Dec 2 Before, the internet, before social media there was…

This excerpt is taken from the historic (almost legendary) event “Rossini at Versailles” with Ruggiero Raimondi entertaining “Rossini” and Claudio Abbado at the helm.

This was suggested by the music critic Jurgen Gahre with the comment:

“The music describes perfectly how a rumor creeps from person to person. And in an age of social media this is both uncannily true and dangerous.”