Michael Tanner

Overrated Strauss vs underrated Gluck

Why are there so many productions of Richard Strauss's gargantuan operas, and so few of Gluck's works of genius?

Elektra at the Royal Opera House (Photo: Clive Barda/Arena Pal)

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