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Massenet’s Werther in Brussels

Posted onFebruary 16, 2018December 5, 20211 Comment

In Brussels I saw the same opera two nights in a row in two different versions. The first night the title role was sung by a baritone, Ludovic Tézier, and the next night the same role was sung by a tenor, Andrew Richards. This is highly unusual, because usually a Read More …

CategoriesBrusselsTagsMassenet, Operas, Operas in Belgium

Musical Instrument Museum in Brussels

Posted onFebruary 15, 2018September 30, 20202 Comments

This Art Nouveau building from the year 1899 was originally built for the “Old England” department store. After the store moved out some seventy years later, the building stood empty for a long time and must have been quite an eyesore in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. In recent years Read More …

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BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels

Posted onFebruary 12, 2018February 18, 2018Leave a comment

The word “BOZAR” is a rough phonetic spelling of the French term Beaux-Arts, meaning Fine Arts. From the outside, the building looks rather similar to the nearby Central Railway Station, which is no wonder since they were designed by the same architect, Victor Horta (1861-1947). It doesn’t look like much Read More …

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