yes, Opera d'Oro issued this March 4, 1973, Covent Garden performance of La Juive before, as did Myto, Grand Tier, and the now defunct Legato Classics line, which probably put it out first. Tenor Richard Tucker was a strong proponent of La Juive, and long sought to have it produced at the Metropolitan Opera, but he died not long after learning that the Met was willing to mount it in his honor; they finally got around to staging it in 2003. Tucker also appeared in this work several times outside of the Met and managed to...
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Add this copy of La Juive to cart. $36.20, new condition, Sold by Griffin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stamford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Opera D'oro.
