Despite its being increasingly awarded the status of masterpiece, recordings of The Trojans don’t come along that often. It may have a shorter running time than Götterdämmerung, but with its five different sets for each of its five acts and the need to bring in ghosts, a giant horse and end in a vision seen through the flames of an immolation, I guess it’s still a deep-pocketed opera house that can afford to mount it. This new Erato recording under John Nelson hails from a pair of live performances in Strasbourg and should be an immediate contender for this year’s awards.
The opera has fared well on disc – both of Colin Davis’s...
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