Liszt´s lost opera: `beautiful` work finally brought to life after 170 years
(The Guardian Germany)

Sardanapalo to premiere in Germany after Cambridge academic translates and deciphers neglected sketchbookAs soprano Joyce El-Khoury launches into a soaring F-major aria and the orchestra follows with a booming theatrical march, David Trippett, his head sunk in concentration over a large score, gives his nod of approval. Trippett is Cambridge University´s senior lecturer in music. `Just to think,` he says, `this music might well have been left undisturbed in the archive for another hundred years.` Related: Franz Liszt, 13, delights Manchester audience: archive, 25 June 1825 Continue reading...